Ghana

Cape Coast Castle and its difficult history open many of the articles in this category, since Ghana role in the transatlantic slave trade is treated with the seriousness it requires. Coverage also reaches Accra as a working West African capital, the Kakum canopy walk, the northern savanna around Mole National Park, and the Ashanti cultural heart around Kumasi.

Cultural pieces handle the kente cloth tradition, the funeral celebrations that fill weekend roads in much of the country, and the highlife music heritage. Practical material covers the visa rules, the road conditions that travelers should plan around, the malaria prophylaxis question, and the warm reception that makes Ghana one of the easier first introductions to West Africa for visitors from outside the region.