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Trip to Togo and Benin

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November 12th 2008
I just came back from a 1 week trip in Togo and Benin… and what nice countries to travel to. Since I am in Ghana, I have been keeping myself fairly busy with the project and the school and having this break was deeply refreshing! I have been travelling with an American friend I met in Kumasi (middle of Ghana, deeply impregnated by the Ashanti culture, one of the richest and proudest of West Afr ... 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