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The scholar who came to die in Accra
His final chapter shows why independent Ghana became a centre of Black intellectual and political life.
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Cape Coast Castle and the Door of No Return
From 1653 (Swedish), rebuilt and expanded by the British
Diaspora · 2 min read
Assin Manso and the Last Bath
Assin Manso, Central Region, on the Cape Coast–Kumasi road
Diaspora · 2 min read
The Ones Who Came: Du Bois, Angelou, and Accra in the Sixties
The W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture, Cantonments, Accra — his house, his library, and his grave.
Diaspora · 2 min read
PANAFEST and Emancipation Day
July–August, biennially for PANAFEST; 1 August for Emancipation Day
Diaspora · 2 min read
Kwaku Ananse in the Americas
Everywhere. This is the story the ships could not confiscate.