History UsefulNotes / Ghana

By the way, the name "Ghana" comes from the ancient Empire of Ghana, one of the first West African empires. However, modern Ghana [[NonIndicativeName is nowhere near the titular antique empire]]. In fact, the ancient Ghana Empire is actually in what is today UsefulNotes/{{Mauritania}} and UsefulNotes/{{Mali}}, but when Kwame Nkrumah became president, he chose to rename his nation in honor of it.

** Chief Justice: Kwasi Anin-Yeboah

By the way, the name “Ghana” comes from the ancient Empire of Ghana, one of the first West African empires. However, modern Ghana [[NonIndicativeName is nowhere near the titular antique empire]].

Formerly known as Gold Coast, the '''Republic of Ghana''' used to be a British colony until 1957. It was the first sub-Saharian country to become independent.

Formerly known as Gold Coast, Ghana used to be a British colony until 1957. It was the first sub-Saharian country to become independent.

The main sport is [[UsefulNotes/TheBeautifulGame football]]; it's well known today for producing world-class players. In fact, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup 2010 World Cup]] they made it to quarter-finals, [[NeverLiveItDown before losing to a hand]].

Ghana has suffered from the requisite UsefulNotes/ColdWar-era military dictatorships, but during Jerry Rawlings' second period in office (1981-2000) it lurched steadily towards democracy, and Rawlings even won elections in 1992 and 1996 that the international community judged largely free and fair, even if the domestic opposition disagreed. It's since transitioned to being a stable democracy.

The main sport is football. In fact, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup 2010 World Cup]] they made it to quarter finals, [[NeverLiveItDown before losing to a hand]].

By the way, the name “Ghana” comes from the ancient Empire of Ghana, one of the first West African empires. However, the empire’s frontiers [[NonIndicativeName never reached Ghana’s actual frontiers]].

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Afadjato (880 m/2,887 ft) (177th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Afadjato (880 m/2,887 ft) (162nd)

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' GH

* '''Area:''' 239,567 sq km (92,497 sq mi) (80th)

* '''Currency''': Cedi (₵) (GHS)

->The flag uses the Pan-African colors, but with its own interpretation. The red, yellow and green stripes symbolize the blood of fallen Ghanaian freedom fighters, mineral wealth, and the forests, respectively; the black star symbolizes African freedom, and was likely derived from the logo of Black Star Line, a shipping company led by Jamaican activist UsefulNotes/MarcusGarvey which helps bring freed slaves back to their racial homeland.

Though it’s a mildly poor country, Ghana has been growing steadfastly in the later years, especially the tourism branch, with attracts all kinds of rich Americans, Europeans and others. It also has a bit of a computer industry developing, thanks to a bunch of charities sending computers to the country. Usually they were sent there to be disposed of, but a few Ghanians have actually have salvaged usable parts from them and apparently reverse-engineered a few.

->The flag uses the Pan-African colors, but with its own interpretation. The red, yellow and green stripes symbolize the blood of fallen Ghanaian freedom fighters, mineral wealth, and the forests, respectively; the black star symbolizes African freedom, and was likely derived from the logo of Black Star Line, a shipping company led by Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey which helps bring freed slaves back to their racial homeland.

The main sport is football. In fact, in the [[TheWorldCup 2010 World Cup]] they made it to quarter finals, [[NeverLiveItDown before losing to a hand]].

Ghana has suffered from the requisite ColdWar-era military dictatorships, but during Jerry Rawlings' second period in office (1981-2000) it lurched steadily towards democracy, and Rawlings even won elections in 1992 and 1996 that the international community judged largely free and fair, even if the domestic opposition disagreed. It's since transitioned to being a stable democracy.

Though it’s a mildly poor country, Ghana has been growing steadfastly in the later years, especially the tourism branch, with attracts all kinds of rich Americans, Europeans and others.

Though it’s a mildly poor country, Ghana has been growing steadfastly in the later years, especially the tourism branch, with attracts all kins of rich Americans, Europeans and others.

By the way, the name “Ghana” comes from the ancient Empire of Ghana, one of the firsts West African empires. However, the empire’s frontiers [[NonIndicativeName never reached Ghana’s actual frontiers]].

The most famous Ghanaian must be Kofi Annan, known because of his former job as Secretary-General to the UN and because his name [[PunnyName sounds pretty similar to “coffee”]].

->The flag uses the Pan-African colors, but with its own interpretation. The red upper stripe symbolizes the blood of fallen Ghanaian freedom fighters; the yellow middle stripe symbolizes mineral wealth; the green lower stripe symbolizes the forests; the black star symbolizes African freedom, and was likely derived from the logo of Black Star Line, a shipping company led by Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey which helps bring African expatriates back to their homeland.

[[AC:The Ghanaian flag]]\\
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Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was an early promoter of Pan-Africanism. While it wouldn’t catch on in his lifetime, eventually his vision became true with the foundatio of the African Union.