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In the Ghanaian city of Keta, a key part of the country’s history there is under threat from climate change. Fort Prinz en-stein, which was once a grim clog in the transatlantic slave trade, is now a shell of itself because of rising seas levels, relentless erosion and human neglect. Activists are now urging the government to act fast to preserve the UNESCO world heritage site.
Additional Reading:
Dialogue Earth:
Eroding homes: Ghana’s disappearing coastal communities
BBC News:
Ghana’s coastal erosion: The village buried in sand
Fuveme is visibly shrinking: It is one of Ghana’s coastal villages which are vanishing because of coastal erosion.
