Places · 3 min read
The coast that began with gold and became a global memory
They were built along a coast already connected to African markets, diplomacy and inland gold.
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Places · 2 min read
Okomfo Anokye's Sword
The sword site at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Bantama, Kumasi. It is there. You can stand over it.
Places · 2 min read
Nzulezu: the village the snail led to the water
Nzulezu on Lake Tadane, reached by canoe through the Amansuri wetland from Beyin, about 90 km west of Takoradi.
Places · 2 min read
The Mountain and the Oracle: Amedzofe and the Volta highlands
Amedzofe, the highest habitable settlement in Ghana; Mount Gemi; Wli Falls; Tafi Atome monkey sanctuary.
Places · 2 min read
The River Takes Its Own: Volta water lore
Ada Foah at the estuary; the Volta ferries; Dodi Island and the Akosombo lake boats.
Diaspora · 2 min read
Cape Coast Castle and the Door of No Return
From 1653 (Swedish), rebuilt and expanded by the British
Diaspora · 2 min read
Assin Manso and the Last Bath
Assin Manso, Central Region, on the Cape Coast–Kumasi road
Places · 2 min read
Larabanga and the Mystic Mosque
Larabanga, near Mole National Park, Savannah Region
Places · 2 min read
The Forest That Was Left Standing
Kakum National Park, 30 km north of Cape Coast. The canopy walkway is 40 metres up and 350 metres long, and it sways.
Places · 2 min read
The Crocodile That Carried a Man
Paga, on the Burkina Faso border. Bring a chicken; they will sell you one.
Places · 2 min read
The Hunter Who Found a Lake Where No Lake Should Be
Lake Bosomtwe, 30 km southeast of Kumasi, in a crater a million years old.
Places · 2 min read
The River That Belongs to the Hippos
Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, on the Black Volta, two hours from Wa.