Kente weaving 2

Kumasi

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September 16th 2008
This past weekend we left for the Region of the Ashanti's- Kumasi. It is about 4 hours north of legon(although due to traffic it took much longer). We left Friday morning and returned Sunday evening. Once we arrived to Kumasi it was pretty late in Ghanaian time, around 5, so we only had time to go visit the palace there. From my understanding, Kumasi is the land that people who claim themselve ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Kumasi

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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