Across Africa, from the north of the Sahara to the West African coast sit many relics of the continent’s early interactions with Europe. In Ghana, two of the country’s most famous spectacles ...

Most tourists would not necessarily think about visiting castles when travelling to Africa. Castles are normally ... also known as Elmina Castle. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, it was ...

It also had the distinction of being the first of many permanent "slave factories" (trading posts that dealt in slaves) that would be built along Africa's western coast. The purpose of Elmina ...

The Elmina Castle, Edina ... The Portuguese, the first Europeans to visit the west coast of Africa, built the castle 522 years old ago in Cape Coast town in the then Gold Coast (modern day ...