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Slave Heritage is Big Business Tainting the Diaspora's Bonds with Africa https theconversation com slave heritage is big business tainting the diasporas bonds with africa 70062 By The article we chose to present is called Slave heritage is big business tainting the diaspora s bonds with Africa Summary S O connor The article we chose to present is called Slave heritage is big business tainting the diaspora s bonds with Africa Between the 15th and 17th centuries many forts and castles were built along the coast of Ghana by early Europeans to be used as centers of trade for commodities like gold but transformed into centers of slave trade More recently the use of these monuments has shifted yet again but this time to serve as centers of tourist attraction Monuments that were once used to hold and torture slaves are now being used as attractions to make money This uncomfortable shift has been passed by the Ghana government in order to reshape their state controlled economy to align with the global neoliberal agenda In addition to these historical monuments Ghana also holds a number of old slave markets routes and cemeteries yet another piece of cultural history that is exploited A 10 million investment project heightened Ghana s tourism profit even further by developing and preserving several museums and parks In 2015 travel and tourism contributed about 3 3 to Ghana s national GDP This is good for the economy but as the article states what does it mean for the relations between the continent and the diaspora Davis A Douglass This article relates to the Davis reading because of the discussion of African kingdoms around the 1600s The Davis reading describes the rise of the Ashanti Confederation which gained control of present day Ghana during the 17th century
