The cannonball weighed close to 50 lbs. making it almost an impossibility for a women to hold it the entire day (without setting it down or dropping it)
Located on the top floor near the Governor's living quarters.
Elmina, like other West African slave fortresses, housed luxury suites for the Europeans in the upper levels. Soldiers were housed in the center structure. What looks like big slides are actually reinforcements for the walls.
