Africa » Ghana » Greater Accra » Accra 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
I am 27 years old and I qualified as a primary school teacher in 2008. I taught in the UK for three years, and have also travelled to Africa a number of times; I have worked on volunteer community and teaching projects in Zanzibar and Mozambique on three separate trips. I was also in Thailand last year, working and travelling, for 3 1/2 months. I returned to Mozambique for the fourth time last summer, as well as volunteering in South Africa for 5 weeks. I moved to Ghana last September to start a teaching job for 10 months. After what I hope will be an amazing experience teaching in Ghana, I am... full info