🇬🇭 Ghana · Cave
Bosumpra Cave
Bosumpra Cave (also spelt Bosompra Cave) is an archaeological site situated on the Kwahu plateau, which forms part of the easternmost section of the Ashanti uplands.
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🇬🇭 Ghana · Cave
Bosumpra Cave (also spelt Bosompra Cave) is an archaeological site situated on the Kwahu plateau, which forms part of the easternmost section of the Ashanti uplands.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Archaeological wonder
Jenini was a slave camp in Ghana during Samory Toure’s reign c. 1870 - 1895. Archaeological excavations at Jenini began in July 2004, with a goal to better understand the lives of its enslaved…
🇬🇭 Ghana · Temple complex
Medieval Sudanese (15th–16th c) · Dagomba–Dyula Islam
Larabanga Mosque (1421 legend, likely 16th c) is the oldest mosque in Ghana and purest Sudanese adobe (Sudanic) with two 12 m pyramidal towers (mihrab and minaret) 8×10 m mud mass, 12 massive toron…
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient village
Early Modern Nzema (1600–present, continuous) · Nzema (Akan)
Nzulezo is a 400-year Nzema stilt village on Lake Tadane (Amansuri Lagoon) with 500+ houses on reflux mangrove piles 1–2 m above 5 km lake.