| Official Name: | Shama |
| Other Name: | Shema |
| Native Name: | Esima |
| Settlement Type: | Town & District Capital |
| Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Shama in Western Region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Ghana |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2013 |
| Population Note: | Ranked 60th in Ghana |
| Population Total: | 23,699[1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Timezone Dst: | GMT |
| Coordinates: | 5.0167°N -39°W |
Shama or Shema is a town with a fishing village, and is the capital of Shama district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana.[2] [3] The town lies about 20 km east of Sekondi-Takoradi, on the mouth of the Pra River. The town is home to Fort San Sebastian, in whose graveyard philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo, the first African known to have attended a European university, is interred.[3]
The town is situated in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan district and Shama constituency of the Western region of Ghana.[3] The inhabitants of the town are mostly engaged in fishing and its related activities such as fish processing for local markets. Shama is the sixtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 23,699 people.[1]