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Once a hub for the West African slave trade, this UNESCO World Herita... Join us on a journey through history as we explore the infamous Elmina Castle in Ghana.
Join me as I explore the historic Elmina Castle in Ghana, a site with deep roots in the transatlantic slave trade. Walk through the corridors and chambers of this UNESCO World Heritage site...
A walk through Elmina Castle!This was the second fort / castle we visited in Ghana that was part of the West African slave trade. All of these castles and fo...
1 sie 2019 · I have examined the presence of the Europeans in Elmina (on the Guinea Coast), the genesis or the establishment of the Elmina Castle, and how the British eventually came to occupy the...
26 maj 2024 · But this 500-year-old fortress, the oldest European structure still standing in sub-Saharan Africa, holds within its storied walls an ugly truth – this was one of the most prolific slave trading posts in history.
Elmina Castle is a fortified castle in Elmina, Ghana, that is thought to be the oldest surviving European building in Africa south of the Sahara. Built in 1482 by the Portuguese to protect the gold trade, Elmina Castle later became a major center of the transatlantic slave trade.
This ideological struggle surrounding the authentic presentation of the transatlantic slave trade is particularly heightened when roots tourists visits to sites such as Elmina Castle reveal that “local chiefs and inhabitants actively supported the slave trade in the past” (Jordan 2007: 51).
