The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade runs deep in the roots of Ghana, making it one of the most significant destinations for anyone wishing to trace the footsteps of enslaved ancestors and ...

President John Mahama has declared that Ghana will not forget, excuse or downplay the horrors of slavery, as the country prepares to push a United Nations motion to recognise the transatlantic slave ...

There was significant public commentary and reaction following Ghana's President, John Dramani Mahama's, address to the ...

AFA copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Ghana and the transatlantic slave trade / Rebecca Shumway -- "Tied up" : slave relics in traditional political leadership in Burugu, ...

Centuries after their ancestors were forced onto slave ships off the coast of West Africa, African Americans and others continue to trace their... African Slave Descendents Trace History in Ghana ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) traveled to Ghana as part of a U.S. congressional delegation to discuss regional security, the climate crisis, sustainable development, and to observe the 400th ...

Kwesi Essel-Blankson, author of “Our Story: Cape Coast Castle & The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade." The author (left) has been a tour guide at the Cape Coast Castle for over 20 years. In 2009, he led a ...

Ghana’s pursuit of reparatory justice is set to take center stage at the United Nations in 2026, following the success of the ...

African presidents, including President John Mahama, have rightly called for *reparations* for the immense harm caused by the Transatlantic Slave Trade. He recently announced plans for Ghana to file a ...

Ghana\'s President John Dramani Mahama on Friday outlined specific demands that his country believes must form the core of any meaningful reparations programme for Africa, as Ghana intensifies efforts ...

A new Smithsonian book reckons with the enduring legacies of slavery and capitalism Jennifer L. Morgan Blueprint, Terry Boddie, 2017. This work juxtaposes an image of a housing development in Harlem, ...

Starr Director of the Research and Academic Program, Clark Art Institute, and lecturer in Art History, Williams College The so-called golden age of Dutch painting in the 1600s coincided with an ...