Ghana







Ghana is a developing country on the West Coast of Africa. The capital is Accra. It's climate is tropical wet and dry

Land Area- 230, 940 square miles Population-20, 992,200 people Birth rate- 29.22 births/1000 population Mortality rate- 10.29 deaths/1000 population Religions-Chritianity, tradionalist, Muslism and others Ethnicities: Akan, Mobe-Dagomba, Ewe, Ga-dangme, non Ghanaians ** 
 * Capital City- Accra





Climate: Ghana's climate is Tropical Wet and Dry. Temperatures are cooler in dry season and warmer in wet seansons.

Analysis: Temperatures are higher turing the summer and cooler on winter. Also is it rainy on the summer and dry on winters.

Historical events: Date of Event:** From 16th Century to 19th Century
 * Event 1: The Slave Trade
 * Description Of Event:** It was also known as the translatic slave trade. African people supplied to the colonies of the new world that occurred around the Atlantic Ocean. Slaves were through coastal trading, and were captured through European slave traders and some were even Kidnapped.

Date Of Event: 1821 - 1957 Description Of Event:** A British Colony on the Gulf of Guinea. The First Europeans to arrive were Portuguese. They Encountered a variety of African Kingdoms. Then the English, Dutch, Danish, Russian and Swedish traders arrived by 1901 all of the Gold coast was a British Colony.
 * Event 2: British Crown Colony


 * Event 3:** Ghana Achieves Independence from Britain.
 * Date Of Event:** 1924
 * Description Of Event:** The War with the British ended in 1874. The Gold coast was then created. The Country named after an islamic Empire that existed a thousand years ago in the Sahel region SouthWest of the Sahara. They had now finally won their Independence.


 * Event 4:** The Second Republic
 * Date Of Event:** October 1971
 * Description Of Event:** The Prime Minister, DR Kofi Busia, Opened an Exhibition highlighting the Achievements of the Progress party Government. Ghana's second military coup followed a characteristic. African pattern. There was no discernible public Protest.


 * Event 5:** The 3rd Republic
 * Date Of Event:** March 6, 1859
 * Description Of Event:** Through a combination of force and exhorartion the AFRC attempted to rid ghanian society of Corruption and Profiteering, at the same time, AFRC accepted, with a few amendments, the draft constitution that had been submitted.


 * Event 6:** Ghana's Fourth Republic
 * Date Of Event:** 1992
 * Descrption Of Event:** It declares Ghana to be a Unitary Republic with Soverignty residing in the Ghananian people. The Structure and the power of the Judiciary are Independent of all other branches of Government. The Legal System is based on the Constitution.

Culture: Ethnic outfit for women: is a long wraparound skirt with a matching skirt Ethnic outfit for men: A Fugo which is worn on special occasions Kente: is very usual design in Ghana’s clothing, A kente is sewed together from many kente stripes

Ethnic food: One common food of the Ewes in Ghana is ‘akple’ which is made up of cassava and corn dough. Fufu is the most commom food in Ghana which is made of boiled cassava and unripe plantain, cocoyam, and yam.

Ghana’s art: Is Adinkra symbols, Wood carving and Kente Interesting facts: · There are over 60 languages and tribes, with the main ones being the Ashanti, Fante, and Ga ·  The most popular languages are English and Twi · Ghana is the size of U.K ·  Lake Valta covers 45% of Ghana’s land · Ghana’s largest National Park is the Mole National