One of the smaller formally gold and slave trading forts in Ghana. Many people from the US, Jamaica, Suriname and other countries visit this place because their family originated here. The local guide however told that many of the slaves where transported by african trading...More

This fort is a little off the beaten path, but it is a very worthwhile visit. While Cape Coast tends to get all the tourists, this fort is smaller but has many of the same elements. The fact that one can visit alone is in...More

We stopped to view Fort Amsterdam, previously known as Fort Cormantine when built by the British in 1645. It sits abandoned just off the Accra-Cape Coast Road on a hill overlooking the ocean in Abandze. We were surrounded by local children when we visited, but...More