Cape Coast Castle in Ghana was a slave fortress that played a large part in the capture and transportation of enslaved Africans. Profitable trade in West Africa led Europeans to set up permanent ...

Elmina Castle saw several owners during the course of the slave trade, including the Portuguese, Dutch, and English. By the 18th century, 30,000 slaves on their way to the Americas passed through ...

Dakar, Senegal — Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a ... I make sure to visit," she tells Africa Renewal.

The Dutch had been involved with the African slave trade for some time, having seized Portugal's Elmina Castle along the West ... of slaves directly from Africa arrived at New Amsterdam.

Soyinka addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at a commemorative meeting on the 2025 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily ...

We do not pay reparations,” said Downing Street official spokesperson, when asked what PM Keir Starmer's view on paying reparations for Britain's involvement in the slave trade was. Calls from ...