Gwolu

Gwolu
Gwolu Location in Ghana
Coordinates: 10°59′N 2°14′W
Country	Ghana
Region	Upper West Region
District

Gwolu is a town in northern Ghana built in the late 19th century by people fleeing the activities of the slave raider Babatu Zato. Hilla Limann, a former Ghanaian President was born here.

The name of the village itself commemorates one Gwollu (or Gbollu) Koro Limann, who had a double circular wall built round the local community in the 19th century as a defence against Babatu's raids. A preserved section of the mud wall can still be seen.

Sources

Hartman, Saidiya. Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Trade. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) p. 219-223