West Africa – Cultures and Wild Coasts

Day 1: Tema is a short drive from Ghana's fast-paced capital, Accra, a city that's culturally rich, modern, and historic all at once. European-built forts and Black Star Independence Square's public monuments offer a glimpse at the past. The neighborhood of Jamestown, a 17th-century fishing community with old colonial buildings, is its pulse with an art scene and local bites like waakye — rice and beans with sides — at a low-key 'chop bar'. Day 3: A solemn reminder of the past, 15th-century Elmina Castle in Ghana was a key slave trade hub, originally protecting gold trade before Dutch and British slave trade involvement. This UNESCO World Heritage Site exemplified the era's contradictions,…