Elmina (Fante: Edina) is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region.: 1 It is...
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Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine Castle), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply...
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documented history of Elmina begins in 1482 with an agreement between the Portuguese navigator Diogo de Azambuja and the ruler of Elmina, called Caramansa...
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390 Premier I business jet crashed onto an expressway interchange near Elmina in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, killing 10 people. The aircraft was...
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Lebanon Elmina, Malaysia El Mina, Mauritania In other Elmina Castle, in Elmina, Ghana Elmina Estate, an oil palm plantation in Malaysia Battle of Elmina (disambiguation)...
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175741806; 101.504927111 Elmina Rainbow Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Pelangi Elmina) is the rainbow pedestrian bridge in the City of Elmina, Shah Alam, Selangor...
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City of Elmina is a township in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. Formerly known as Elmina Estate owned by Guthrie Berhad (now Sime Darby), it is later...
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Elmina Estate (Ladang Elmina in the Malaysian language) is an oil palm plantation in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is currently owned and operated...
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Dutch Gold Coast (section Destruction of Elmina)
Coast became the most important Dutch colony in West Africa after Fort Elmina was captured from the Portuguese in 1637, but fell into disarray after the...
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Battle of Elmina may refer to: Battle of Elmina (1625), during the Dutch-Portuguese War Battle of Elmina (1637), during the Dutch-Portuguese War Battle...
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Elmina is a 2010 Ghanaian film directed by Redeemer Mensah and was made in collaboration with Revele Films. The movie follows the people of Elmina, Ghana...
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The Battle of Elmina was a significant engagement that transpired during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. In this military encounter, British forces undertook...
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1481, King John II of Portugal commissioned Diogo de Azambuja to build the Elmina Castle, which was completed in three years. By 1598, the Dutch had joined...
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their seat of power at the fortress of São Jorge da Mina (located in modern Elmina), the Portuguese commanded a vast internal slave trade, creating a slave...
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Elmina Moisan (1897-1938) was a Chilean painter remembered in the historiography as part of the Generación del 13. She has been called the "female artist...
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Luetta Elmina Braumuller (née Bumstead; December 4, 1856 – December 13, 1898) was an artist and publisher who founded the periodical The China Decorator...
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Shirley's Gold Coast expedition (redirect from Battle of Fort Elmina (1782))
Dutch castle at Elmina by land while Leander made a diversionary attack on the nearby St. Jago castle. The expedition arrived at Elmina on 15 February...
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Afonso V also ordered a fort to be built in 1462. Elmina Castle was built in 1482 in present-day Elmina, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). It was the first...
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Lucy Elmina Anthony (October 24, 1859 – July 4, 1944) was an internationally known leader in the American woman's suffrage movement. She was the niece...
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Elmina Drake Slenker (born Elizabeth Drake, December 23, 1827 – February 1, 1908) was a 19th-century American author, leader in the Freethought movement...
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Renée Leon (redirect from Renée Elmina Leon)
Renée Elmina Leon PSM is a former senior Australian public servant. From 18 September 2017 until February 2020, she had been Secretary of the Department...
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Elmina Wilson (1870–1918) was the first American woman to complete a four-year degree in civil engineering. She went on to earn the first master's degree...
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Bertha Van Hoosen 1986 Patricia Boyle Elizabeth C. Crosby Gwen Frostic Elmina R. Lucke Marjorie Swank Matthews Marjorie Peebles-Meyers Mary Chase Perry...
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The Dutch Cemetery of Elmina was constructed on the order of Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom in 1806. Up until that date, the...
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Elmina's Kitchen, first performed in May 2003, is the fifth play from the British actor, playwright and broadcaster, Kwame Kwei-Armah. Set in a West Indian...
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Bakatue Festival (category Elmina)
The Bakatue Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana. The festival, established at least as far back as...
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Dianism (section Elmina Slenker)
credit for the pamphlet, authoring the 1887 work "Why I Wrote 'Diana'". Elmina Slenker was a "prominent promoter of the 'Diana method' of continence and...
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school (Dutch: gouvernementsschool) in Elmina Castle, primarily aimed at educating Euro-African boys in Elmina. After many false starts, regular education...
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Príncipe had become slave depots for the coastal slave trade centered at Elmina. The cultivation of sugar was a labour-intensive process and the Portuguese...
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