"Africa is on the rise and African people are also ascending," one person said. At Cape Coast Castle on the shores of the Ghanaian city, a sordid history belies its beauty. The castle overlooking the ...

The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade runs deep in the roots of Ghana, making it one of the most significant destinations for anyone wishing to trace the footsteps of enslaved ancestors and ...

CAPE COAST, Ghana (Reuters) - U.S. First Lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at a 17th-century slave fortress in Ghana on Wednesday, vowing never to forget where Africans were held before being shipped ...

The president and his family toured Cape Coast Castle Saturday, an historic departure point in Ghana for untold numbers of slaves bound for America and the Caribbean. After, Barack Obama gave a ...

Paper presented at the Fifth World Archaeological Congress in Washington, DC, June 21-26, 2003. The Ghanaian authorities planned to restore Cape Coast and Elmina Castles as memorials to the ...

Julia Pearce, co-founder of Tybee MLK, a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging diversity on Tybee Island, said that while the population is more than 95% white, its connection to Black people is an ...

ROCKFORD -- The Elmina Castle is located on the western coast of Ghana. It's a place with so much scenic beauty, but a dark history of enslavement. 13 WREX's Brittany Hardaway traveled to Africa and ...