Gwollu Slave Graves

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Gwollu Slave Graves is a historic burial site in northern Ghana that commemorates enslaved Africans who died during the trans-Saharan slave trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf burial site
historic site
memorial
associatedWith history of slavery in Ghana
trans-Saharan slave trade
commemorates enslaved Africans
victims of the trans-Saharan slave trade
country Ghana
governedBy local traditional authorities
hasContext pre-colonial West African trade routes
hasCulturalSignificance remembrance of slave trade atrocities
symbol of resistance to slavery
hasFunction education about the slave trade
memorialization of slavery
hasGraveType mass graves
hasHeritageType slave trade heritage site
languageOfLocalCommunity Sissala NERFINISHED
locatedIn Gwollu NERFINISHED
Northern Ghana NERFINISHED
memorialType outdoor memorial
nearbyFeature Gwollu Slave Defence Wall NERFINISHED
partOf slave trade heritage in northern Ghana
recognizedBy Ghanaian cultural heritage institutions
region Upper West Region of Ghana NERFINISHED
subjectOf Ghanaian heritage preservation efforts
studies on the trans-Saharan slave trade
usedFor burial of enslaved Africans who died in transit
visitedFor heritage tourism
historical education

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Gwollu Slave Defence Wall nearbyAttraction Gwollu Slave Graves