Princess Town- Travel Tips

What to See, How to Plan & Tours

Princes Town, also known as Pokesu, is located 5 kilometers east of Fort St. Antonio on Manfro Hill in the Ahanta West District of Ghana's Western Region. Positioned between Axim and Sekondi-Takoradi, the town is historically significant due to the construction of Fort Fredericksburg, built by a Brandenburger expedition in 1681. Completed in 1683, the fort was named after Prince Frederick William I of Brandenburg and served as the headquarters for the Brandenburgers in Africa. It is one of the two German forts built in Ghana, the other being Fort Dorothea. The fort played a significant role in the Atlantic slave trade, with an estimated 300,000 Africans passing through it. In 1979, it was inscribed as part of Ghana's UNESCO World Heritage Sites due to its historical importance in the transatlantic slave trade and European colonial exploitation.