Ghana History
March 6, 1957
Independence day in Ghana
Colonization
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
British colony
The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.
Independence
The state of being independent in a group or country
Adinkra
They are visual symbols, originally created by the Ashanti, that represent concepts or aphorisms.
High life music
a music genre that originated in Ghana at the turn of the 20th century.
Palm wine music
also known as maringa in Sierra Leone is a type of West African musical genre.
Ghana Empire
first of the great medieval trading empires of west Africa.
Gold coast
former name of Ghana during colonial times.
Black star
in the Ghana flag stands for the lodestar of African freedom. It is also a direction showing symbol, means follow ghana to independence.
Jerry Rawlings
is a former head of state and president of Ghana.
Kente
is a typic of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan ethnic group of South Ghana.
John Mahama
is the current President of Ghana, in office since 2012. Mahama served as the Vice President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012, and took office as President on 24 July 2012
Kwame Nkrumah
led Ghana to independence from Britain in 1957 and served as its first prime minister and president.
Freedom
the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.
John Atta Mills
was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
John Kofi Kuffour
was a retired Ghanaian politician and statesman who served as President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008.
Kofi Annan
was born 8 April 1938. He is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.
Ghana
was known as Gold Coast was changed to Ghana after independence by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Dr. J. B. Danquah.
Big six
were six leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), the leading political party in the British colony of the Gold Coast.