Journal articles: 'Elmina Castle (Elmina, Ghana)'

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Derricotte, Toi. "Exits from Elmina Castle: Cape Coast, Ghana." Callaloo 19, no. 1 (1996): 107–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cal.1996.0011.

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Ntewusu, Samuel Aniegye. "A Short Report on Two Diaries in the Roman Catholic Archives in Navrongo-Ghana." African Research & Documentation 137 (2020): 28–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00022421.

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By about 1470 the Portuguese had arrived on the coast of what would later become the Gold Coast, now Ghana. Having established a trading post, the Portuguese engaged in trade with the indigenous Fanti and other traders from the interior particularly Ashanti. Trade came along with the building of forts and castles and also with the introduction of Christianity albeit at a slow pace and limited to the forts and castles. By the end of the sixteenth century these fortresses particularly Elmina and Christiansburg castles had Catholic priests who were stopping over on missions to other parts of Africa and considering the possibility of opening a mission in either Accra or Elmina. Such plans never materialised mostly due to lack of commitment, early death of the missionaries or lack of funds.

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Ntewusu, Samuel Aniegye. "A Short Report on Two Diaries in the Roman Catholic Archives in Navrongo-Ghana." African Research & Documentation 137 (2020): 28–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00022421.

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By about 1470 the Portuguese had arrived on the coast of what would later become the Gold Coast, now Ghana. Having established a trading post, the Portuguese engaged in trade with the indigenous Fanti and other traders from the interior particularly Ashanti. Trade came along with the building of forts and castles and also with the introduction of Christianity albeit at a slow pace and limited to the forts and castles. By the end of the sixteenth century these fortresses particularly Elmina and Christiansburg castles had Catholic priests who were stopping over on missions to other parts of Africa and considering the possibility of opening a mission in either Accra or Elmina. Such plans never materialised mostly due to lack of commitment, early death of the missionaries or lack of funds.

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Prayag, Girish, Wantanee Suntikul, and Elizabeth Agyeiwaah. "Domestic tourists to Elmina Castle, Ghana: motivation, tourism impacts, place attachment, and satisfaction." Journal of Sustainable Tourism 26, no. 12 (November 17, 2018): 2053–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2018.1529769.

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Bruku, Sandra. "Community Engagement in Historical Site Protection: Lessons from the Elmina Castle Project in Ghana." Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 17, no. 1 (February 2015): 67–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1350503315z.00000000094.

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Amoako – Ohene, Kwasi, Nana Ama Pokua Arthur, and Samuel Nortey. "Museums: An institution for knowledge acquisition – A spotlight on the museum education in Ghana." International Journal of Technology and Management Research 5, no. 2 (July 11, 2020): 10–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.47127/ijtmr.v5i2.86.

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Museums, just like formal institutions of learning always have understood that conserving collections for study and exhibition can be an important part of the educational process. Since 1957, Ghana has established several museums under the Museums and Monument Board. These museums just like others are required to play a great deal of role in the social, educational, economic development of a nation. However, it is distressing to note that with the highly endowed museum assets of Ghana, such as the Cape Coast Castle Museum, Ghana National Museum, Fort Appolonia Museum of Nzema History and Culture, the Elmina Castle Museum, Ho Museum, Bolga Museum, Wa Museum, The Head of State Museum and Museum of Science and Technology both in Accra, there has been little contributions to Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product. Significantly, visitor experience and satisfaction is very low. In this view, this study sought to investigate educational activities of Ghana Museum and Monument Board (GMMB) and inquire into their educational activities. Employing qualitative approaches, the study used a triangulation of observations, interview and focus group discussion to assemble data from these museums. In conclusion, the museums provide some sort of education but there is no formalized educational framework serving as a guide. They mainly employ monotonous experience of guided and self-guided gallery tours, and occasionally, the museum curators and educators organize a oneoff programme such as an outreach to schools and special exhibitions as well as seminars. Recommendations to strengthening museum education in Ghana are addressed Citation: Kwasi Amoako – Ohene, Nana Ama Pokua Arthur, and Samuel Nortey.Museums: An institution for knowledge acquisition – A spotlight on the museum education in Ghana, 2020 5 (2): 10－23. Received: March 3, 2020 Accepted: June 30, 2020

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Hair, P. E. H. "Was Columbus' First Very Long Voyage A Voyage from Guinea?" History in Africa 22 (January 1995): 223–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3171915.

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In 1492 Columbus made a non-stop voyage, on the high seas of the Atlantic, between the Canary Islands and an uncertain island off the coast of America, a distance of some 3,100 nautical miles. But there is a strong likelihood that he had earlier traveled on a voyage which may also have been non-stop on the Atlantic high seas and yet been even longer. According to casual references, made in notes apparently either written or authorized by Columbus himself, he had, at an unstated date, seen and perhaps been within the castle of São Jorge da Mina in Guinea. Assuming for the purposes of further discussion that this interpretation of the notes is correct, he had therefore sailed to Mina (Elmina in present-day Ghana), most probably, it is generally thought, between 1482 and 1484, not long after the Portuguese founded the fort. He must have sailed in some capacity aboard a Portuguese vessel, possibly as a trader, if not as a mariner.Although not otherwise recorded, the voyage to Mina is plausible since it occurred during the period of nearly ten years in which Columbus was employed within the Portuguese sphere. Little is known of his activities in this period but it is evidenced that he worked at one stage as a trader and made voyages in the 1470s to the Madeira group, where he resided for a time. When he traveled to America his descriptions of features there were not infrequently in terms of comparisons with features of Guinea, indicating that he was to some extent informed about the latter region and suggesting, perhaps strongly, that he had visited certain parts, as I noted in an earlier paper.

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Preko, Alexander Kofi. "The impact of tour services on international tourist satisfaction in Elmina, Ghana." International Journal of Tourism Cities 6, no. 4 (September 25, 2019): 1129–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijtc-12-2018-0103.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present specific tour services that influence international tourist satisfaction (ITS) and behavioural intentions (BIs) utilising transaction-specific customer satisfaction theory in a developing country. Identified factors will help stakeholders to plan, market and brand Elmina, Ghana, as a viable tourism destination to attract more tourists. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modelling was used to test the proposed conceptual model of seven hypotheses based on validated survey data gathered from 432 international tourists in Elmina, Ghana. Findings Empirical results revealed that food services, transportation, tour guide performance and community interactions had positive effects, whereas accommodation had a negative effect on ITS. However, tourist satisfaction had a positive effect on BIs. Research limitations/implications The findings are limited to this sample and cannot be projected to other destinations. Future studies can examine other tour services like tourism information centres and retail travel agents in Elmina. Practical implications International tourists’ stay in Elmina could be improved by providing competitive, insightful and memorable tours. Management of Elmina should constantly investigate the quality of tour services available to meet emerging needs of tourists. Originality/value To date, research into tour services, satisfaction and intentions of international tourists within city tourism as a foundation for future tourism development in Ghana has been overlooked. The findings provide an improved understanding of tour services, which will help Elmina’s tourism management to design and offer innovative and quality tour services to tourists.

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Siaw, Gladys Apreh. "Health and Safety Practices in Hotels in Central Region, Ghana: Does Being a TVET-Trained Housekeeper Matter?" European Journal of Health Sciences 7, no. 5 (October 4, 2022): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.47672/ejhs.1215.

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Purpose: Despite evidences that training helps improve health and safety practices in hotels, there is modicum of knowledge of how being a Technical and Vocational Education and Training-trained housekeeper influences health and safety practices in hotels in Central Region, particularly Cape Coast and Elmina. This study, in response to this gap, examined the effect of being a TVET-trained housekeeper on health and safety practices in hotels in Cape Coast and Elmina. Methodology: The explanatory research design was employed. Data were collected, using self-administered questionnaire, from 100 conveniently selected housekeepers of 51 hotels in Cape Coast and Elmina in the Central Region. Data collected were analysed using means, standard deviations and regression analysis. Findings: The results showed that seven dimensions account for about 60% of the variance in health and safety practices. Also, the general level of health and safety practices in hotels in Cape Coast and Elmina was high – with higher average scores recorded among TVET-trained housekeepers compared to non-TVET-trained housekeepers. Additionally, the study revealed a statistically significant positive effect of being a TVET-trained housekeeper on health and safety practices in hotels. Recommendation: It was recommended that for improved health and safety practices in the hotels in Cape Coast and Elmina, there is the need for TVET-trained housekeepers; thus, hotel operators should give preference to employing TVET-trained housekeepers.

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Forson, Stella, and Samuel KK Amponsah. "Biological Parameters of False Scad (Decapterus Rhonchus) Encountered in the Coastal Waters of Elmina, Ghana." Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries 7, no. 3 (December 31, 2020): 507–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v7i3.51370.

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The study evaluated some population parameters of Decapterus rhonchus in coastal waters of Elmina, Ghana. A total of 210 samples were collected from Elmina landing beach in the Central region of Ghana from July 2019 to December 2019. The total length of individual fish samples was measured and analyzed using TropFish R package. Von Bertalanffy parameters were estimated as asymptotic length (L∞) = 40.6 cm, growth rate (K) = 0.14 per year, and growth performance index (Φ′) =2.367 per year. The length at first capture and maturity were 28.2 cm and 23.2 cm, respectively. Mortality parameters were calculated as total mortality rate (Z) = 1.09 per year, natural mortality rate (M) = 0.29 per year and fishing mortality rate (F) = 0.80 per year. The exploitation rate (E) was 0.73 which suggests that Decapterus rhonchus fishery in coast of Elmina, Ghana is highly overexploited. Reduction of fishing efforts through the removal of subsidies and the introduction of closed fishing season are some of the recommended management measures to sustain the Decapterus rhonchus fishery in Ghana. Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.7(3): 507-515, December 2020

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Holsey, Bayo. "“Watch the Waves of the Sea”: Literacy, Feedback, and the European Encounter in Elmina." History in Africa 38 (2011): 79–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hia.2011.0013.

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On 19 January 1482, a Portuguese fleet of ships under the command of Captain Don Diego d'Azambuja landed at Elmina (a small town on the Gold Coast, what is now Ghana). D'Azambuja immediately set up a meeting with the king of Elmina. King Kwamena Ansa, dressed in all of his finery, met with the Portuguese captain, and during this meeting d'Azambuja asked for permission to build a permanent settlement. At first, Ansa denied his request, stating that he should watch the waves of the sea. Just as they come to the shore, reach the shore, and go back, so too should he continue to come to Elmina, trade, and go back to Portugal. After persistent requests however, Ansa finally agreed and allowed the Portuguese to build a fort known today as Elmina Castle.I first heard this story from men and women in Elmina during field research there in 2001. When I asked people to tell me about the history of the town and gave them free rein to discuss any topic of their choosing, this was often the story that they chose to tell. Kwamena Ansa, it seems, is a local legend. His fame has extended beyond Elmina however, and into Western scholarship. In particular, David Henige has tracked the emergence of Ansa within Elmina's oral tradition. Henige argues that, while this historical figure can be traced through written sources reaching all the way back to the early sixteenth century, his recognition as a past king by local residents in Elmina has a much shorter history. Indeed, Ansa first emerged in kinglists dating back only to the 1920s and 1930s. During this time, Henige argues, local residents began reading European texts about Elmina's history in order to negotiate colonial courts. The inclusion of Ansa on kinglists represents, therefore, an example of feedback, which is the process of the integration of information from the written record into the oral tradition.

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Aheto, Denis, Noble Asare, Belinda Quaynor, Emmanuel Tenkorang, Cephas Asare, and Isaac Okyere. "Profitability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Elmina, Ghana." Sustainability 4, no. 11 (October 24, 2012): 2785–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su4112785.

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Kwame Womber, Peter. "From Anomansa to Elmina: The Establishment and the Use of the Elmina Castle – From the Portuguese to the British." ATHENS JOURNAL OF HISTORY 6, no. 4 (August 10, 2020): 349–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajhis.6-4-4.

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Wilson, Matthew Coffie, Theophilus Amo Asumah, Joshua Tetteh Emmaham, and Kingsley Kwame Asante. "COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF SOME OF THE ROCKS IN THE SEKONDIAN SERIES – IMPLICATIONS FOR PETRO-MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF THE ROCKS." Earth Science Malaysia 6, no. 1 (2022): 32–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/esmy.01.2022.32.39.

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This study petrologically and mechanically assesses and compares five of the seven stratigraphic units of the Sekondi Group comprising Elmina sandstone from Central region; Ajoa, Takoradi, Takoradi Harbour and Essipong shales from the Western region in Ghana. All the studied shales were detrital clastic sedimentary rocks observed to have angular, near rounded and elongated crystal habits which are randomly distributed within fine-grained clay minerals as cementing matrix. These characters were clearly observed in the Ajua shales than the others. Unlike the shales, no chlorite, organic materials or foliations were observed in the Elmina sandstone. Also, the most consisted minerals in the shales were the feldspars (K- and plagioclase) and quartz, whereby the K-feldspar dominated the other crystals in the sandstone. The finer texture of the shales may be inferred that the shales have undergone longer times and distances of transportation process. The UCS test carried out on the Elmina sandstone reveals it to be a weak rock with a strength value of 37.3 MPa whilst the Schmidt Hammer test carried out on the four shale rock samples define the shales to be delaminated with the average rebound value of zero (0) each. Both results confirm the megascopic and microscopic petrological results, since both revealed the occurrences of laminated sections within the rocks, and the fissile property of all the shales. It also proves megascopic observation of Elmina sandstone being the hardest of the rocks observed, although the sandstone is still relatively weak from the rock hardness classification.

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Yarak, Larry W. "The “Elmina Note:” Myth and Reality in Asante-Dutch Relations." History in Africa 13 (1986): 363–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3171552.

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One of the more perplexing issues in the history of Asante's relations with the Europeans on the nineteenth-century Gold Coast has been that of the origin and significance of the so-called “Elmina Note,” the pay document which authorized the Asantehene to collect two ounces of gold (or its equivalent in trade goods) per month from the Dutch authorities at Elmina. Not only have modern historians of Ghana evidenced no small amount of confusion on this matter, but during 1870/71 the Asantehene, the British, and the Dutch also disagreed strongly over the political significance of the note, as the Dutch negotiated to cede their “possessions” on the Gold Coast to the British. Failure to resolve these disagreements contributed significantly to the Asante decision to invade the British “protected” territories in 1873. This action in turn led to the British invasion of Asante in 1874, which most historians agree constitutes a critical watershed in Asante history. Clearly, the matter of the “Elmina Note” (or kostbrief as it was known to the Dutch) is one of some historical and historiographical importance. An examination of the relevant Dutch, Danish, and British documentation now makes possible a resolution of the major questions concerning its origin and meaning.The debates between the Asante, the British, and the Dutch show that in the later nineteenth century there was considerable agreement over certain issues: first, no one disputed that the Dutch had for some time past paid to the Asantehene (actually to an envoy dispatched by the king to Elmina) a stipend (or kostgeld, as the Dutch termed it) of two ounces of gold per month, or twentyfour ounces per year.

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Everts, Natalie. "Cherchez la Femme: Gender-Related Issues in Eighteenth-Century Elmina." Itinerario 20, no. 1 (March 1996): 45–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0165115300021525.

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In June 1760 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch factor in service of the West India Company (WIC) on the Gold Coast, and commander of fortress Batenstein at Butri, took the law into his own hands. He pawned three slaves owned by the black woman Paraba, because she had, in name of her abusua (matrilineal descent group) appropriated the inheritance of his deceased African concubine and, what is more, she had told Heinsius that she intended to take care of the raising of his Euro-African son. In a letter to his superiors, who resided at Elmina castle, he accounted for his action. Heinsius explained that he acted not for himself but in his little son's interests, the latter being, so he thought, according to indigenous law, the sole heir to his mother's legacy. The reaction he received from the president and the council at Elmina contained a sharp reprimand. The WIC-authorities designated his claim on the inheritance as unlawful and contrary to customary law, and ordered him to immediately return the slaves.

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GOCKING, ROGER. "A CHIEFTAINCY DISPUTE AND RITUAL MURDER IN ELMINA, GHANA, 1945–6." Journal of African History 41, no. 2 (July 2000): 197–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700007714.

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Between 6.30 and 7.00 a.m. on Monday morning, 19 March 1945 the body of a young girl of ten was found on the beach a short distance from the town of Elmina at a popular bathing spot known as Akotobinsin. According to the coroner, she had been dead for between 24 and 48 hours. There was no water in her lungs or stomach which indicated that she had not died by drowning. Instead, her upper and lower lips, both cheeks, both eyes, her private parts and anus, and several elliptical pieces of skin from different parts of her body had been removed. Many of these wounds exposed large blood vessels and the coroner concluded that ‘death was due to shock and hemorrhage’. She was identified as Ama Krakraba who had been missing since the evening of Saturday, 17 March. Her frantic mother had immediately suspected foul play and had confronted Kweku Ewusie, the Regent of the Edina State, who was later accused of having ‘enticed’ the young girl to the third floor of Bridge House, where he lived, ‘by the ruse of sending her out on an errand to buy tobacco’. There she had been murdered so that her body parts could be used to make ‘medicine’ to help the Regent's faction win a court case that was critical for their political standing in Elmina. On the 24 March, after a preliminary investigation, the colony's attorney-general brought charges of murder against Kweku Ewusie and four others from Elmina: Joe Smith, Herbert Krakue, Nana Appram Esson, alias Joseph Bracton Johnson, and Akodei Mensah. They were tried at the Accra Criminal Assizes from 16 May to 2 June, found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to be hanged. The West African Court of Appeal turned down their appeal on 28 June 1945 as did the Privy Council on 14 January 1946. On 1 February 1946, Kweku Ewusie, Joe Smith and Herbert Krakue were hanged at James Fort in Accra, and on 2 February, J. B. Johnson and Akodei Mensah met the same fate.

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Laureys, Tom. "Intellectuele toe-eigening en discursief geweld in Focquenbrochs Afrikaense Thalia (1678)." Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 57, no. 2 (July 3, 2020): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/tl.v57i2.6513.

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In 1668, the Dutch medic and poet Willem Godschalck van Focquenbroch left Amsterdam for the African Gold Coast to become “fiscaal” (a kind of public prosecutor) on behalf of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) at Elmina Castle in Guinea, which was a bulwark of the Dutch transatlantic slave trade. In his posthumously published Afrikaense Thalia (African Thalia, 1678), a collection of poems and letters containing the well-known Afrikaense Brieven (African Letters), Focquenbroch testifies to his life and work in Elmina Castle through his alter ego “Focq”. In this article, I use Stephen Greenblatt’s notions of “wonder” and “possession” to demonstrate that Focq’s descriptions in the Afrikaense Brieven can be read as an expression of his initial wonder for, and subsequent appropriation of Guinea and its inhabitants. I argue that Focq’s literary-intellectual appropriation of the African Other, which at first sight seems rather innocent compared to the brutal physical appropriation of African people by the Dutch colonists, can nevertheless be considered violent at a discursive level. Focq’s conviction that he is superior to the Guineans because he possesses written language enables him to frame his writing in a discourse which stresses the superiority of the own culture and the culturelessness of the African Other. As such, Focq degrades and instrumentalizes the African Other in order to glorify and preserve the Self.

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Nelson, Peter. "The Castle of St. George at Elmina and the Problem with Heritage." Iowa Review 28, no. 2 (July 1998): 47–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17077/0021-065x.5005.

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Cook, Gregory D., Rachel Horlings†, and Andrew Pietruszka. "Maritime Archaeology and the Early Atlantic Trade: research at Elmina, Ghana." International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 45, no. 2 (July 8, 2016): 370–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12180.

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Dzantor, Selorm A., Denis W. Aheto, and Comfort O. Adeton. "Assessment of Vulnerability and Coping Livelihood Strategies of Fishermen in Elmina, Ghana." East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 2, no. 1 (August 27, 2020): 71–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajis.2.1.200.

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This study assessed the vulnerability and coping livelihood strategies of fishermen within the context of declining marine fisheries in Elmina, Ghana. One hundred and fifty-five (155) fishermen were purposively selected for questionnaire interviews from January to March 2017. The results showed that most of the fishermen depended heavily on fishing as a major source of livelihood. Nonetheless, their income levels were trifled due to declining fisheries. The vulnerability index of the community proved to be significantly high. The coping livelihood strategies were largely informal, comprising farming and trading, among others. A little over half of the fishermen were willing to leave the fishing sector for different livelihoods, given other prospects. It is concluded that improving livelihoods in the community will require strengthening supplementary livelihood occupations, and educating fishers on the dangers of using illicit fishing methods are required for the growth of the sector and enhancement of income levels of fishermen.

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Badu-Baiden, Frank, Kwaku Adutwum Boakye, and Felix Elvis Otoo. "Backpackers’ views on risk in the Cape Coast-Elmina area of Ghana." International Journal of Tourism Sciences 16, no. 1-2 (April 2, 2016): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15980634.2016.1185308.

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Pietruszka, Andrew T. "Artefacts of Exchange: A Multiscalar Approach to Maritime Archaeology at Elmina, Ghana." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 47, no. 1 (March 2012): 132–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2011.647958.

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Holden, Andrew, Joel Sonne, and Marina Novelli. "Tourism and Poverty Reduction: An Interpretation by the Poor of Elmina, Ghana." Tourism Planning & Development 8, no. 3 (August 2011): 317–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21568316.2011.591160.

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Sifan, Ye, Wu Ting, Jarvis Michael, and Zhu Yuhao. "Digital reconstruction of Elmina Castle for mobile virtual reality via point-based detail transfer." Electronic Imaging 34, no. 1 (January 16, 2022): 409–1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2352/ei.2022.34.1.vda-409.

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Everts, Natalie. "Seminar on Cape Coast and Elmina, Cape Coast, Ghana, 24-26 March 1995." Itinerario 19, no. 2 (July 1995): 13–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0165115300006756.

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Jonah, Fredrick Ekow. "Managing coastal erosion hotspots along the Elmina, Cape Coast and Moree area of Ghana." Ocean & Coastal Management 109 (June 2015): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.02.007.

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Nunoo, F. K. E. "Achieving sustainable fisheries management: A critical look at traditional fisheries management in the marine artisanal fisheries of Ghana, West Africa." Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management 2, no. 1 (February 21, 2018): 15–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.26796/jenrm.v2i0.40.

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Sustaining fishery resources is crucial to the survival and wealth of artisanal fishers in Ghana. The artisanal fisheries sector ofGhana provides food, employment, livelihood support and socio-economic benefits to the Ghanaian economy. Fishery resourcesof Ghana are under stress from population pressure, increasing demand of fish and fishery products and open-access regime.Formal fisheries management practices have not yielded the desired results. There is an increasing need for traditional fisheriespractices to be incorporated into formal fisheries management practices. The aim of this paper is to conduct an in-depth studyon traditional marine fisheries management systems in Ghana in order to provide information to enhance the management of theartisanal fisheries.Data was collected through document analysis (between May 2014 and January 2015), field observation andquestionnaire-based interview (between 26th and 30th of July 2014). Results show that the Chief Fisherman and CommunityBased Fisheries Management Committee are important structures in the fisheries management system of Ghana. The ChiefFisherman is the person that leads resolution of disputes and gives access to fishing in the communities. There are a number ofmeasures such as non-fishing days, ban on landing certain fish species during festival periods to prevent overfishing. Taboos andcultural practices such as performing of rituals to ‘sea gods’ and consulting of oracles during certain periods of the year help tomanage the fish stocks. With respect to the performance of the fishing communities, Elmina performed better with combinationof various traditional practices to prevent overfishing. Fishers in Elmina also had adequate knowledge of current fishing rulesand regulations than fishers in Adina, Chorkor and Dixcove. Fishers and fishing communities must be educated on the need toavoid unapproved fishing practices to help keep the fishery resources healthy for sustainable exploitation. Fishers should also beequipped with alternative livelihood jobs in order to reduce the pressure on the fishery resources. A national policy to integratetraditional management practices into formal fisheries management plans should be established.

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Acquah, Henry, and Isaac Abunyuwah. "Logit analysis of socio-economic factors influencing people to become fishermen in the central region of Ghana." Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Belgrade 56, no. 1 (2011): 55–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/jas1101055a.

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This study analyzes the socio-economic factors that influence people?s decision to become fishermen in the central region of Ghana. Using a well structured interview schedule, a random sample of 98 people from Elmina in the central region of Ghana was selected for the study. Results from the descriptive statistics analysis of respondents identified fishing as a family business, minimum skills requirement and ready market for fish demand as factors that motivated majority of the people into fishing. Lack of storage facilities, access to credit, lack of government assistance and unpredictable changes in weather conditions on sea were the main constraints to fishing activities. Results from the logistic regression model indicated that household size and access to credit were significant factors that positively influenced people?s decision to become fishermen. The regression analysis further revealed that engaging in other income generating activity and being educated significantly reduces the probability to start fishing business.

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Amissah, Augustina Araba. "Demographic characteristics and willingness to remain single: the case of male single-parents in Elmina, Ghana." NORMA 16, no. 1 (January 2, 2021): 57–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2021.1881292.

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Golo, Harrison K., and Bolanle Erinosho. "Tackling the challenges confronting women in the Elmina fishing community of Ghana: A human rights framework." Marine Policy 147 (January 2023): 105349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105349.

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Ragosta, Summer, Ivelyn Harris, Ntim Gyakari, Emmanuel Otoo, and Alex Asase. "Participatory Ethnomedicinal Cancer Research with Fante-Akan Herbalists in Rural Ghana." Ethnobiology Letters 6, no. 1 (July 21, 2015): 66–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.14237/ebl.6.1.2015.253.

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An ethnomedicinal study was initiated with herbalists in coastal Central Region Ghana to explore how cancer is defined, diagnosed, and treated within a traditional Fante-Akan context. The participatory, service-oriented investigation included international collaboration with herbalists and traditional plant experts. On-site meetings informed community leaders and members of project intent and methods, guided protocol, and gauged critical support. To provide immediate educational and economic opportunities, hands-on activities with villagers transferred academic and applied skills. Ethnographic interviews and voucher specimen collections were conducted with seven herbalists. Plant samples were dried and housed locally in a community herbarium cabinet constructed in Kormantse. Ten cancer ethnopharmacopoeia plants were identified, most of which are species considered native to tropical Africa. Fante Akan herbalists listed various types of cancers they treat with herbal remedies, along with ethnomedicinal descriptions of disease etiology, diagnoses, and treatments. The most common cancer type mentioned was “breast cancer.” Topical application was the most often cited method of administering remedies. Researchers established key contacts in the Kormantse, Salt Pond, and Elmina communities, and identified local and international research collaborators for a proposed interdisciplinary project focused on longitudinal case studies with herbalists, patients, and medical physicians.

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Jonah, Fredrick Ekow, and Kofi Adu-Boahen. "Coastal environmental injustice in Ghana: the activities of coastal sediment miners in the Elmina, Cape Coast and Moree area." GeoJournal 81, no. 2 (December 4, 2014): 185–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-014-9612-4.

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Asare, Kwame Kumi, Yeboah Kwaku Opoku, Alberta Serwah Anning, Justice Afrifa, and Eric Ofori Gyamerah. "Case Report: A case of dipylidiasis in a first-trimester pregnant woman attending a routine antenatal clinic at Elmina health centre, Ghana." F1000Research 8 (June 13, 2019): 857. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19081.1.

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Dipylidiasis is a zoonotic parasitosis caused by a canine and feline tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum which rarely infects humans, usually infants and young children. The accidental ingestion of cysticercoid infected flea Ctenocephalides felis is the cause of this cestode infection in humans. Here we report the first and a rare case of adult dipylidiasis in a first-trimester pregnant woman in Ghana. She reported at the health facility for a routine antenatal check-up with apparently no symptoms or signs of the infection at the time of the visit. Her routine stool examination revealed a single egg packet of Dipylidium caninum and was treated with a single dose of praziquantel. It is important for pathologists and laboratory technicians to be aware of the emergence of human dipylidiasis in Ghana. A conscious effort should be aimed at the creation of awareness among pet owners and the general population of the public health importance of zoonotic parasites that infect pets and domestic animals.

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Oostindie, Gert. "The slippery paths of commemoration and Heritage tourism: the Netherlands, Ghana, and the rediscovery of Atlantic slavery." New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 79, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2005): 55–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134360-90002501.

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Reflects upon the commemoration of the Atlantic slave trade and American slavery. Author describes how the slave trade and slavery was recently "rediscovered", as a part of Dutch history, and he compares this to the attention to this history in other European countries once engaging in slavery. He argues that despite the fact that the history of the slave trade and slavery is worthy of attention in itself, contemporary political and social factors mainly influence attention to the slave trade and slavery, noting that in countries with larger Afro-Caribbean minority groups the attention to this past is greater than in other once slave-trading countries. He further deplores the lack of academic accuracy on the slave trade and slavery in slavery commemorations and in the connected search for African roots among descendants of slaves, and illustrates this by focusing on the role of Ghana, and the slave fortress Elmina there, as this fortress also has become a much visited tourist site by Afro-Americans. According to him, this made for some that Ghana represents the whole of Africa, while African slaves in the Caribbean, also in the Dutch colonies, came from various parts of Africa. Author attributes this selectivity in part to the relatively large Ghanaian community in the Netherlands.

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Oostindie, Gert. "The slippery paths of commemoration and Heritage tourism: the Netherlands, Ghana, and the rediscovery of Atlantic slavery." New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 79, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2008): 55–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002501.

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Reflects upon the commemoration of the Atlantic slave trade and American slavery. Author describes how the slave trade and slavery was recently "rediscovered", as a part of Dutch history, and he compares this to the attention to this history in other European countries once engaging in slavery. He argues that despite the fact that the history of the slave trade and slavery is worthy of attention in itself, contemporary political and social factors mainly influence attention to the slave trade and slavery, noting that in countries with larger Afro-Caribbean minority groups the attention to this past is greater than in other once slave-trading countries. He further deplores the lack of academic accuracy on the slave trade and slavery in slavery commemorations and in the connected search for African roots among descendants of slaves, and illustrates this by focusing on the role of Ghana, and the slave fortress Elmina there, as this fortress also has become a much visited tourist site by Afro-Americans. According to him, this made for some that Ghana represents the whole of Africa, while African slaves in the Caribbean, also in the Dutch colonies, came from various parts of Africa. Author attributes this selectivity in part to the relatively large Ghanaian community in the Netherlands.

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Amadu, Iddrisu, Frederick Ato Armah, and Denis Worlanyo Aheto. "Assessing Livelihood Resilience of Artisanal Fisherfolk to the Decline in Small-Scale Fisheries in Ghana." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 18, 2021): 10404. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810404.

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The concept of livelihood resilience provides a unique framework for understanding challenges in complex social–ecological systems (SESs) and fostering sustainability. Despite the crises many small-scale fisheries (SSFs) are facing, few studies have operationalized the concept in the context of declining SSFs in developing countries. This study aims to assess the resilience of artisanal fisherfolk livelihoods and its predicting factors in three fishing communities—Elmina, Jamestown, and Axim—in Ghana. A total of 1180 semi-structured interviews were conducted with fishers, fish processors, and mongers. Descriptive and multivariate statistical techniques were used to analyze the data. The results show that the livelihood resilience of fisherfolk increases with an increased level of education and varies by gender. Male fisherfolk with secondary/post-secondary level education had the highest proportion (50%) of more resilient livelihoods. Only 36% of female fisherfolk with secondary/post-secondary level education had more resilient livelihoods. While 40% of male fisherfolk with no formal education had less resilient livelihoods, the livelihoods of half (51%) of females fisherfolk with no formal education were less resilient. The sociodemographic characteristics including wealth status, dependency ratio, marital status, religion, and ethnicity; contextual factors (community); and other relevant factors (experience in fishing, membership of fisherfolk association/group, and beneficiary of livelihood interventions) were found as predictors of the resilience of fisherfolks livelihoods. The findings suggest that interventions towards improving the livelihood resilience of fisherfolk need to consider individual- and household-level characteristics, as well as contextual factors such as marital status, religious affiliation, ethnicity, wealth status, dependency ratio, community, etc.

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Cohen, Jacob, Kobina Yankson, Emmanuel Acheampong, and Daniel Wubah. "Effects of Tidal Exposure on Bivalve Molluscs: First Stab at the Case of West African Mangrove Oyster (Crassostrea tulipa) in Benya Lagoon, Elmina, Ghana." Journal of Fisheries and Coastal Management 1, no. 1 (2020): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/jfcom.20200317105716.

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Jones, Adam. "Are Unpublished Sources Best? Reflections on a Seventeenth-Century Dutch Source." History in Africa 35 (January 2008): 491–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hia.0.0019.

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In his excellent edition of the abortive Dutch expedition to capture Elmina Castle on the Gold Coast in 1625, Henk den Heijer has transcribed from records in the Algemeen Rijksarchief the journal by Admiral Jan Dirksz Lam and the resolutions passed by the ships' council. I was puzzled, however, by his decision not to include the anonymous 13-page pamphlet Waerachtich verhael van den gantsche reyse ghedaen by den eersamen Jan Dircksz Lam…, published in Amsterdam immediately after the fleet's return to the Netherlands in 1626. He includes a facsimile of the title page and mentions my own translation of the section dealing with Sierra Leone, but offers no explanation for not including it. Could it be that he considered the printed document somehow less “primary”—and hence less valuable—than the manuscript(s)?Without wishing to compare both texts in detail, we may look at two examples. In the section on Sierra Leone, where the fleet spent three months, the two sources record a number of things in more or less the same way, albeit in quite different wording: both mention meeting a French yacht from Dieppe, negotiating successfully with the “king” for permission to take water, firewood, limes etc.; both report on a “strange beast” (probably a chimpanzee) which was caught, teased, and eventually thrown overboard. But the pamphlet (pp. 4-8) gives us a wealth of information on the king's appearance (orange stockings, grey hat with orange plumes, etc.), his wives, the military parade he offered in honor of the Dutch, an African interpreter named Herry who had spent a long time in England, and many other topics.

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Sens, Angelie. "Gijs van der Ham, Dof goud. Nederland en Ghana, 1593-1872; Marcel van Engelen, Het kasteel Elmina. In het spoor van de Nederlandse slavenhandel in Afrika." Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History 11, no. 3 (September 15, 2014): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/tseg.161.

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Hormenu, Thomas, Patrick Kwasi Akutu, and Stephen Oklu. "Factors influencing teenage pregnancy in Komenda, Edina, Eguafo Abirem Municipality." Ghana Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sports and Dance (GJOHPERSD) 10, no. 1 (June 1, 2017): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.47963/gjohpersd.v10i1.541.

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Adolescents are the most important sexually active population in our societies, and given their size and characteristics, majority are exposed to early unplanned and unprotected sexual intercourse leading to unwanted pregnancy and sometimes unsafe abortions. Teenage pregnancy has become very common in the Ghanaian society, especially among adolescents at the Primary and Junior High School (JHS) levels of education. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the Komenda, Edina, Eguafo Abrem Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana from 2012-2016. The study employed descriptive survey design to purposively sample teenage mothers and pregnant teenagers seeking antenatal and postnatal care at the Elmina Urban Health Centre and Ankaful Leprosy/General Hospital. Questionnaire and secondary data was collected and analyzed using simple frequencies and percentages. The finding revealed 25% prevalence of teenage pregnancy among the adolescents between 2012 and 2016. Poverty, peer pressure, and the influence of the media (electronic and social) were found to be the major risk factors to influence teenage pregnancy among the participants. Birth complications and school dropouts were the major consequences of teenage pregnancy among the participants. It was concluded that the high prevalence of teenage in the municipality could also lead to high presence of sexually transmitted infections. It was therefore recommended that municipal assemblies establish trade schools as well as use successful indigenes as role models to increase students’ ambition for the future and decrease their engagement in the sexual activities. Also, condom usage should be highlighted in the schools to help those who cannot abstain to use protection.

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France, Christine A. M., Douglas W. Owsley, Karin S. Bruwelheide, Emily S. Renschler, Kathryn G. Barca, and Christopher R. DeCorse. "Stable isotopes from the African site of Elmina, Ghana and their usefulness in tracking the provenance of enslaved individuals in 18th‐ and 19th‐century North American populations." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171, no. 2 (November 5, 2019): 298–318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23946.

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"Elmina Castle, Central Region of Ghana." Journal of Coastal Research 38, no. 5 (September 1, 2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/0749-0208-38.5.i.

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Kobo, Fundiswa A. "Black women’s bodies as reformers from the dungeons: The Reformation and womanism." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 74, no. 3 (August 7, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v74i3.5015.

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While it cannot be denied that the 16th-century Reformation, which challenged papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability to define Christian moral practice in a just manner, indeed came with deep and lasting political changes, it remained a male-dominated discourse. The Reformation was arguably patriarchal and points to a patriarchal culture of subordination and oppression of women that prevailed then and is still pertinent in the church and all spheres of society today. The absence of Elmina and the silenced yet loud voices and cries from the female dungeons below a Dutch Reformed Church in the upper levels of the castle in the retelling of the narrative of the Reformation leaves much to be desired and has a bearing on how black women perceive the Reformation 500 years later. The article thus problematises the Reformation through the heuristic eyes of Elmina Castle in Ghana as the genesis of the ‘dungeoning’ of black women justified by faith. The article argues that black women are reformers from the dungeons following the historical experience of reformation and the Reformed faith as racist and sexist, among other ills experienced by blacks in the Global South, with black women literally kept in the dungeons below a Reformed Church building as they were in Elmina with a biblical inscription, Psalm 138, on the threshold of its main door. This article thus points to irreconcilable contradictions maintained by the Reformed faith that continues to bury black women in the ‘dungeons’ even today. The enfleshment of black bodies in the dungeons of the Elmina Castle underneath a Reformed Church building is seen as the historical and heuristic starting point of engaging Reformed faith from a womanist perspective.

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Gumbs, Alexis Pauline. "Quantum Particularity: For Audre Lorde and Dionne Brand." TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, February 15, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/topia-2022-0045.

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This essay brings together the writing of Audre Lorde and Dionne Brand and their responses to their visits, decades apart to the dungeons of Elmina. The essay proposes that Elmina Castle and the other forts used for the purposes of trading enslaved Africans can be understood as particle accelerators because of their reduction of key components of communities into individuals for sale. The word “particular” in the writing and speaking of Lorde and Brand offer us a poetics beyond individuality.

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Kyei-Gyamfi, Sylvester. "Condom use and risk of HIV infection among fishers in Elmina fishing community in Ghana." Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature 4, no. 3 (March 25, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.51879/pijssl/4.3.14.

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This paper is a follow-up to a cross-sectional study which employed a mix-method design for data collection and analysis to investigate the relationship between mobility and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risks amongst 385 fishers in Elminafishing community in Ghana. It discusses condom use among fishers andthe perceived barriers in using it and concludes with a discussion on the implications for risks of HIV infection as a result of the reported low condom use among them. The reported low usage suggests the engagement in unprotected sex of the fishers and the likelyhoodtheir exposure to sexually transmitted infections such as HIV in the study area. The paper thus recommends on-going and future HIV education programs by the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA) Municipality Assembly and civil society organisations in Elmina to explore ways of including the supply of free condoms to fishers and at the various fishing destination points along the coast of Elmina. Equally, this outreach or mobile HIV service outlets should emphasize the consistent use of condom within Elmina and the surrounding fishing communities.

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Agamba, Joachim Jack. "Beyond Elmina: The Slave Trade in Northern Ghana." Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies 32, no. 1-2 (2006). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/f7321-2016513.

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Ebu, Nancy, Sylvia Sylvia C. Mupepi, Peter Mate-Siakwa, and Carolyn Sampselle. "Knowledge, practice, and barriers toward cervical cancer screening in Elmina, Southern Ghana." International Journal of Women's Health, December 2014, 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/ijwh.s71797.

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Kyei-Gyamfi, Sylvester. "Fish-for-Sex (FFS) and risk of HIV Infection among Fishers in Elmina Fishing Community in Ghana." AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW 8, no. 2 (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.14426/ahmr.v8i2.1075.

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This paper is a follow-up to a cross-sectional study which employed mix-methods for data collection and analysis to investigate a relationship between mobility and HIV risks amongst 385 fishers in Elmina. It discusses the roles of men and women in fish-for-sex (FFS), reasons for such transactional sexual activity and its implications for HIV risk infection. The theory of gender and power has been utilized to explain gender dynamics in power inequalities, and their effects on interpersonal sexual relationships between males and females within the fishing community. The paper concludes sex-division of labour exists in the study area and thrives on socio-cultural norms and power inequalities, which mainly favours men, as it gives them the power to exploit women through the supply of fish. Another observation from the paper is that as long as the female fishers require capital for their fish trade and the male fishers have greater control over the supply of the fish, the women will have very little basis to negotiate for. The paper therefore establishes linkage between fish-for-sex relationship and risk of HIV exposure among fishers in Elmina. The paper recommends empowerment of female fishers by granting them trading capital to limit their overdependence on male fishers for capital, and prevent them from exchanging sex for fish. The paper also calls for the intensification of education by relevant agencies involved in HIV education on safe sex practices through the use of condoms in fishing communities.

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Kyei-Gyamfi, Sylvester. "Efficacy of HIV and AIDS education programs in the Elmina fishing community in Ghana." Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10, no. 1 (February 1, 2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01535-y.

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AbstractOne of the most important steps in HIV prevention is the provision of education to raise awareness to ensure individuals have a sufficient understanding of HIV and AIDS and encourage them to apply that knowledge. The study is based on an earlier descriptive cross-sectional study that sought a link between fishers’ mobility and their risk of HIV exposure in the Elmina fishing community in Ghana. The current paper focuses on initiatives taken within the study area to inform fishers about HIV and AIDS. Additionally, it analyzes the successes and challenges of these programs and offers suggestions for improvement. Public and community durbars, town hall meetings, radio and television transmission, film creation, and the distribution of IE&C materials are the main strategies utilized to carry out HIV and AIDS education. The results suggest that few fishers in the study area take part in programs, whiles projects on HIV and AIDS cannot be implemented consistently and effectively due to a lack of funding and delays in the delivery of government funds. To enable organizations whose mandates, relate to HIV and AIDS interventions to carry out the programs timely and fully, it is advised that government enhances its financing and ensures the timely and full release of program funds.

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