In 1650, the Swedes built a lodge that would later become the better known Cape Coast Castle, which is now a World Heritage Site. (c) Photo by RemoCape Coast Castle is the largest of the castles, beside Elmina Castle, build by European powers in today Ghana. Cape Coast was founded by the people of Oguaa and the region ruled over by the paramount chief, or Omanhene, is known today as Oguaa Traditional Area. Cape Coast Castle was rebuilt in the late 18th c. by the British. Join us on Facebook where you can receive updates on new articles every Monday and Wednesday! The Dutch took it over in 1650 and expanded it in 1652. The Middle Passage, which could last upwards of several months or as little as one month by the eighteenth century, had conditions even worse than the dungeons. Accordingly, you are to proceed on indefinite leave with effect from 2nd May, 2018. Cape Coast Castle was rebuilt in the late 18th c. by the British. Cape Coast is one of the most historical cities in Ghana. In your absence, the chairman of the Board will appoint someone to act on your behalf.”The tourism minister said after meticulous investigations into their dealings, it was discovered that the four officials since 2015 had squandered about $1.5 million and GH¢1 million that was supposed to be used for renovation and maintenance of museums and monuments.According to the minister, she was astonished at how these officials had over the years successfully solicited funds from some international organisations in the name of the public institution without recourse to the parent ministry and had squandered such monies without anybody noticing it.Ms Afeku said it was a colleague who hinted her about the GMMB officials’ ‘underground’ dealings with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) where the acting executive director and the assistant director in-charge of monuments had successfully secured $1 million for the renovation of monuments in the country.She disclosed that a board member of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) informed her about an amount of GH¢1 million that was given to the management of GMMB in February this year for the re-roofing of the Accra Museum and asked whether she was in the know.“I was very much shocked and completely taken aback when the GNPC board member told me about that money and why official recognition had not been given by the ministry,” she said, stressing that further investigations into the GNPC’s assertion revealed that the money was indeed received by the management of the GMMB but had not been used for the intended purpose.She also maintained that the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, after visiting her, also notified her about some financial assistance that had been given to the management of GMMB.Ms Catherine Afeku explained that when the officials were questioned, they admitted the malfeasance and the misappropriation of money meant for the running of the public institution.She noted that President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ policy can indeed make the country economically independent if most of the corrupt practices were stop. Yet, no matter which nation held the Castle, control over trade was the primary mission of this outpost. Conditions did not improve for the slaves that survived to pass through the "Door of No Return," which led the slaves to the ships that would transport them to the Americas. Inside the castle. An estimated fifteen percent of slaves died on the journey of malnutrition and disease. By the seventeenth century, most of this trade was in people.Slaves slept crouched against one another aboard the Zeldina. Address of the Cape Coast Castle Museum: Victoria Road P.O. The history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is undoubtedly the most familiar narrative Americans have of Africa. Upwards of 12 million slaves were shipped out of Africa to supply labor to the New World, and several million died along the way. It stands as one of the greatest migrations---although a forced migration---of humans ever in history.The infamous Door of No Return in Cape Coast Castle. Upwards of 12 million slaves were shipped out of Africa to supply labor to the New World, and several million died along the way. Box 281 Cape Coast, Ghana / West Africa + Dep. Known as Gold Coast.Four top officials of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) have been asked to proceed on indefinite leave.This follows the discovery by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Art that the four and some other officials had connived and diverted millions of Ghana cedis meant for the maintenance of museums and monuments in the country.The four officials are the acting executive director of Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Naana Ocran; assistant director in-charge of Monuments, Frederick Kofi Amekudi; the accountant, Kate Heymann and the Central Regional director of GMMB, Nicholas Ivor.They were to proceed on leave to allow for further investigations into their operations at the GMMB that have reportedly cost the nation huge sums of money.Their letters, signed by the Minister of Tourism, Catherine Afeku, read in part, “Further to this ministry’s letter dated 9th April, 2018 on the above subject matter, investigation has to be conducted into receipts and disbursements of funds received from public and private organisations covering 2015 to date.

Group of visitors on tour, standing in front of the grave of an British colonial governor and his wife. Most of the modern town expanded around it. Director Mr Ebenezer Collins Bordoh (died due car accident, August 2018) Type of Museum: Ethnography and Archaeological Museum Status: Regional Museum; Year established: 1974 Cape Coast Castle was a way station in history’s largest, and darkest, forced human migration. Portuguese colonists built a trading fort in the area.

A vivid representation of the solidification of European presence and control in the West African region, this Castle was captured by the Dutch in 1637 and later came under British control in the 1800s. Similar to the Cape Coast Castle, Elmina Castle was also transferred between the European powers.


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