Philip Amoa-Mensah
Longtime Elmina tour guide with over 20 years of experience who leads visitors through the town, harbour, and Elmina Castle, providing local historical and cultural context.
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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.
