The purpose of Elmina Castle, as well as the future outposts, was to give support to captains by providing their vessels with a secure harbor. The outposts were heavily armed against assault from ...

Elmina Castle was built on the coast of what is now Ghana as a fortified trading post by Portuguese traders in 1482. It was the first trading post in that region of Africa. Initially, European ...

Justin Zullo’s path to Northwestern started at Elmina Castle, the former slave dungeon on the southern tip of Ghana. Zullo, then a senior at Brandeis, had traveled to the West African nation for a ...