expressions of pain and it is quite sobering, really. ghana was right at the centre of the slave trade. its most powerful remnants lie a few hours east of here in the old colonial capital, cape coast, which is where i am going next. it is estimated that in total, around 11 million people were taken from africa, bound for the americas. all along this coastline were forts where men, women and children were held in miserable conditions before their dangerous journey. this was the largest of those forts. these days, it is a museum. this was a male dungeon. the men were separated from the women and this dungeon
the plan aims to protect the unesco listed structure from forest fires which destroyed huge swathes of the coastline earlier this month. soumer daghastani has more. with pickaxes and shovels, this group of young volunteers have been working tirelessly to clean up at one of the worlds best preserved crusader castles. years of neglect and fighting had left their marks on these balls. but recent forest fires in the region ignited fears of further damage and prompted conservationists to act. translation: the wild fires that broke out in the area pushed us to make this plan because they were everywhere. the fires were successfully put out on the 16th of this month. we were scared for the castle, which is like a home to us, so we launched this plan. the fortress was built in the 12th century by a medieval catholic
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