‌List of Figures

Fig. 0.0 Humid wall in Elmina Castle, 2006, Elmina, Ghana.

Fig. 0.1 A copy of the invitation to the inauguration of the Common Heritage Site (front page), 2007.

Fig. 0.2 The inauguration site from the Frederiksgave building, 2007, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 0.3 The Danish Minister handing over the key to the Ghanaian Vice-Chancellor, 2007, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 1.0 Detail from a map carefully studied by people involved in the Common Heritage Project (titled ‘Map of Danish possessions in Guinea’ (1839)). Courtesy of the Royal Danish Library. Available at: http://www.kb.dk/maps/kortsa/2012/jul/kortatlas/object65540/da/ [accessed 16 July 2018].

Fig. 1.1 The covered ruin in 2004, Sesemi, Ghana. Courtesy of Jørgen Frandsen and the National Museum of Denmark.

Fig. 1.2 A fig tree entangled with the Frederiksgave ruin in 2005, Sesemi, Ghana. Courtesy of Jørgen Frandsen and the National Museum of Denmark.

Fig. 1.3 A photograph of the only known map of the Frederiksgave Plantation, Copenhagen, Denmark. Courtesy of the National Museum of Denmark and the Danish National Archives.

Fig. 2.0 Old construction secured with concrete bricks, 2008, Osu, Ghana.

Fig. 2.1 Fort Prindsensten from the seaside, 2008, Keta, Ghana.

Fig. 2.2 Map drawn for an article about the Frederiksgave project published by, and courtesy of, the National Museum of Denmark.

Fig. 2.3 An old well at a family house, 2008, Osu, Ghana.

Fig. 3.0 Paving in an old family house, 2009, Osu, Ghana.

Fig. 3.1 The front of the Frederiksgave building from the symmetrical axis, 2008, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 3.2 Symmetry inside the Frederiksgave building, 2007, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 3.3 The Frederiksgave building with the Chief’s house in the foreground, 2007, Sesemi, Ghana. Courtesy of Daniel Nii Amarh Ashikwei.

Fig. 3.4 Locally produced postcard sold at the Common Heritage Site, 2009, Sesemi, Ghana. Courtesy of Stanley Akoto Sasu.

Figs 3.5 and 3.6 Photos of the recovered wall where the two fig trees have protected the building from collapsing, 2008, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 4.0 Layered wall at Frederiksgave, 2006, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 4.1 The veranda with rough brownish wall, 2008, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 4.2 Sequence of four unfinished squares at the back of the main building, 2006, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 4.3 Aquarelle made by a French prince visiting Christiansborg, used in the exhibition at Frederiksgave. Courtesy of the M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark.

Fig. 5.0 View of the Frederiksgave building from the Chief of the village’s garden, 2009, Sesemi, Ghana.

Fig. 5.1 Part of the exhibition in the main building, 2007, Sesemi, Ghana.