Some local tourists have called for renewed interest and deeper engagement by Ghanaians with the Elmina Castle and ...

Across Africa, from the north of the Sahara to the West African coast sit many relics of the continent's early interactions with Europe. In Ghana, two of the country's most famous spectacles, Elmina ...

The first assault on the senses comes before a word is spoken. A damp, nauseating stench rises from the bowels of Elmina Castle, clinging stubbornly to ancient stone walls and narrow corridors. It is ...

Mayor-elect Eric Adams made an emotional visit Thursday morning to Elmina Castle, the first European slave-trading post in sub-Saharan Africa — located on the west coast of present-day Ghana. Adams, ...

Forty years after Prince Henry's expeditions first acquired gold dust and twenty-one years after the Prince's death, Portugal began constructing a trading outpost on Africa's Guinea coast, near a ...

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 ...

Between the early 16th century and the middle of 19th century, the wicked trade in humans was booming. Millions of Africans had their freedom taken from them. They were forcefully captured, held under ...

It takes four hours on an un-air-conditioned minibus called a tro-tros to get from Accra, the capital of Ghana, to the town of Elmina. The drive is lovely, especially when the road dances above the ...

Ghana has been rated fourth among 19 interesting tourism destinations around the world. The country has the ability to host various types of tourism activities. These include heritage, leisure, ...