Jamestown/Usshertown, Accra

Located directly east of the Korle Lagoon, Jamestown and Usshertown are the oldest districts of Accra, Ghana[1] and emerged as communities around the 17th century British James Fort and Dutch Ussher Fort on the Gulf of Guinea coast.

The original lighthouse, built at James Fort in 1871, was replaced in the 1930s by the current tower, which is 28 m (92 ft) tall.

[5] Since World War II, a succession of plans to enhance the capital city have come with changes in government, some seeing improvements in Jamestown as a necessary part of the overall plan, and some treating such improvements as competing with the efforts to develop the central business district of Accra farther north.

Currently, plans are afoot to re-develop the districts of Jamestown and Usshertown, referred to as "Ga-Mashie" with the inauguration of the 2015 Old Accra Strategy.

[6][7] Areas of Jamestown and Usshertown include Bukom, known for its boxing gyms; Adedainkpo, former home of the wealthiest African residents of Accra; Swalaba; Korle Woko (formerly also known as Ripponville); and Akoto Lante.

Houses in Jamestown
People around Jamestown lighthouse tower during Chale Wote festival
Jamestown lighthouse in Accra's Jamestown
Jamestown Beach