The Public Records Administration and Archives Department in Cape Coast, Ghana - Under-explored sources and post-colonial archival challenges

As part of my doctorate on pan-African activism in London during World War II, I was fortunate enough to undertake an archival trip to West Africa in March 2020. In the following, I will present the Public Records Administration and Archives Department in Cape Coast, Ghana, a relatively unexplored archive, which is of particular interest for historians of Western Africa, the British colonial era and the Atlantic Triangular Trade. Additionally, I will outline challenges in archival conservatio..