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'This tree was planted by my ancestor hundreds of years ago and my family settled here'
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- The family home has been built around the tree At the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Ghanaian fishing town of Apam, there is a tree that most people barely notice.
- It stands on a stretch of red clay earth, rooted between two landmarks that tell very different chapters of Ghana's history.
- On one side is Fort Patience, built by the Dutch in 1697 during the era of European trading forts along what was then known as the Gold Coast, and used to trade in gold, ivory and enslaved people.
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Mark Wilberforce Apam, Ghana Mark Wilberforce. The family home has been built around the tree At the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Ghanaian fishing town of Apam, there is a tree that most people barely notice.
It stands on a stretch of red clay earth, rooted between two landmarks that tell very different chapters of Ghana's history.
On one side is Fort Patience, built by the Dutch in 1697 during the era of European trading forts along what was then known as the Gold Coast, and used to trade in gold, ivory and enslaved people.
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