I lived and worked in Ghana for most of 2011. Covering Cape Coast Castle was such a moving experience that I entered Elmina a bit numb. I knew what to expect-dark dungeons amid a vast ocean.

But it's good to be home," he says. Today, the town of Elmina is a lively, bustling hub -- but the castle towers above it, an essential, yet painful reminder of its past.

DESPITE Cape Coast and Elmina castles sitting comfortably in the fifth and seventh positions respectively on the Top 10 ...

St. Georges’ Castle, Elmina offers the best experience and sight of what the trans-Atlantic slave trade was all about, and graphically, visitors to the castle experience the unimaginably ...

Elmina Castle saw several owners during the course of the slave trade, including the Portuguese, Dutch, and English.

Mayor-elect Eric Adams made an emotional visit Thursday morning to Elmina Castle, the first European slave-trading post in sub-Saharan Africa — located on the west coast of present-day Ghana.

ROCKFORD -- The Elmina Castle is located on the western coast of Ghana. It's a place with so much scenic beauty, but a dark history of enslavement. 13 WREX's Brittany Hardaway traveled to Africa ...

A boy, with Elmina Castle in the background in Elmina, Ghana. (Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) Locals walk on a street of Prestea, a mining town in southwest Ghana. (Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) ...

Which is why these buildings are more commonly, and oxymoronically, known as slave castles. The Portuguese built Elmina Castle in 1482 as a trading post for goods bartered for local gold and gems.

Built on the Cape Coast by the Portuguese in 1482, Elmina Castle is the oldest remaining slave castle in Africa. It has become a pilgrimage site drawing thousands of visitors from around the world.

Touring Elmina Castle leaves tourist visitors moody. There is always a kind inner introspection, asking question about the beast in man and how man can subject his fellow humans to cruelty all ...