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A joint project on archaeology and 'shared' heritage of German colonialism in the former Togoland colony brings together Ghanaian and German partners from the fields of archaeology, history, ethnography, architecture/building history and surveying/cartography. The 'Volta-German Shared Colonial Heritage Project' aims to document, research and preserve built heritage from the German colonial period with a view to develop future-oriented reuse scenarios in close coordination and cooperation with local authorities and communities. Building on the extensive multidisciplinary research on the German missionisation and colonisation of Togoland conducted by the University of Ghana under the direction of Wazi Apoh over the past 20 years, project partners and students are currently concentrating on archival and building archaeological research including damage assessment, restoration and rehabilitation planning as well as (GIS) mapping.
