As well as being the centre of the voodoo religion, from the 17th to the 19th century, Ouidah in southern Benin was a major slave-trading post. In a scenario that was repeated across West...
A Visit to Lake Volta, Ghana
Lake Volta was the first stop on our recent tour of West Africa. It was lovely to get out of the chaotic city of Accra and into the Ghanaian countryside. The Volta region is little-visited,...