Over the course of 150 years, some 3 million Africans were shackled and shipped into slavery from this notorious slave port. We entered the dank dungeons and cells reserved for defiant slaves where you can still see the scratch marks slaves made and left behind on the walls.
This door leading from the dungeons to the boats was coined "the Door of No Return" because it was here that slaves would catch their last glimpse of their motherland before being shipped off across the ocean.
On the other side of the door is a chaotic port for fishing boats. The air was so thick, wet and smoky it felt like I was getting waterboarded (aside: why does spell check pick up "waterboard"?). The children and vendors selling fish out of baskets balanced on their heads virtually ignored us.
Someone hid this in the completely dark corner of one of the dungeons. I only saw it because someone accidentally kicked it.
Click here for NYT article about Obama's visit to the slave fort during his time here at the Cape Coast of Ghana.
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