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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]
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] Blog: Kumasi and life in rural Ghana
Date: August 4th 2006
We headed up to Kumasi after a near sleepless night - 4am wake-up to make the 6am bus. The bus from Accra to Kumasi took about 5 hours and was like any tour bus you'd imagine in the UK. (only that the driver was getting a little over-excited with the air conditioning as it was freezing) On arrival in Kumasi we had a mini-orientation type thing of the city before meeting up with our host familie ... read more
Date: August 4th 2006
We headed up to Kumasi after a near sleepless night - 4am wake-up to make the 6am bus. The bus from Accra to Kumasi took about 5 hours and was like any tour bus you'd imagine in the UK. (only that the driver was getting a little over-excited with the air conditioning as it was freezing) On arrival in Kumasi we had a mini-orientation type thing of the city before meeting up with our host familie ... read more
