African/African American Studies Ghana - 2011 - Veta Tucker
Photos of Elmina Castle in Elmina, Ghana, formerly known as the
Gold Coast. These two photos, "Fortress El Mina" and "El Mina
Castle as in the old days" document Prof Tucker's travel to Cape
Coast, Ghana to experience first-hand the site where Africans
were transformed into cargo and shipped to the western
hemisphere to be used as slaves. Experiencing the slave castles
in West Africa enables Prof. Tucker to teach students in the
African American Studies program at Grand Valley very intimately
about the slave trade and what led to some of the African
presence in the Western world, particularly in North America.See
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