Ghanaian culture history is like a cloth woven with many multi-coloured threads forming diverse pattern incoporating an older traditional element originating from the indigenous West African situation, a Mediterranean and Oriental element as well as Europ
The coming of Europeans altered the trading patterns, and the focus of economic power shifted to the West African coast- line. The Portuguese came first, seeking the source of the African gold. It lay too far inland for them to reach; but on the Gold Coas
28 March 1884 Church founder Rev. Kwamin Ntsetse Bresi-Ando was born, on this date, in the British Colony of the Gold Coast (today known as Ghana, West Africa). The Ghanaian church community that he founded (in 1932) eventually became the canonical Orthod
Generally, the Ashantis (Asantes) are very industrious, their innate desire to live independent lives makes them a most hardworking people. They are extremely ambitious and determined to succeed in every venture they undertake.
The Dutch-Ghanaian historian Professor Albert van Dantzig once wrote: "The coat of arms of the Republic of Ghana shows among other things a little fort. This is not without significance: the numerous forts and castles along Ghana's shores have p
Julie Dogbadzi was one of nearly 4,000 girls and women enslaved in the upper Volta region of West Africa. In accordance with a practice of her people, the Ewe, Julie was taken, at the age of seven, to the shrine of the local Fetish Priest and made a Trok
This project is designed as an educational resource to show the relationships between Akan visual arts and Akan verbal genres. It is also to show some aspects of the rich cultural heritage of the Akan of Ghana.
Translated pieces from the writings of a Muslim Spaniard named Al-Bakir,who travelled through the kingdom in the llth century. These fragments provide a glimpse into this intriguing world.
