Editing Accra (section)

===Accra Kingdom===
The main [[Ga people|Ga]] group known as the Tumgwa Were led by Ayi Kushie arrived by sea. Due to the sheer numbers of the Ga immigrants, the indigenous Lartehs relocated to the [[Larteh Akuapem|Akuapem]] ridge.{{fact|date=December 2024}} By the late 15th century, the kingdom of Accra ruled the area from the capital at [[Ayawaso West|Ayawaso]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Accra |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Accra#ref167186 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref>

Initially, Accra was not the most prominent trading centre; the trade hubs of the time were the ports at [[Ada, Ghana|Ada]] and [[Prampram]], along with the inland centres of [[Dodowa]] and [[Akuse]].<ref name = Traveltill>{{Cite web |title=Accra History, History of Accra, Accra City Information :: Traveltill.com |url=https://traveltill.com/destination/Ghana/Accra/history.php |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Traveltill}}</ref> An early Portuguese fort was destroyed by the local inhabitants in 1576; trader afterwards was conducted on the beaches.{{sfn|Wilks|1957|p=30}} The Dutch later built the nearby [[Ussher Fort|Fort Crèvecœur]] while the British and the Swedes built James Fort and Christiansborg castles, respectively, in the mid-17th century.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=[[Kwame Anthony Appiah]] |editor2= [[Henry Louis Gates]] |title=Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-517055-9 |edition=2nd |chapter=Accra |page= 18 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TMZMAgAAQBAJ}}</ref>

By 1646 the kingdom was a regional power, bolstered by European trade. Nevertheless, it depended on the goodwill of the rising [[Akwamu Kingdom]], which controlled the trade routes in the interior. A dispute in 1646 nearly escalated to war when Accra invaded Larteh.{{sfn|Wilks|1957|p=30}} At the same time, Accra was weakened by a civil war.{{sfn|Wilks|1957|p=32}}