12/05/2025
By 1783, Dixcove Fort stood on the edge of a changing world. The Atlantic system that had defined the fort’s importance for nearly a century was entering a new phase—still brutal, still profitable...
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By 1783, Dixcove Fort stood on the edge of a changing world. The Atlantic system that had defined the fort’s importance for nearly a century was entering a new phase—still brutal, still profitable...
Fort Metal Cross, located in the coastal town of Dixcove in Ghana’s Western Region, stands as one of the enduring markers of the country’s encounter with European colonial powers. Built by the English between 1683 and 1697, the fort was originally known as Dixcove Fort. Its elevated position overlooking the Atlantic made it a highly strategic site, carefully chosen to protect maritime trade routes and to compete with other European strongholds operating along the Gold Coast...