Cape Coast and Coffins
Cape Coast is one of the most famous colonial slave castles in Ghana. It is where thousands of captured Ghanians were taken, imprisoned & sold as slaves. Its definitely worth a visit. We were taken on a tour following the same route captured people would 
take on arrival. First they were separated into male and female and then forced into dungeons which they would only leave through "the door of no return" when a ship came to take them to America, unless they died of course. Many people died in the disgusting conditions they were kept in. The particularly harrowing thing about the castle is that the colonial "masters" lived in grand conditions above the dungeons and the Church was directly above the 
men’s dungeon.
The beach at Cape Coast is very beautiful. We thought we’d take a pleasant stroll along the sands only to find it literally covered in shit. Children shitting left right and centre - at the same time waving cheerily to 
me "obruni, hello". The fishing boats were nice and colourful though.
Back in Accra I really wanted to visit a coffin shop which are famous there as the Ga tribe are known for making really elaborate coffins in shapes reflecting the owner’s 
life. For example a fisherman might have a fish shaped coffin, a taxi driver might have a car shaped coffin. Some of the others we saw were Elephant (hunter/wildlife enthusiast?) mobile phone (businessman?) and a beer bottle (alcoholic?) We spent ages talking to the guy who makes them who told us that Americans are his biggest customer, even more than the Ga people who the tradition comes from. Why am I not surprised? They cost about $800 each.
