Ghana provides a unique opportunity ... reminder of the human suffering endured during the slave trade. Built by European traders, the castle was a major hub where captured Africans were held ...

The first 22 places joining the network were unveiled at an event at UNESCO headquarters in Paris last week, as part of the 30th Anniversary of Organization’s flagship programme, Routes of Enslaved ...

Ghana's castles and forts offer concrete testimony to the drama of human history and stad as witness to one of the world's most tradic events - the Slave Trade. Cape Coast Castle has seen the ...

Elmina Castle saw several owners during the course of the slave trade, including the Portuguese, Dutch, and English. By the 18th century, 30,000 slaves on their way to the Americas passed through ...

The Elmina and Cape Coast slave castles along Ghana's coastline served as a major hub for the trans-Atlantic trade where millions were captured and loaded onto ships, never to return home.

Ivor Wilks, a leading historian of Ghana, observed that Akan ... This fortress, Elmina Castle, constructed to protect Portuguese trade from European competitors and hostile Africans, still stands.

Former Welsh rugby star Nathan Brew has discovered that his ancestors were slave owners. Travelling to west Africa as part of ...

Later, Europeans found it easier to trade with the local African ... In 1662 the British seized the Cape Coast Castle slave factory in what is now modern day Ghana. Its large underground dungeons ...

African-Americans are flocking to Ghana as it marks the "Year of Return" and the 400th anniversary of the first slave ship landing ... Cape Coast Castle, 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the capital ...

In the early 18th century, Kings of Dahomey (known today as Benin) became big players in the slave trade, waging a bitter ... his slave raids in Northern Ghana in the 1880's.

Accept and continue Ghana marked in spectacular scale the year 2019, the 400th anniversary of the start of the transatlantic slave trade ... Many of the forts and castles through which the ...

Ghana’s historical relevance, particularly for the African diaspora, is undeniable. The Cape Coast Castle, a significant symbol of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, offers a sobering look into the past.