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A pirate ship off Cape Cod just outed a 300-year-old insult to Akan metalworkers

A pirate ship off Cape Cod just outed a 300-year-old insult to Akan metalworkers

Sep 19, 2026 | Journal

The Whydah Gally was a slave ship that became a pirate ship that became a 1717 shipwreck off Cape Cod that became, in March 2026, the closest thing we will ever get to a witness in a 300-year-old argument about West African metalwork. Twenty-seven Akan gold pieces...

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