Forts, Castles and Society in West Africa
Subtitle: Gold Coast and Dahomey, 1450-1960
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9789004380141
Subjects: Fortification; Slave trade, africa
Description: Generally seen as mementos of the Atlantic slave trade, the forts and castles in West Africa have attained iconic positions as world of heritage and heritage tourism. This volume consists of multiple original comprehensive scholarship about and approaches to the history of the fortresses of Ghana and Benin, suggesting an alternative approach and view on them. This way, it offers a platform for further debate about their spatial historical context, their relationships with the slave trade and other activities, the connections between the Europeans and local polities through presence of the forts, and the forts as heritage objects on different levels.0Contributors are Hermann W. von Hesse, Daniel Hopkins, Jon Olav Hove, Ole Justesen, Ineke van Kessel, Robin Law, John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu, Jarle Simensen, Selena Axelrod Winsnes, Larry Yarak.