Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle dominates this city. Facing the ocean, the castle is enormous and covered in peeling white paint. Piles of rusty cannonballs line the entrance and inner courtyard as cannons line the outer walls. The museum is thought provoking, informative and extremely well balanced. Our tour guide was well spoken, knowledgeable, and captivating. We learned a lot about the terrible history of this slave fort and the people who were held, tortured, raped, and killed there. We were taken to places where unspeakable things were done to human beings. We struggled to remain present with the waves of information and resulting emotion. Like so many parts of this trip our visit to Cape Coast castle was not for the faint of heart. Words fail to describe the experience of being there.