Tragic memories

Wreaths left by the African-American descendants of West African slaves in Elmina Castle, one of the slave trading centres of Ghana

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Finding Heaven and Hell in West Africa

August 15th 2007
First of all, a massive thankyou to all of you who helped out during the great Travelblog Server Crash of two weeks ago (when 40,000 Travelblog entries were lost into the ether), by saving and submitting copies of the 29 lost blogs. As I write, 31 of 33 have been restored, thanks to you guys. Cheers - I am really grateful. Secondly, this is my first blog in a while written without Susan at ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Western » Butre Beach

Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more

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