Gwolu

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Gwolu
Gwolu (Ghana  )
Gwolu
Gwolu
Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 10°59′N 2°14′W / 10.983, -2.233
Country Ghana
Region Upper West Region
District


Gwolu is a town in northern Ghana built in the late 19th century by people fleeing the activities of the slave raider Babatu.


[edit] Sources

Hartman, Saidiya. Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Trade. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) p. 219-223

Coordinates: 10°59′N 2°14′W / 10.983, -2.233