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Fort Orange, Ghana
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Fort Orange, Ghana

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The Sekondi coast, was at the cntre of European trade competition in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were hostile to each other and struggled to build forts there. They formed alliances with the local people in other to gather support for their cause.The Dutch started the construction of a lodge, in about 1670 and by 1704, the lodge had become a small fort called "Oranje".

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