My short-short story, A Gong to the Past (left), published in the new ('Freedom') issue of Calabash Magazine. ~
A Gong to the Past is based on a little gem of a historical snippet I heard last year about a place in Ghana called Labadi. Apparently Labadi was so named because the locals' sabotaged plans to build a slave fort on their land during the Triangular Trade.
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However, whilst the bit about the slave fort is based on fact, everything else weaved around it in the story is completely made up.
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I do remain fascinated by the history of Labadi, and will continue to dig. I have not read any reference to the slave fort sabotage anywhere. If any readers know more, do please share.
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