Centuries after their ancestors were forced onto slave ships off the coast of West Africa, African Americans and others continue to trace their... African Slave Descendents Trace History in Ghana ...

Nana Assenso, 68, chief of Adidwan, a village in Ghana's interior, looks on before visiting the grave of his uncle Kwame Badu, in Adidwan, Ashanti Region, Ghana, July 21, 2019. REUTERS. Nana Assenso ...

Naming the slave trade humanity’s “greatest crime,” African leaders at the UN are pushing for reparations, a debt long denied ...

KETA, Ghana (AP) -- It's hard not to find traveling through Ghana a pleasant experience. The people, the culture, the environment -- they're all very inviting. But the mood changes when you arrive at ...

In a first coordinated African-led effort at the United Nations, leaders have declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade as “the greatest crime against humanity” and called for reparations. African ...

ACCRA, GhanaACCRA, Ghana — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana agreed Thursday to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ...

In a clearing at the turnoff to Assin Manso, a billboard depicts two African slaves in loincloths, their arms and legs in chains. Beside them are the words, “Never Again!” This is “slave river,” where ...

Melania Trump spent her second day in Ghana touring a former slave outpost and learning about some of the country's tragic past, as part of her first solo trip abroad as first lady. Melania Trump ...

ELMINA, Ghana (Reuters) - For many, it was their last glimpse of Africa. Pushed through the "door of no return", millions of Africans were shipped from places like this whitewashed fort in Elmina, ...

Centuries after their ancestors were forced onto slave ships off the coast of West Africa, African Americans and others continue to trace their roots back to the continent to learn more about their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Delegates at a ...