Heritage lost to the waves


Fort Prinzenstein being destroyed by coastal erosion in Keta. Ghana’s coastline is being consumed by nature and neglect as climate change, rising sea levels and unchecked human activity eat away at the 550km shore. — AFP

THE salty wind blows across the ruins of Ghana’s Fort Prinzenstein, where thick walls once held thousands of enslaved Africans before their journey across the Atlantic.

Now, only a shell remains – a crumbling monument teetering at the edge of the sea.

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