Journey to Keta Part and Fort Prinzenstein Slave Castle

When I traveled to the Volta Region of Ghana in 2016, I journeyed to a town called Keta, with my friend and colleague. I first heard about the town from Maya Angelou’s autobiography All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes. During her time in Ghana in 1963, she discovered that her family is from Keta. (Read the book to find out how! It’s fascinating.) When we took our trip, 53 years after hers, we had no idea what we would find. Little did we know that we would find a site of human atrocity and torture – Fort Prinzenstein Slave Castle. When people visit Ghana, they almost always go to Elmina or Cape Coast Castle. Travelers very rarely make it to the Volta Region to Fort Prinzenstein. Come along on this journey with me then, if you have not had the chance to visit. This is part 1 of a two-part series – Journey to Keta & Fort Prinzenstein Slave Castle.