Fort Prinzenstein

Fort Prinzenstein (Danish: Fort Prinsensten) babban birni ne wanda yake a Keta, Ghana wanda aka yi amfani da shi wajen cinikin bayi. Yawancin irin waɗannan katanga an gina su a Afirka, amma Prinzenstein na ɗaya daga cikin fewan kaɗan da suke gabashin gabashin Kogin Volta. Keta tayi aiki a matsayin tashar budewa har zuwa tashar Tema Harbor ta fara aikinta zuwa yamma a shekarar 1962. An sanya sansanin soja a matsayin kayan tarihin Duniya. 'Yan kasuwar Denmark ne suka fara gina shi a shekarar 1784 don dalilai na kariya bayan yakin Sagbadre da Anlo Ewe da kuma kiyaye yankin daga sauran ikon mallaka. Mafi yawan kayan, musamman dutsen da aka yi amfani da shi don ginin sansanin, sun fito ne daga Accra. Fortasashen yana daga cikin manyan gine-gine huɗu waɗanda Danishan Danish suka gina. Thearshen ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin cinikin bayi, wanda ya shafi Turawa a Afirka ta Yamma. Baya ga cinikin bayi, sansanin ya yi aiki mai ma'ana a cikin kasuwancin shigo da fitar da kayayyaki irin su zinariya da hauren giwa a cikin bayarwa da-dauki don muskets, brandy, sandunan ƙarfe, kayan sawa, baƙuwar rogo da sauransu. Tarihi Kamfanin Yaren mutanen Holland Yammacin Indiya ya gina Fort Singelenburgh a wurin ginin na yanzu a 1734, amma Dutch din sun yi watsi da sansanin a shekarar 1737, wataƙila saboda Dutchan Holand da ke tare da Akwamu da aka kayar a rikicin Akyem-Akwamu. Yaren mutanen Denmark sun sami ci gaba a cikin Keta, babban birnin kasuwancin mutanen Anlo. Koyaya, a cikin 1783 lokacin da mutanen Anlo suka kwashe wakili na ƙasar Denmark, Gwamnan na Christianborg ya tara sojoji daga mutane waɗanda ke da al'adun nuna ƙiyayya ga Anlo: Ada, Akwapim, Ga da Krobo. Dan haka sun sami damar kayar da Anlo kuma suka sanya yarjejeniya a cikin 1784 wanda ya basu damar gina Fort Prinzenstein kuma suka tilastawa Anlo yin kasuwanci dasu kawai. Har zuwa 1803, an yi amfani da sansanin a matsayin kurkuku ga bayi waɗanda ke jiran hawa zuwa Caribbean. A cikin 1850 an sayar da katanga, tare da sauran Coastasar Kogin Zinariya zuwa Burtaniya. Wannan shi ne lokacin da Keta ya zama masarautar Birtaniyya. An yi amfani da sansanin a matsayin kurkuku na wani lokaci kafin teku ta lalata shi a wani bangare a cikin 1980. A kokarin kare burbushin ginin, ICOMOS Ghana tare da hadin gwiwar Hukumar adana kayan tarihi da kayayyakin tarihi da Ofishin Jakadancin Danmark a 1991 sun yi wani kokarin kiyaye shi, amma tasirin teku a sansanin ya ci gaba. Masu ziyarar yawon bude ido daga sassa daban-daban na duniya kamar su Ingila, Amurka, Jamus, Benin, Faransa, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark da Finland sun ziyarta. Yanzu kasada Ragowar sansanin (Satumba, 2012) Manazarta