Gilbert and Louis

First Impressions of Ghana

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May 19th 2005
Greetings!! Akwaaba!! Maadjo from Ghana! I will be using this website to post stories, experiences and general thoughts about what is going on for me here in Ghana, Africa over the next 3 months. I have now been in Ghana for two and a half weeks and I have had the opportunity to travel to many different places since my arrival. I am now in Accra, the capital, on the coast of Ghana where I will ... read more

Africa » Ghana

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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