Ghana Photo: Elmina Castle
Ghana
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Fishermen ply their trade in the shadow of a very dark past. The 15th century Elmina (St. George's) Castle was the first European structure south of the Sahara. It later became a prominent slave trading post.


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