Ghana was the first sub Saharan country to gain its independence in 1957, the Gold Coast as it was formerly known has been occupied for more than 300000 years. Europeans landed on the soil of the Gold Coast in an attempt to find a back door to India, soon trade started between them and the local people. They used the Barter trade system where items were exchanged between each other, Europeans brought household items like cooking utensils, mirrors, used clothes and schnapps in exchange for gold, ivory and cotton amongst other things. With the discovery of the new world (America), African labour became very crucial to Europeans who owned sugar, cotton and rice plantations. The Europeans built at least 60 forts and castles stretching from Senegal, Gori inland to Portuguese Angola. On the West African Coast, there were 45 outstanding forts and castles, with the Gold Coast (now Ghana) having 32 of these. With Ghana having more than 70% of the forts and castles found in West Africa on its coastline the majority of enslaved Africans were sent away passing through Ghana more than any other West African country. From the north of the Gold Coast, beyond Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Nigeria and Cameroon, the enslaved Africans in chains and shackles were forced to march to the Salaga Market.

The Salaga Market was the second largest market in the region, from here the ancestors were forced to continue their journey for over 300 miles whilst being subjected to whips and having to cross rivers and streams through dense forests, wild animals, almost naked to Assin Manso and the enslaved African river. Assin Manso was the largest enslaved African market in the Gold Coast and was where enslaved Africans were taken for their last bath before transportation to Cape Coast Castle, formerly the headquarters to the West African Trans Atlantic Enslaved African trade era. There are still over 20 castles and fortifications dotting Ghana's coastline today, all with a harrowing story to tell.

Many Africans in the Americas and Africans in the Caribbean have been able to trace their roots back to Ghana. One of the first to arrive from Brazil were the family of Professor Azomah Nelson, the former boxing champion, who settled in Brazil House, which is the central part of Accra Ghana's capital. They made the emotional journey retracing the steps their ancestors were forced to make all those years ago. For many, this is an emotional and thought provoking experience, which has given the majority an overwhelming feeling that they have returned home.