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1. GHANA
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES
AKRON

2. GHANA ON THE MAP

3. GHANA
COMPARED
TO OHIO/US
Ghana is slightly smaller
than Oregon

4. GHANA
●It’s original name was Gold Cost
●Colonized by the British
●Primary languages are English and French
●Has about 81 languages( including dialects)
●Main Religion is Christianity
●Population: 34,121,985
●Capital: Accra
●Life expectancy: Male: 68.06 years, Female: 71.44 years

5. SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC EVENTS
• 12th century - Various states established by the Akan people emerge and develop
the gold trade.
• 1874 - British proclaim coastal area a crown colony.
• Late 1400s - mid-1800s - Millions of West Africans are captured and sent as slaves
to the Americas and the Caribbean.
• 1925 - First legislative council elections take place
• 1957 - Independence for the state now called Ghana, the first country in black
sub-Saharan Africa to shake off colonial rule, inspiring liberation struggles around
the continent. Kwame Nkrumah is prime minister.
• 1960 - Ghana proclaimed a republic; Nkrumah elected president.
• 1994 - One thousand people are killed and a further 150,000 are displaced in the
Northern Region following ethnic clashes between the Konkomba and the Nanumba
over land ownership.
• 2002 April - State of emergency is declared in the north after a tribal chief and more
than 30 others are killed in clan violence. State of emergency is lifted in August 2004.
• 2007 June - Major off-shore oil discovery announced. President Kufuor says oil will
turn Ghana into an "African tiger".
• 2010 December - Offshore oil production begins.
• 2017 October - Ghana and Ivory Coast set up a commission to implement an
international ruling on a maritime border dispute involving oilfields.
• 2020 December - President Akufo-Addo wins re-election, although opposition
candidate and former president John Mahama alleges fraud.

6. Key issues in 2023
● Challenges to Ghana's economy include high government debt, particularly energy
sector debt, low revenue mobilization, corruption, and inefficient state-owned
enterprises.
● Ghana is faced with a debt crisis, high inflation and the devaluation of the local
currency, the cedi
● The country has a relatively strong record of upholding political rights and civil
liberties
● Discrimination against women and LGBT+ people persists
● There are some weaknesses in judicial independence and the rule of law,
● Corruption and public service delivery present challenges to government
performance
● Political violence as well as illegal mining causing destruction to water bodies is a
growing concern

7. WELL-KNOWN LANDFORMS AND SITES
• Cape Coast Castle
• Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
• Lake Bosumtwi
• Sognaayili

8. GOVERNMENT
Republic of Ghana
Leader: Nana Akufo-Addo
Structure: presidential
republic
• Executive, legislative,
and judicial branches
Voting Age: 18

9. ECONOMY
currency: Ghana Cedi
Imports:
• refined petroleum,
• cars,
• rice,
• delivery trucks,
• iron
Exports:
● gold,
● crude petroleum,
● cocoa products,
● manganese,
● cashews

10. TYPES OF FOODS IN GHANA

11. SPORTS
●Mainly Soccer
●Ampe
●Hop Scotch
●Ludu
●Oware

12. CELEBRATIONS
●“Our day” practiced at the elementary
school at the end of the school year
●Christmas
●Easter
●Ghana Independence Day (March 6th
)
●New Years
●Funerals
●Weddings

13. TYPICAL ATTIRE FOR OCCASIONS

14. TYPICAL ATTIRE FOR WEDDINGS

15. TYPICAL ATTIRE FOR CHURCH

16. THANK YOU!
Any Questions?