Cape Coast

Ghana, an overview

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February 4th 2006
This is my TravelBlog, and my first blog has been long overdue, but finally here it is. I had an amazing week in Ghana, and I'm sad to say that the precise details are becoming fleetingly fuzzy. I visited the cities of Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast, and they were all equally beautiful and unique. After careful song practice in New York, we visited two schools and played with the ch ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Greater Accra » Accra

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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