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Religion and the inculturation of human rights in Ghana (A&C Black, 2013). Cogneau, Denis, and Alexander Moradi. "Borders that divide: Education and religion in Ghana and Togo since colonial times." Journal of Economic History 74.3 (2014): 694-729. online; Dovlo, Elom. "Religion and the politics of Fourth Republican elections in Ghana" (1992 ...
A government sign in English in Accra. Ghana is a multilingual country in which about eighty languages are spoken. [7] Of these, English, which was inherited from the colonial era, is the official language and lingua franca. [8] [9] Of the languages indigenous to Ghana, Akan is the most widely spoken in the south. [10]
Ghana is a country of 33.48 million people and many native groups, such as: [1] [2] The Akans in the center and South of the country, The Ga and Adangbe in, around, and East of Accra, The Guan people in the rainforest, The Dagombas, Mamprusi, and related peoples in the North, The Gurunsi languages speaking peoples in the far North,
Islam was the first Abrahamic monotheistic religion to arrive in Ghana. Today, it is the second most widely professed religion in the country behind Christianity. Its presence in Ghana dates back to the 10th century. According to the Ghana Statistical Service's Population and Housing census (2021), the percentage of Muslims in Ghana is about 19 ...
Map of Ghana's ethno-linguistic areas. English is the official language of Ghana. [197] [198] Additionally, there are eleven languages that have the status of government-sponsored languages: Akan languages (Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi, Fante, Bono which have a high degree of mutual intelligibility, and Nzema, which is less intelligible with the ...
The Methodist Church Ghana came into existence as a result of the missionary activities of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, inaugurated with the arrival of Joseph Rhodes Dunwell to the Gold Coast (Ghana) in 1835. Like the mother church, the Methodist Church in Ghana was established by people of Anglican background. [12]
Its mission is to educate chiefs on Government of Ghana's policies for good governance, conflict resolutions among the various cultural groupings. Also by supporting the various chieftaincy and cultural institutions administratively, financially and review the various chieftaincy and cultural legal framework to conform to international best practices.
The vast majority of Arabs live in major cities and towns in south central, south eastern, south western or southern Ghana. Coastal cities such as Accra, Cape Coast, Sekondi-Takoradi, and Tema also have Arab populations. Apart from Accra and Kumasi, Coastal Areas and Southern Ghana, there are Arab communities in Koforidua and Sunyani.