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    • Aburi Botanic Gardens
    • Dodi-Pincess, Ghana in Pictures
    • Beaches of Ghana
    • Independence Square, Accra
    • Black Star Gate, Independence Square, Accra
    • Adinkra
    • Kente >
      • Kente in Pictures
    • Akosombo Dam >
      • Akosombo Dam Inauguration 1966
      • Akosombo - History and General Info
      • Lake Volta (Largest Man Made Lake)
    • Nzulezo Village Ghana >
      • Nzulezo Village Ghana (Page 2)
  • Ghana Food and Drink
    • Hot Plantain Crisps
    • Groundnut Stew
    • Palm Nut Soup
    • FuFu
    • Kentumere (Fish and Spinach)
    • Cooked (or Boiled) Plantain
    • Red Red >
      • Avocado with smoked fish
      • Akotonshi (stuffed crabs)
      • Avocado with Groundnut dressing
  • Forts and Castles
    • Chronology of Slave Trade
    • Ussher Fort >
      • Ussher Fort (2)
      • Ussher Fort (3)
      • Ussher Fort (4)
    • Kumasi Fort >
      • Kumasi Fort 2
  • Flagstaff House
    • Vital Statistics of Ghana
    • Constitution (of Ghana)
    • Parliament of Ghana >
      • John Dramani Mahama - Profile
      • Professor John Evans Atta Mills - Profile
      • John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (Formals president of Ghana) - Profile
      • Flt.-Lt. (Rtd) Jerry John Rawlings (Formals president of Ghana) - Profile
      • Dr Hilla Liman (Formals president of Ghana) - Profile
      • Kwame Nkrumah - Profile
    • Independence Day
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      • Ghana Armed Forces, Military Cemetery
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History  of Ghana 
Tribes of Gold Coast, Trade and Slave Trade
History  of Ghana, Slave Trade, British Gold Coast
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana
Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Accra is the capital and largest city. The country's population in 2005 was 21,029,853.

It was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms, including the inland Ashanti kingdom and various Fante states along the coast. Trade with European states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and the British established a crown colony, (British) Gold Coast, in 1874.
​Ghana was the first black African country to obtain independence from colonial rule. Upon achieving independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, the name Ghana was chosen for the new nation as a reference to its ancient roots in the Empire of Ghana.

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Below: Some Forts and Castles of Ghana - Slave Trading Forts.
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