Elmina

Dutch took Elmina from the Portuguese and built numerous forts along the Gold Coast.

1635 2001

However, the first European settlement on these shores was at a place called Elmina -- named so by the Portuguese who landed here in 1471.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

She lives with her children and husband in a rented apartment in a fishing community called Elmina, near Cape Coast, in the Central Region of Ghana.

Kiva Loans 2009

One of these expeditions landed at 'Elmina' and discovered Cape Catherine in south latitude 1º 50 'and west longitude

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

I here pass over the disputed claim of the French, who declare that they imported the metal from 'Elmina' as early as 1382.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

"According to Economy Watch, Ghana was the world’s fastest growing economy in the first half of 2011 with a GDP growth rate of 20 percent, which is six percent higher than the first runner-up, Qatar," writes FPIF contributor Kwei Quartey in Dismantling Elmina Castle.

John Feffer: In Search of Terrorist Enemies in Africa John Feffer 2011

"According to Economy Watch, Ghana was the world’s fastest growing economy in the first half of 2011 with a GDP growth rate of 20 percent, which is six percent higher than the first runner-up, Qatar," writes FPIF contributor Kwei Quartey in Dismantling Elmina Castle.

John Feffer: In Search of Terrorist Enemies in Africa John Feffer 2011

In London, Kwei-Armah serves on the boards of the National Theatre and the Tricycle Theatre and is considered a groundbreaker for depicting the "black British experience" in London's West End with "Elmina's Kitchen," which was also done at Center Stage.

Backstage at Washington Shakespeare Company's 'Juno and the Paycock' 2011

"According to Economy Watch, Ghana was the world’s fastest growing economy in the first half of 2011 with a GDP growth rate of 20 percent, which is six percent higher than the first runner-up, Qatar," writes FPIF contributor Kwei Quartey in Dismantling Elmina Castle.

John Feffer: In Search of Terrorist Enemies in Africa John Feffer 2011

Troubles broke out on the Gold Coast of West Africa in the 1870s, when the Ashanti, a tribe with ambitions of restoring control of a seaport to keep open trade routes, besieged a British garrison at Elmina, a slave port established by the Portuguese in what is now Ghana.

The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010