Ussher Fort
| Ussher Fort | |
|---|---|
Fort Crèvecoeur | |
| Part of Fort James (right) in 1727. | |
  Ussher Fort | |
| Coordinates | 5°32′19″N 0°12′30″W / 5.5385°N 0.2082°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1649 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Netherlands (1649-1868) |
| Part of | Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions |
| Criteria | Cultural: (vi) |
| Reference | 34 |
| Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
Ussher Fort is a fort in
History
Negotiations to build a Dutch fort on the site began in 1610, but did not bear fruit until much later.
Fort Crèvecœur and
At the end of 1781 Captain
Fort Crèvecœur, which lies to the east of the present port, became known in time as Ussher Fort in honour of the then Administrator of the Gold Coast, Herbert Taylor Ussher.
Currently
In all, Europeans built 27 forts on the coast of Ghana. The Dutch captured two forts from the Portuguese, and themselves built nine others. The British built ten, all before 1660.[8] Today, only 11 of these forts are in good shape. Ussher Fort is currently being restored with funds from the European Commission and UNESCO. The purpose is to convert it to a museum and International Documentation Centre.[9]
The fort opening hours are 9:00am to 4:30pm from Mondays to Saturdays including public holidays.[10]
Chale Wote is hosted virtually in the premises of the fort.[11]
Gallery
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Ussher Fort built in 1649 and located in Ussher Town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, -
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Notes, citations and references
Notes
- Fort James; British, 1673).
Citations
- ^ "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 9 Oct 2022.
- ^ Kropp Dakubu (1997), p. 147.
- ^ a b Van Dantzig 1999, p. 24.
- ^ Soulillou & Salvaing (1993), p. 149.
- ^ Crooks (1973), pp. 51 & 62.
- ^ Crooks (1973), p. 62.
- ^ Doortmont & Smit 2007, p. 337.
- ^ An Introduction to the History of West Africa, Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Unesco.org - UNESCO and partners rehabilitate Ussher Fort Slave Museum and Documentary Centre in Accra
- ^ "Ghana Museums & Monuments Board". www.ghanamuseums.org. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ "Two 'Chale Wote' festival organisers; one artist arrested at Jamestown". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
References
- Crooks, John Joseph (1973). Records Relating to the Gold Coast Settlements from 1750 To 1874. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-7146-1647-6.[1]
- Doortmont, Michel R.; Smit, Jinna (2007). Sources for the mutual history of Ghana and the Netherlands. An annotated guide to the Dutch archives relating to Ghana and West Africa in the Nationaal Archief, 1593-1960s. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15850-4.
- Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther (1997), Korle Meets the Sea: a sociolinguistic history of Accra
- Soulillou, Jacques; Salvaing, Françoise Doutreuwe (1993). Rives coloniales: architectures, de Saint-Louis à Douala. Paris: Editions de l'Orstom. ISBN 9782863640562.
- Van Dantzig, Albert (1999). Forts and Castles of Ghana. Accra: Sedco Publishing. ISBN 9964-72-010-6.
