Museum of Healing and Reconciliation
Not a museum of chains. A museum of shields.
Documenting resistance, restoring dignity, bridging worlds.
The Deyaanga Museum is envisioned as a bridge between two communities; the African diaspora seeking to reconnect with their roots in Ghana, and the Ghanaian descendants who remain but have lost the thread to where their ancestors were taken. The museum will bring this vision to life through three pillars: a digital archive, a physical repository of records, and immersive recreations of the stories themselves, housed alongside a research library. We are currently seeking fellowship support to help build this out — reach out if you'd like to be part of it.
The Museum of Healing and Reconciliation is a non-profit, public-interest institution located in Navrongo, Northern Ghana — documenting histories of slave raiding and resistance, transforming memory into a platform for healing, research, and global dialogue.
Rooted in the inland savannas of Ghana — the heartlands where slave raids originated, and resistance was forged. We preserve oral histories, archival records, architecture, and community memory.
Historians, legal scholars, museum professionals, architects, technologists, cultural custodians, and community leaders — convening at the intersection of scholarship, community, and public engagement.
A platform for dialogue and reconnection — serving inland Ghanaian communities, the African diaspora, policymakers, and young people learning that their heritage is rooted in resistance, not shame.
Your support builds infrastructure for memory, healing, and connection across continents.
In 2024, our founder travelled to communities across northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso — Navrongo, Bongo, Mirigu, Zeccoo, and Bungun — speaking directly with raided communities and affected families about their histories of the slave trade and gathering their voices on what the Museum of Healing and Reconciliation should mean to them.
"They asked us to listen. We came to listen. What we heard was not only grief — it was pride, resilience, and an unmistakable desire to be seen."