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Thread of the behind story of Ghana y'all need to know
The red represent the blood of those who died in the country struggle the independance. The gold the mineral and the green represent the rich forest natural wealth...The black star means the symbol of african emancipation.
Ghana is the Second Largest Cocoa producer in the World after Ivory Coast. Cocoa is the chief agricultural export of Ghana .
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Ghana has the largest market in West Africa. It’s called Kejetia market and it’s located in Kumasi.
Now let's talk about ghanaian dishes. Ghanaian jollof rice is made of vegetable oil, onion, bell pepper, cloves of pressed garlic, chillies, tomato paste, beef or goat meat or chicken. BTW Ghana has the best jollof rice .
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YES! afrobeat originated from GHANA . Afrobeat began in Ghana in the early 1920s. During that time, Ghanaian musicians incorporated foreign influences like the foxtrot and calypso with Ghanaian rhythms like osibisaba (Fante).
. Afrobeat began in Ghana in the early 1920s. During that time, Ghanaian musicians incorporated foreign influences like the foxtrot and calypso with Ghanaian rhythms like osibisaba (Fante).
Elmina Castle is the first of many permanent slaves factories. Thousands of enslaved africans, sometimes of hundreds of miles away were brought to Cape coast Castle to be sold to British slaves ships.
The Akan is a meta-ethnicity living in the southern regions of present-day Ghana. The Akan are 18,000,000 in Ghana .
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What is Kente Stole?Kente Stole is adapted from african tradition in Ghana. Kente academic stoles are often used by African Americans as a symbol of ethnic pride.
Lake volta is the largest man-made lakes in the world based on surface area.
Here is an emotional video of Jay& Ernestine Morrison tour the Elmina Castle Accra Ghana last year December.
