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If you play with fire...

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February 3rd 2008
If you play with fire.... An Introduction to the Fire Festival in North Ghana Jan 18th was a week of firsts. I had never been to a Chief’s Palace - and I had never been to a fire festival. Ghana has a democratically elected system of governance - but every area is also ruled by a Chief who handles all sorts of traditional matters. One of my co-workers and I were walking by the Chief’s Palac ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Northern » Tamale

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more