Salaga slave wells

The Salaga Slave Market and Heritage Site is a heritage attraction in Salaga, the capital of East Gonja Municipal in Ghana's Savannah Region. It commemorates the town's role as one of West Africa's largest slave markets and as a node on the trans-Saharan trade routes, where slaves, salt and kola nuts were traded. Captives were exchanged for kola nuts, cowries and gold, and were transported to the coast for export during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The site comprises an information office, slave wells and statues of enslaved people depicting how they were chained and handled at the 18th-century market. It also includes a slave museum with exhibits such as shackles and chains. A five-member Governing Board was inaugurated to manage the site, and the Ghana Tourism Authority has announced plans to refurbish the slavery museum and the slaves' cemetery.

The site was inaugurated by the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, on 22 July 2024, as part of Emancipation Day commemorations. It is presented by the ministry as more than just a remembrance of the past, and it is catalogued as a heritage site, a history site and a museum.

For a visitor, the site is best understood as a place of remembrance and interpretation rather than a reconstructed market. The wells, statues and museum objects are the documented elements on view, and the information office is the stated point of contact on site.

Practical details are limited in the available sources. Salaga is the municipal capital and the site lies within the town; the map coordinate recorded for the attraction is unverified. Opening hours, entrance fees, guided tour arrangements and accessibility are not confirmed in the evidence reviewed, so these should be checked locally before travelling.