The Fishermen of Elmina, Ghana Documenting the traditional and wonderfully distinctive way of life of a picturesque fishing town on the Ghanaian coast. Photographs and text by Tomasz TomaszewskiView Images The Fishermen of Elmina, Ghana Documenting the traditional and wonderfully distinctive way of life of a picturesque fishing town on the Ghanaian coast. Elmina is a town situated on a south-facing bay on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, and the first European (Portuguese) settlement in West Africa. In the old days, the location of Elmina made it a significant site for provisioning ships headed south towards the Cape of Good Hope on their way to India.