Osu Castle

The Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or simply the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana on the Gulf of Guinea coast in Africa. The castle was built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s and has since changed ownership between Denmark-Norway, Portugal, the Akwamu, Great Britain and finally post-independence Ghana. The castle is a testament to European colonial influence in West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade. For this reason, the castle...