Mansion Global

Three Romantic Castles Sell on the South African Coast

A triptych of charming castles where Nelson Mandela once stayed in Knysna, South Africa, have sold for ZAR28.5 million (US$2.16 million), the auctioneers announced on Friday. The castles are located ...
dailykos

Black Kos, Week In Review - The Slave Castles of Western Africa

AFRICA’S SLAVE CASTLES — Beautiful But Tragic Reminders of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade By dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor “They were the last place a slave would ‘reside’ before going through ...
insider.si.edu

African American reactions to the restoration of Ghana's "slave castles"

Extracted from: Public archaeology (London) 3 (4) 2004, pages 195-204. Illustrations. Explores the contradictory positions of African Americans and Ghanaians vis-a-vis the restoration of Elmina Castle ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

High Museum show examines Africa’s slave trade castles

Scores of African Americans made a pilgrimage to Ghana last year to mark the 400th anniversary of the start of the transatlantic slave trade that brought Africans to these shores. By some reports, the ...
insider.si.edu

Monuments and the experience of historical reality : African Americans and Ghana's slave castles on a transnational landscape

Paper presented at the Fifth World Archaeological Congress in Washington, DC, June 21-26, 2003. The Ghanaian authorities planned to restore Cape Coast and Elmina Castles as memorials to the ...
CNN

This slave castle’s inner walls are a haunting reminder of its gruesome past

Stephen Graham of 'Adolescence' says research took its co-writer down 'a lot of dark holes' ...