Family in Karaga

The Road to Kumasi

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July 24th 2006
And I feel settled. The road to Kumasi, the city between Accra and Tamale, began my journey into my new house. It was the chapter of the book Shadow of the Sun I was reading on my last night in the Christian Council hotel. The road to Kumasi for me was an introduction to Ghana to say the least. We had departed from Accra to our new home in the Northern region, only to find we would have a few b ... 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