Visiting the castles (or slave dungeons) is akin to a pilgrimage for any African American. I better understand the history of the slave trade, intellectually and viscerally. The guides were immensely informative. I walked on sacred ground as the guide took me in and out of holding pens for male and female enslaved africans. I saw the door of no...
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The huge Volta dam makes up a large part of Ghana. But a bus ride through the lush green landscape is great. Along the border with Togo are even up to 1000m high mountains.
Starting in Hohoe there is a small cottage information for tourists, where you can obtain the information. The situation is very favorable: the Wli waterfall is...
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Cape Coast, Elmina and Dixcove are all accessible forts built by colonial traders. What started as lucrative business in gold and produce shipping became human trafficing in the slave trade. The "castles" emphasise the slave trade because of its collosal impact on the development of West Africa but the museums show the full range of activity that went on. Dixcove...
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My journey to Elmina as well as Cape Coast Castles in Ghana was, as most African American/Caribbean visitors say "a spiritual awakening" My heart was at first saddened to hear of the atrocities that my people endured on their journey to these "Forts", until their final journey through "The Door of No Return". By the end of the tour, my...
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