Accra, April 21, GNA - Mrs. Ban Soon-Taek, wife of the UN Secretary General, on Monday visited some historical project sites under UNESCO to familiarize herself with Ghanaian culture and create a strong bond of relationship.
Mrs Ban's first port of call was the Slave Museum located in Usher Fort where she was conducted round by the director of the Old Accra Rehabilitation Project, Nii Teiko Tagoe.
During the tour of the museum, she came across shackles used by slave masters to bind slaves, a replica miniature ship used in transporting them and pictures of some freedom fighters and slave abolitionists.
Other historical items included beads and necklaces won by some slaves, kola and cowries used as money in transactions, bows and arrows as weapons by slave masters and other memorabilia.
Nii Tagoe noted that Ghana had the largest number of forts and castles in Africa and said the museum was established to show the cruel treatment meted out to their forefathers.
He said with the assistance from UNESCO, Usher Fort would soon be turned into a community centre with facilities such as a computer laboratory, learning centre and library.
Mr. Carl Ampah, who is in-charge of Programmes and Culture at UNESCO, said 300,000 euros had been committed to the projects under its World Heritage Sites initiative. Mr Ampah said the Kumasi Shrine and all forts and castles in Ghana were the main focus of the World Heritage Project.
