Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

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World Cultural Heritage of the Atlantic Slave Trade
The cultural heritage left by this period of slave trade by European colonists in Africa can evoke people's memory of history and thus play an educational role for future generations. Because only by remembering history can we forge ahead. Gorée Island, which was listed as the first batch of World Cultural Heritage in 1978, is a bloody witness of the Atlantic slave trade. The following year, the Forts and Castles in Volta, Greater Accra and Central and Western Regions of Ghana were also listed as World Cultural Heritage as witnesses of the Atlantic slave trade.
Ghana's slave castles are distributed along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, forming a unique string of buildings from east to west. The full name is Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions. In 1979, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) considered that it met the sixth criterion for the application for World Heritage and registered it as a World Cultural Heritage.
Ghana's slave castles are directly linked to the Atlantic slave trade, a major historical event. They are an important symbol of the encounter between Europe and Africa and the starting point of African overseas immigration. In the process of contact and communication between Europe and Africa, these buildings (materials) were first used for the gold and ivory trade, and then for the slave trade, shaping not only African history, but also world history.