European forts along African coasts in the west,south, and east were used for shipping slaves to the caribbean, the Americas,and Arabia. Africans were encouraged to sell fellow Africans as did the Greeks and Romans sold their fellow countrymen. Goree Island in Dakar, Senegal is another classic castle where Europeans lived and dined upstairs while ...

This can be a profound experience if you approach Elmina as what it was--a shipping point for enslaved Africans going to the "New World"--NOT a tourist attraction. Know that it was Africans who brought these people to the shipping points and sold them to the Europeans, who then packed them on the ships for North and South America and the ...

I loved the people, the food and the culture. Dislike, too hot but nothing an aircondition will not fix. Best time to visit is around Christmas and New Year. Temperature is perfect because it is the hamatan(like fall)great parties and cultural celabration of the season. Christmas in Ghana is not what you expect, it is not about presents or stuff, it's being with people you love and sharing meals with.

I loved this place. It had great service and great food. I loved the way that they reated me! I can not wait to go back!

i went to ghana this past februrary and march and loved it was there in accra during the 50th anniversary celebrations and yes i said celebrations for it was a truely grand time just taking the country ant the people never been treated so wonderfully in my life, and how you can live there is mind altering so say the least, can't wait to return ...