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U.S. first lady Melania Trump lays wreath at slave castle in Ghana

US first lady Melania Trump lays a wreath during a visit to Cape Coast castle (Courtesy)

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at a 17th-century slave fortress in Ghana on Wednesday, vowing never to forget where Africans were held before being shipped away into further hardship, most across the Atlantic.

Ghana is the jumping-off point for her first major solo international trip for Melania as first lady, a tour of Africa, a continent her husband reportedly referred to derisively. She will visit Malawi, Kenya and Egypt as well.

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