Fort São Sebastião (Portuguese: Forte São Sebastião de Xama) located in Shama, Ghana, is the third oldest fortification in Ghana.[1] Along with several other castles in Ghana, it was inscribed on the UNESCOWorld Heritage List in 1979 because of its testimony to the history of European trade, colonization, and exploitation in the region.[2]
It was built by the Portuguese from 1520 to 1526 as a trading post in and captured by the Dutch West India Company in 1642. The original purpose of the fort was to serve as a deterrent to English sailors interfering in Shama trade.[1] The first black European university professor, Anton Wilhelm Amo, lies interred in the fort's graveyard. The fort was ceded with the entire Dutch Gold Coast to Britain in 1872.
During the time of the African Slave Trade, kidnapped Africans were imprisoned here while awaiting transport to North America.[3]
3D documentation with terrestrial laser scanning
The Zamani Project documented Fort San Sebastian in 2013, with terrestrial 3D laser scanning.[4] The data generated by the non-profit research group creates a permanent record that can be used for research, education, restoration, and conservation.[5][6][7]
A 3D model and a panorama tour, of Fort San Sebastian are available on www.zamaniproject.org. An animation of the 3D model is available here.
Gallery
Fort St Sebastian - close up
View of the fort from a boat
View from the gate to the front part of the fort, in the back the main gate with stairs to Shama
View of Shama from the fort
The front part of the fort
Fort St Sebastian - Shama, Ghana
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fort San Sebastian (Ghana).
^"Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 9 Oct 2022.
^Harrold, Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, Stanley C (2014). The African-American odyssey : the combined volume (6th edition, combined volume. ed.). ISBN0205940455.
^"Site - Fort Saint Sebastian - Shama". zamaniproject.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
^Rüther, Heinz. "An African heritage database, the virtual preservation of Africa's past" (PDF). www.isprs.org.
^Rajan, Rahim S.; Rüther, Heinz (2007-05-30). "Building a Digital Library of Scholarly Resources from the Developing World: An Introduction to Aluka". African Arts. 40 (2): 1–7. doi:10.1162/afar.2007.40.2.1. ISSN 0001-9933.
^Rüther, Heinz; Rajan, Rahim S. (December 2007). "Documenting African Sites: The Aluka Project". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. University of California Press. 66 (4): 437–443. doi:10.1525/jsah.2007.66.4.437. JSTOR 10.1525/jsah.2007.66.4.437.
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