Gwolu

Gwolu
Gwolu

Location in Ghana

Coordinates: 10°59′N 2°14′W / 10.983°N 2.233°W / 10.983; -2.233
Country Ghana
Region Upper West Region

Gwolu is a town in northern Ghana built in the late 19th century by people fleeing the activities of the slave raider Babatu Zato. Hilla Limann, a former Ghanaian president was born and raised here.

The name of the village itself commemorates one Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann, who had a double circular wall built round the local community in the 19th century as a defence against Babatu's raids.[1] A preserved section of the mud wall can still be seen.[2]

Sources

Hartman, Saidiya. Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Trade. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) p. 219-23

References

  1. ↑ Ghana Place Names
  2. ↑ Kasana Museum

Coordinates: 10°59′N 2°14′W / 10.983°N 2.233°W / 10.983; -2.233

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