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Old Fourah Bay College Building: Mirroring the evolution of Freetown
The building that produced West Africa's Victorian-era graduates is being lost to Nature
The Residency: Home to Colonial Governance in Kumase
From Refuge to Elite Social Center
Palace, Fort, and Museum: Instruments of Power and Status: Construction and Destruction
Once the site of the Aban, a stone royal fortress/museum built in the European mode, its destruction gave rise to a British colonial fortress, a forceful sign of occupation. Today it stands as…
Manhyia Royal Palace: Seat of the Post-19th Century Asante Monarchs
Current Asante narrative stresses that the Asante insisted on paying the British for the new royal palace in 1925, so their ruler need not be beholden to the colonialists. British records show their…
St. Matthew's Cathedral, Benin CIty: Oldest surviving church in Benin City
This prominently located colonial church stands near the ancient market site of Ekiokpagha, where Oba Ewedo faced off against Benin City's republican indigenes centuries ago.