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There are many styles of traditional and modern music of Ghana, due to Ghana's worldwide geographic position on the African continent. [1] [2] [3] The best known modern genre originating in Ghana is Highlife. [4] For many years, Highlife was the preferred music genre until the introduction of Hiplife and many others. [5] [6]
2004 December - John Kufuor re-elected as president of Ghana. 2006 - Ghana National football team, the black stars play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. 2007 March - Ghana @ 50 celebrations mark 50 years of independence from Britain. 2007 June - Ghana discovers oil in commercial quantities. The oil reserves total 3 billion barrels.
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The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
Music of Ghanaian Origin also known as MOGO is a celebration of music originating from Ghana. It started in 2007. It started in 2007. It was initially an annual one-day event [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but in 2015 was extended into a one-week festival and named MOGO Festival.
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 ,
“This type of renaissance is a good time to remember that Black people didn’t just show up in country music now,” Randall said. “Black people have been in country music for almost 400 ...
1955 – Ghana International School founded. 1956 Accra Central Library established (approximate date). Ghanaian Arts Council headquartered in Accra. [24] 1957 6 March: Accra becomes capital of independent Republic of Ghana. [2] State House, National Museum of Ghana, and Independence Arch built. [25] [26] Catholic Holy Spirit Cathedral opened.