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Shama, Ghana
Shama is a coastal town in the Western Region of Ghana, at the mouth of the Pra river. The Portuguese built a trading fort there in the 16th century, and the Dutch, who took it in 1640, rebuilt it as Fort San Sebastian. It traded in gold and later slaves, and passed to Britain with the other Dutch forts in 1872.
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