Month: January 2024

NANA AGYEMAN Nana Agyeman (circa 1790-1867) was ruler of the state of Akyem Kotoku, then located about 60 mi (96 km) northeast of Accra, for...

Addo-Dankwa I (? – 1838) was the Akuapemhene (paramount chief of Akuapem, a state some 30 mi (48 km) north of Accra, ruling from 1816...

John Augustus Abayomi-Cole (1848 -July 1943) was a talented and versatile Krio (Creole) who, in the course of his long career, made his mark as...

SAHLA SELASSIE DARGE Ras Darge Sahla Selassie (1829 – March 22, 1900), a counsellor of menilek II (q.v.), was distinguished general and a provincial governor....

Dr. Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (December 21, 1895 – February 4, 1965), lawyer, scholar, author, and patriot, became the dean of Ghana’s politicians. He...

Photo Credit: Sophia Celestina Apenkro Ghana has several festivals celebrated by the various ethnic groups for various reasons and at different times of the year....

Photo credit: Makana The Krobos of Ghana are an ancient tribe. They are one of a group of eight sub-tribes known as the Dangmes (Adangme)...

The African Renaissance Monument, also known as Monument De La Renaissance Africaine, is a bronze statue of 164 feet high perched on a hill in...

The Asafotufiam Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Ada in the Dangbe East District of the Greater Accra region of Ghana to...

The Volta lake, as it is popularly known, was created by the construction of the Akosombo Dam over the River Volta in the mid-1960s. The...

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