ABSTRACT
The history behind Ghana's heritage tourism needs to be explored because heritage tourism is embedded in memoryscapes, ideoscapes, and a variety of sometimes contradictory and competing discourses. As Cape Coast and Elmina castles have been the backdrop to Ghana's production of heritage tourism, an overview of their history is essential. The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) is the official custodian of Ghana's forts and castles and was established by the government in 1969 by uniting the existing museums commission and relics commission is responsible for conserving historically significant sites and managing Ghana's cultural heritage in order to advance research and education. Ghanaian tourism officials have decided to court African Americans and Afro Caribbeans and promote Ghana's slavery heritage offerings to them. African World Reparations and Repatriation Truth Commission (AWRRTC) members have lobbied traditional chiefs to make land available for diaspora Africans to settle in Ghana.
