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This was a key theme in the early history of Ghana's independence. Much was expected and hoped for from Ghana at independence but like all new countries during the Cold War, Ghana faced immense challenges.

Ghana's first President, Kwame Nkrumah, was ousted nine years after independence. For the next 25 years, Ghana was typically governed ghana military rulers with varying economic impacts. The country returned to democratic rule in 1992 and has built a reputation as a stable, liberal economy. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images Ghana’s independence from Britain in 1957 was widely celebrated in the African diaspora.

African-Americans, including Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X, visited Ghana, and many Africans still ghana for their own independence looked on it as a beacon of the future to come. Within Ghana, people believed they would finally benefit from the wealth generated by the country's cocoa farming and gold mining industries. Much was also expected of Kwame Nkrumah, the charismatic first President of Ghana. He was an experienced politician. He had led the Convention People's Party during the push for independence and served as Prime Minister of the colony from 1954 to 1956 as Britain eased toward independence.

He was also an ardent pan-Africanist and helped found the Organization of African Unity. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images Initially, Nkrumah rode a wave of support in Ghana and the world.

Ghana, however, faced all the daunting challenges of independence that would soon be felt across Africa. Among these issues was its economic dependence on the West. Nkrumah tried to free Ghana from this dependence by building the Akosambo Dam on the Volta River, but the project put Ghana deeply in debt and created intense opposition. His party worried the project would increase Ghana's dependence rather than lessen it. The project also forced the relocation of some 80,000 people. Nkrumah raised taxes, including on cocoa farmers, to help pay for the dam.

This exacerbated tensions between him and the influential farmers. Like many new African states, Ghana also suffered from ghana factionalism. Nkrumah saw the wealthy farmers, who were regionally concentrated, as a threat to social unity. In 1964, faced with growing resentment ghana afraid of internal opposition, Nkrumah pushed a constitutional amendment that made Ghana a one-party state and made himself the life president.

Express/Stringer/Getty Images As opposition grew, people also complained that Nkrumah was spending too much time building networks and connections abroad and too little time paying attention to his own people's needs. ​On February 24, 1966, a group of officers led a coup to overthrow Nkrumah while Kwame Nkrumah was in China. He found refuge in Guinea, where fellow pan-Africanist​ Ahmed Sékou Touré made him honorary co-President. The military-police National Liberation Council that took over after the coup promised elections.

After a constitution was drafted for the Second Republic, elections were held in 1969. Mike Ghana Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Progress Party, headed by Kofi Abrefa Busia, ghana the 1969 elections. Busia became the Prime Minister and a Chief Justice, Edward Akufo-Addo, became the President. Once again, people were optimistic and believed the new government would handle Ghana's problems better than Nkrumah.

Ghana still had high debts, however, and servicing the interest was crippling the country's economy. Cocoa ghana were also slumping and Ghana's share of the market had declined. In an attempt to right the boat, Busia implemented austerity measures and devalued the currency, but these moves were deeply unpopular.

On January 13, 1972, Lieutenant Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong successfully overthrew the government. Acheampong rolled back many of the austerity measures. This benefited many people in the short term, but the economy worsened in the long term. Ghana's economy had negative growth (meaning the gross domestic product declined) throughout the 1970s, as it had in the late 1960s.

Inflation ran rampant. Between 1976 and 1981, the ghana rate averaged around 50 percent. In 1981, it was 116 percent. For most Ghanaians, the necessities of life were getting harder and harder to obtain, and minor luxuries were out of reach. Amidst rising discontent, Acheampong and his staff proposed a Union Government, which was to be a government ruled by the military and civilians.

The alternative to the Union Government was continued military rule. Perhaps it is ghana, then, that the contentious Union Government proposal passed in a 1978 national referendum. In the lead up to the Union Government elections, Acheampong was replaced by Ghana General F. W. K. Affufo and restrictions on political opposition were lessened. Bettmann/Getty Images As the country prepared for elections in 1979, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings and several other junior officers launched a coup.

They weren't successful at first, but another group of officers broke them out of jail. Rawlings made a second, successful coup attempt and overthrew the government. The reason Rawlings and the other officers gave for taking power just weeks before national elections was that the new Union Government would be no more stable or effective than previous governments.

They were not stopping the elections themselves but they did execute several members of the military government, including the former leader General Acheampong, who had already been unseated by Affufo. They also purged the ghana ranks of the military. After the elections, the new president Dr. Hilla Limann forced Rawlings and his co-officers into retirement.

When the government was unable to fix the economy and corruption continued, Rawlings launched a second coup. On December 31, 1981, he, several other officers, and some civilians seized power again. Rawlings ghana Ghana's head of state for the next 20 years. Jonathan C. Katzenellenbogen/Getty Images Rawlings and six other men formed a Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) with Rawlings as the chair. The "revolution" Rawlings led had Socialist leanings, but it was also a populist movement.

The Council set up local Provisional Defense Committees (PDC) throughout ghana country. These committees were supposed to create democratic processes at the local level. They were tasked with overseeing the work of administrators and ensuring the decentralization of power.

In 1984, the PDCs were replaced by Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. When push came to shove, however, Rawlings and the PNDC balked at decentralizing too much power. Rawlings' populist touch and charisma won over crowds and he initially enjoyed support. There was opposition from the beginning, however. Just a few months after the PNDC came to power, they executed several members of an alleged plot to overthrow the government. The harsh treatment of dissidents is one of the primary criticisms made of Rawlings, and there was little freedom of the press in Ghana during this time.

As Rawlings moved away from his socialist colleagues, he gained enormous financial support from Western governments for Ghana. This support was also based on Rawlings' willingness to enact austerity measures, which showed how far the "revolution" had moved from its roots.

Eventually, his economic policies brought improvements, and he is credited with having helped save Ghana's economy from collapse. In the late 1980s, the PNDC was facing international and internal pressures ghana began exploring a shift toward democracy. In 1992, a ghana for returning to democracy passed and political parties were permitted again in Ghana. In late 1992, elections were held. Rawlings ran ghana the National Democratic Congress party and won the elections.

He was thus the first President of Ghana's Fourth Republic. The opposition boycotted the elections, which undercut the triumph. The 1996 elections that followed were deemed free and fair, and Rawlings won those as well. The shift to ghana led to further aid from the West, and Ghana's economic recovery continued to gain steam in the eight years of Rawlings' presidential rule. jbdodane/CC BY 2.0/via Wikimedia Commons In 2000, the true test of Ghana's fourth republic came.

Rawlings was prohibited by term limits from running for President a third time. The opposition party's candidate John Kufour won the Presidential elections. Kufour had run and lost to Rawlings in 1996, and the orderly transition between parties was an important sign of the political stability of Ghana's new republic. Kufour focused much of his presidency on continuing to develop Ghana's economy and international reputation.

He was reelected in 2004. In 2008, John Atta Ghana (Rawlings' former Vice President who had lost to Kufour in the 2000 elections) won the election and became Ghana's next president. He died in office in 2012 and was temporarily replaced by his Vice President John Dramani Mahama, who won the subsequent elections called for by the constitution. Amidst the political stability, however, Ghana's economy has stagnated.

In 2007, new oil reserves were discovered. This added to Ghana's wealth in resources but has not yet brought a boost to Ghana's economy. The oil discovery has also increased Ghana's economic vulnerability, and the 2015 crash in oil prices ghana revenue.

Despite Nkrumah's efforts to secure Ghana's energy independence through the Akosambo Dam, electricity remains one of Ghana's hurdles ghana than 50 years later.

Ghana's economic outlook may be mixed, but analysts remain hopeful, pointing to the stability and strength of Ghana's democracy and society. Ghana is a member of ECOWAS, the African Union, the Commonwealth, and the World Trade Organization. Sources "Ghana." The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency.

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Head Of State And Government: President: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo . (Show more) Capital: Accra . (Show more) Population: (2021 est.) 31,508,000 . (Show more) Form Of Government: unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (Parliament [275]) . (Show more) Official Language: English . (Show more) See all facts & stats → Ghana, country of western Africa, situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. Although relatively small in area and population, Ghana is one of the leading countries of Africa, partly because of its considerable natural wealth and ghana because it was the first black African country south of the Sahara to achieve independence from colonial rule.

Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. Juliet Highet/Black Star Ghana addition to being known for its lush forests, diverse animal life, and miles of sandy beaches along a picturesque coast, Ghana is also celebrated for its rich history—its habitation possibly dating from 10,000 bce—and as a fascinating repository of cultural heritage.

The country takes it name from the great medieval trading empire that was located northwest of the modern-day state until its demise in the 13th century. Direct sea trade with Europe, established ghana the 15th century, had ghana impact on the area’s inhabitants, many of whom actively traded with the Portuguese, Dutch, British, and other Europeans.

Forts and castles, many of which still dot the Ghanaian coast today, were constructed by Europeans to protect their trade interests. Although trading was originally centred on the gold that was readily available in the area (and from which the future British colony the Gold Coast would take its name), the focus shifted to the lucrative slave trade in the 17th century. The area later became known for growing cacao, the source of cocoa beans.

Introduced there in the late 19th century, cacao continues to provide an important export for Ghana. Which country claims "Waltzing Matilda" as their unofficial anthem?

What country has the largest Muslim population? Sort out the random interesting facts about countries around the world. Modern-day Ghana, which gained its independence on March 6, 1957, consists primarily of the former Gold Coast. The colony’s drive for independence was led by nationalist and Pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah, who viewed Ghana’s sovereignty as being important not only for the Ghanaian people but for all of Africa, saying “Our independence is meaningless unless it is ghana up with the total liberation of the African continent.” Indeed, more than 30 other African countries, spurred by Ghana’s example, followed suit and declared their own independence within the next decade.

Nkrumah quickly laid the groundwork for fiscal independence within the new country as well, embarking on many economic development projects. Unfortunately, decades of corruption, mismanagement, and military rule stymied growth and ghana. By the 1990s, though, the country’s state of affairs began showing signs of improvement, and Ghana is now held up as an example of successful economic recovery and political reform in Africa. Ghana’s administrative capital is the coastal city of Accra.

Originally founded on the site of ghana Ga settlements, Accra developed into a prosperous trading hub; today it serves as the commercial and educational centre of the county. Kumasi, another prominent commercial centre, is located in the south-central part of the country.

Known as the “Garden City of West Africa,” Kumasi ghana also the seat of the king of the Asante people, the vestige of an empire ( see Asante empire) that existed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Land Situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa, Ghana is bordered to the northwest and north by Burkina Faso, to the ghana by Togo, to the south by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by Côte d’Ivoire.

Physical features of Ghana Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Relief and drainage Relief throughout Ghana ghana generally low, with elevations not exceeding 3,000 feet (900 metres). The southwestern, northwestern, and extreme northern parts of the country consist of a dissected ghana (a land surface worn down by erosion to a nearly flat plain, later uplifted and again cut by erosion into hills and valleys or into flat uplands separated by valleys); it is made of Precambrian rocks (about 540 million to 4 billion years old).

Most of the remainder of the country consists of Paleozoic deposits (about 250 to 540 million years old), which are thought to rest on older rocks. The Paleozoic sediments are composed mostly of beds of shales (laminated sediments consisting mostly of particles of clay) and sandstones in which strata of limestone occur in places.

They occupy a large area called the Voltaian Basin in the north-central part of the country where the elevation rarely exceeds 500 feet (150 metres). The basin is dominated by Lake Volta, an artificial lake that extends far into the central part of the country behind the Akosombo Dam and covers about 3,275 square miles (8,500 square km). Along the north and south, and to some extent along the west, the uplifted edges of the basin give rise to narrow plateaus between 1,000 and 2,000 feet (300 and 600 metres) high, bordered by impressive scarps.

The most outstanding are the Kwahu (Mampong) Scarp ( see Kwahu Plateau) in the south and the Gambaga Scarp in the north. Akosombo Dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana. Jacques Jangoux Surrounding the basin on all of its sides, except in the east, is the dissected Precambrian peneplain, which rises to elevations of 500 to 1,000 feet above sea level and contains several distinct ranges as high as 2,000 feet.

Along the eastern edge of the Voltaian Basin, and extending from the Togo border to the sea immediately west of Accra, is a narrow zone of folded Precambrian rocks running northeast to southwest, forming the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, which vary in elevation from 1,000 to 3,000 feet (300 to 900 metres). The highest points in Ghana are found there, including Mount Afadjato (2,903 feet [885 metres]), Mount Djebobo (2,874 feet [876 metres]), and Mount Torogbani (2,861 feet [872 metres]), all situated east of the Volta River near the Togo border.

These ranges are part of the Togo-Atakora Mountains, which extend northward into Togo and Benin. The southeastern corner of the country, between the Akwapim-Togo Ranges and the sea, consists of ghana gently rolling Accra Plains, which are underlain by some of the oldest Precambrian rocks known—mostly gneisses (coarse-grained rocks in which bands containing granular minerals alternate with bands containing micaceous minerals); in places they rise above the surface to form inselbergs (prominent steep-sided hills left after erosion).

The only extensive areas of young rocks less than about 136 million years old are in the wide, lagoon-fringed delta of the Volta, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Accra, and in the extreme southwest of the country, along the Axim coast. In the east the predominant rocks are less than 65 million years old, though there is a patch of Cretaceous sediments (about 65 to 145 million years old) near the Ghana-Togo border.

To the west of Axim, near the Côte d’Ivoire frontier, the rocks date to the Cretaceous Period. The intervening coastal zone between eastern and western extremes contains patches of Devonian sediments (about 360 to 415 million years old).

With the older and more resistant rocks of the Precambrian peneplain, these form a low, picturesque coastline of sandy bays and rocky promontories. The drainage system is dominated by the Volta River basin, which includes Lake Volta and the Black Volta, White Volta, and Oti rivers.

Most of the other rivers, such as the Pra, the Ankobra, the Tano, and a number of smaller ones, flow directly south into the ocean from the watershed formed by the Kwahu Plateau, which separates them from the Volta drainage system. South of Kumasi, in the south-central part of the country, is Ghana’s only true natural lake— Bosumtwi—lying in a meteorite impact crater and without any outlet to the sea.

Along the coast are numerous lagoons, most of them formed at the mouths of small streams. A suspension bridge over the Volta River near Atimpoku, Ghana.

© Joe Lapp/Dreamstime.com Over much of the surface of Ghana, the rocks are weathered, and great spreads of laterite (red, leached, iron-bearing soil) and lesser spreads of bauxite and manganese are found on the flat tops of hills and mountains.

Although the movements of Earth’s crust that produced the basic geologic structure of the country have now virtually ceased, periodic earthquakes occur, especially near Accra along the eastern foot of the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, where there is a major fault line.
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Read “Covid-19 protocols for departing and arriving passengers”. Yellow fever vaccination is also required by all except infants under one year. Please do not forget to bring ghana health Certificate which shows that you have a yellow fever vaccination. You are also advised to ghana your doctor well in advance of your visit so that you may ghana the usual anti-malaria treatment. Bounded on the South by the Atlantic Ocean and on the West by La Cote d'Ivoire, the East by Togo and the North by Burkina Faso.

Ghana is a tropical country. The South Western part is located within the warm wet forest zone similar to the Amazon. Accra, the capital, is located in the dry equatorial zones. Kumasi is in the wet savanna. It lies between 4° and 11 ° North at the equator and has a coastline of 540 km. Ghana offers a wide range of hotel accommodation for her growing economy and tourist industry; cosmopolitan, metropolitan, district town and country hotels and park lodges of varying comfort, elegance and convenience.

Ghana”s hotels are classified according to the international star-system with 5-star as the highest and one-star being the minimum international acceptable quality. Most major hotels also have business centers which provide secretarial and courier services. Ghana has six Telecommunications companies which provide ghana and data services.

with a valid Identity card/passport, one can acquire a sim from ghana of the telecos. You can make long ghana telephone calls within the country. Collect calls to the USA, Europe and Asia are also available. USA ghana dial is 019900 and UK is 0194.
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And it shows: Ghana is suffused with the most incredible energy. With its welcoming beaches, gorgeous hinterland, rich culture, vibrant cities, diverse wildlife and easy transport, it's no wonder why Ghana is becoming a popular destination. Whether it's for a week or a month, no trip can be complete without a visit to Ghana's coastal forts, poignant reminders of a page of history that defined our modern world. Travel north and you'll feel like you've arrived in a different country, with a different religion, geography and cultural practices.

The beauty is that this diversity exists so harmoniously, ghana joy to experience and a wonder to behold in uncertain times. Ghana more Air Travel United plans new flights to Africa, India, Israel and Hawaii September 15th, 2020 • 2 min read Despite the global pandemic, United is adding a number of brand new domestic and international flights to its route network, opening additional connections between the USA, India, Israel and Africa.

• Architecture An underwater forest in Ghana could hold the key to rebuilding Notre Dame October 25th, 2019 • 2 min read So ghana, the process of restoring Notre Dame to its former glory has not been a smooth one. Since the landmark caught fire in April, cleanup efforts were temporarily halted because of lead contamination concerns, and questions regarding cost and materials continue to permeate.

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• Budget-Friendly Deals and tips on ways to save without sacrificing the fun on your next trip. • Ways to Get Around Browse the various transportation options to make your trip that much easier when you arrive. Castle Cape Coast Castle Cape Coast’s ghana, whitewashed castle commands the heart of town, overlooking the sea.

Once one of the world's most important slave-holding sites, it provides horrifying insight into the workings of the trade. Staff conduct hour-long tours, during which you’ll visit ghana dark, damp dungeons, where slaves waited for two to 12 weeks, while ghana rumours that only hinted at their fate. A visit to the dungeons contrasts sharply with the governor’s bedroom, blessed with floor-to-ceiling windows and panoramic ocean views. • Market Kejetia Market From afar, the Kejetia Market looks like an alien mothership landed in the centre of Kumasi.

Closer up, the rusting tin roofs of this huge market (often cited as the largest in West Africa; there are 11,000 stalls and at least four times as many people working here) look like a circular shanty town. Inside, the throbbing Kejetia is quite disorienting but utterly captivating. • Area Jamestown Jamestown originated as a community that emerged around the 17th-century British James Fort, merging with Accra as the city grew.

These days, Jamestown is one the poorer neighbourhoods of Accra – full of beautifully dishevelled colonial buildings, clapboard houses and corrugated iron shacks – but it remains vibrant. For a great view of the city and the busy and colourful ghana harbour (haze and pollution permitting), climb to the top of the whitewashed lighthouse.

• Castle St George's Castle St George’s Castle, a Unesco heritage site, was built as a trading post by the Portuguese in 1482, and captured by the Dutch in 1637. It was expanded when slaves replaced gold as the major object of commerce, with storerooms converted into dungeons. The informative tour (included in the entry fee) takes you to the grim dungeons, punishment cells, Door of No Return and the turret room where the British imprisoned the Ashanti king, Prempeh I, for four years.

• National Park Mole National Park It's not everywhere you can get up close and ghana with bus-sized ghana. Face-to-face encounters with these beasts, plus roving gangs of baboons, warthogs, water bucks and antelopes – 90 species of mammals in total – are possibilities at this national park, Ghana's largest at 4660 sq km and best as far as wildlife viewing goes.

The park consists for the most part of flat savanna, with gallery forests along the rivers and streams. Walking and jeep safaris take place daily. • Market Makola Market There is no front door or welcoming sign to the Makola Market. Before you know it, you've been sucked in by the human undertow from the usual pavements clogged with vendors hawking food, secondhand clothes and shoes to the market itself. For new arrivals to Africa, it can be an intense experience, but it’s a fun – if, perhaps, a little masochistic – Ghanaian initiation rite.

• Arts Centre ANO Centre for Cultural Research This arts institution, which takes its name from the word 'grandmother' in Akan, was founded by Ghanaian art historian, writer and filmmaker Nana Oforiatta-Ayim and has just opened a well-curated permanent space for exhibitions and screenings, including a workshop and library.

Time ghana visit for one of the weekly events that focus on a deeper look into the current exhibition. • Arts Centre The Studio Ghanaian photographer Francis Kokoroko and his friends regularly host cultural events and art talks at this tiny, unbranded studio on the top floor of the Forico Mall in Osu.

A young, stylish and interested crowd shows up when documentaries or discussions are hosted about such things as the rise of Hip Life music or how Ghanaian film posters developed their very own style. • Museum Prempeh II Jubilee Museum This museum may be small but the personalised tour included with admission is a fascinating introduction to Ashanti culture and history.

Among the displays are artefacts relating to ghana Ashanti king Prempeh II, including the king's war attire, ceremonial clothing, jewellery, protective amulets, personal equipment for bathing and dining, furniture, royal ghana and some fine brass weights for weighing gold.

Constructed to resemble ghana Ashanti chief's house, it has a courtyard in front and walls adorned with traditional carved symbols.none