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The World Heritage Convention of UNESCO named Ghana's castles and forts as World Heritage Monuments, based on the criterion: "The Castles and Forts of Ghana shaped not only Ghana’s history but that of the world over four centuries as the focus of first the gold trade and then the slave trade. They are a significant and emotive symbol of ...
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 ...
The Ghana Empire (Arabic: غانا), also known as simply Ghana, [2] Ghanata, or Wagadu, was a West African classical to post-classical era western-Sahelian empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali. It is uncertain among historians when Ghana's ruling dynasty began.
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.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Ghana accepted the convention, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023 ...
The British built railways and a complex transport infrastructure to ship these commodities, which forms the basis for the transport system of modern-day Ghana. [26] By 1945, in the wake of a major colonial role in the Second World War, nationalists in the Gold Coast stood up to demand more autonomy, [27] sharing power with Britain from 1951 to ...
The earliest known physical remains of the earliest man in Ghana were first discovered by archaeologists in a rock shelter at Kintampo during the 1960s. The remains were dated to be 5000 years old [1] [2] and it marked the period of transition to sedentism in Ghana. [3]
CIA World Factbook - Ghana; Ethnologue Ghana languages; US State Department — Ghana includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports; Business Anti-Corruption Portal Ghana Country Profile; Historical Notes and Memorial Inscriptions From Ghana, Compiled 1988 to 1990 by M.E.J. Crew of Ofinso Training College, Ofinso, Ashanti, Ghana