“Kormantse”, as the modern people of the settlement call it, was and is still fishing and farming settlement located on a hill north east of Fort Amsterdam at Abandze on the Accra-Cape Coast main road. The settlement constituted a major landmark in its role in the colonial trans-Atlantic trade. The name, “Kormantse” in its various spellings continues to signify bravery, power, spirituality, authority and the best of the African in the African Diaspora. But among researchers, its true role in the identity and
interpretation of the history and culture of Africa and the African Diaspora remain elusive. “Kormantse” has become a central pillar of identity for groups of people, who passed through that location, consequently suggesting definitions that cut across ethnicity, art, artistic expressions, traditional practices, geographical boundaries and other forms of cultural identity. Kormantse remains a significant symbol of African survival in the Diaspora. Great survival.