The castles in Cape Coast and Elmina,
European-style fortresses along the coastline, have been registered as World Heritage Monuments.
Elmina Castle was used to a port of slave shipment.
Entrance of Elmina Castle
Exit to New Continent
Courtyard : From a balcony
Seaside view from Elmina Castle
Hideyo Noguchi
Do you know of Hideyo Noguchi ? He was born in
Japan and died in Ghana.
In Memory
of
Professor Hideyo Noguchi
of the Rockefeller Foundation
and
Dr.William Alexander Young
Director Medical Reserch Institute
Who Died in Accra on the 21th
of May 1928 of
Yellow Fever
Which They were Investigating
Ticket of the Dr.Noguchi Memorial Hall in Japan.
An Anthill : near the Loboratory of Dr.Noguchi in Accra
Arts
The arts include carved wooden sculptures, pottery, textiles, music and dance.