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Ghana
Things to Know
Republic of Ghana
Ghana lies on the west coast of Africa.
Capital: Accra
Map
of Ghana
Currency-Cedis
Languages: English (official), African languages (Ga, Ewe, Fante,
Hausa, Twi, Akan, Konkomba, Dagbani, Gonja)
Cocoa is Ghana's largest export. The cocoa beans are
used to make chocolate. Visit
a cocoa plantation.
Animals
Roloway
monkeys
History
Ghana was known as the center of the gold, ivory, and
slave trade during the 17th and 18th centuries
Ashanti empire, which rose
to power during the late
seventeenth century.
Climate
Tropical-hot and humid.
Land
Lake
Volta is Ghana's largest artificial
lake.
Southern Ghana is covered with dense rain forest, partially cleared
to plant cocoa, coffee, banana, and oil palm trees. Wide savannahs
extend to the North. The subsoil is rich in gold, diamonds,
manganese, and bauxite.
Plants
The three main types of forest in Finland are pine, spruce and birch
Recipes
Yam
fufu balls and oto recipes.
Read/Music
Ghana is famous for its weavers of Kente cloth; an Asante ceremonial
cloth. Read how kente
cloth is made. View an Asante
chief wearing his kente cloth robe.
Listen
to some traditional Ghanaian music.
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