A darker historical era saw many people leave Ghana for the plantations of America and the Caribbean, creating the biggest Diaspora the world has ever seen. The dark days of the infamous Slave Trade have now receded into the past, but citizens of many states around the world still acknowledge and treasure their family links with Ghana, returning to explore those links and experience the soul of their motherland.

For visitors in Ghana, who wish to explore their path in history, we have endeavoured to help guide the way.

In Accra, the George Padmore Library, the Du Bois Memorial Centre, and the University of Ghana at Legon, are a rich repositories of the chronicles of the Diaspora. In these, and other institutions, manuscripts and records provide researchers with a wealth of knowledge. In Ghana, expert researchers and elders from all the tribes are willing to assist the serious explorer.


Above all, many of these institutions are sources of inspiration for all, filled as they are with works of the great pan-Africanists.


But for many visitors it is the opportunity to rekindle the cultural ties that draws them to Ghana. To understand the traditions of Africa, and to discover how Ghanaians live today. Many of our tour operators will provide specialist tours to explore the heartland of Ghana. To see the castles that were the last sight of Africa for many. To see the villages of Ghana where traditions are the same today as they were centuries ago. To meet our people, join in their daily life, and to experience Africa today. To learn the language of the drums, the music and dance of Africa, and to understand traditional fetish shrines, beliefs and practices. An exploration to regain a culture.


To assist this exploration of history, many sites in Ghana are identified as significant locations on the Slave Route, an Africa-wide initiative to foster an understanding of that dark period, and the effect it had in changing the face of the world. Some are focal points, such as Castles of Cape Coast and Elmina; some are sites of slave markets, still with their cruel manacles or village defences, while others denote connections with specific people or events.


Throughout Africa we are working together to ensure a continued kinship with the people of the Diaspora.