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Diasporan tourists cry after visiting Cape Coast Castle: “That experience is disheartening”
A diasporan tourist group visited the Cape Coast Castle in the Central Region and cried after they got a firsthand experience ...
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Elmina Castle, trading outpost and "slave factory"
The purpose of Elmina Castle, as well as the future outposts, was to give support to captains by providing their vessels with a secure harbor. The outposts were heavily armed against assault from ...
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Africa's huge abandoned castle that is now a haven for dark tourism
One castle that has become a dark tourism hotspot is Ghana's St George's Castle, also known as Elmina Castle. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, it was originally constructed as a trading post by ...
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What were West African slave fortresses?
Elmina Castle was built on the coast of what is now Ghana as a fortified trading post by Portuguese traders in 1482. It was the first trading post in that region of Africa. Initially, European ...
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Freedom Beat: Justin Zullo
Justin Zullo’s path to Northwestern started at Elmina Castle, the former slave dungeon on the southern tip of Ghana. Zullo, then a senior at Brandeis, had traveled to the West African nation for a ...