Bayo Holsey
Associate professor of African American studies and anthropology at Emory University whose research examines the history and legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and community memory.
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Apr 9, 2026 • 54min
The complex legacy of the first European 'slave castle'
Sarpong Osei Asamoah, Ghanaian poet who writes about memory and loss. Bayo Holsey, Emory scholar of the slave trade and community memory. Ato Quayson, Stanford scholar of colonial architecture and urban history. Philip Amoa-Mensah, longtime Elmina tour guide. They explore Elmina’s bustling harbor, the imposing castle’s architecture and dungeons, inscriptions and the Door of No Return, and the town’s resilient, living culture.
