Places · 3 min read
The coast that began with gold and became a global memory
They were built along a coast already connected to African markets, diplomacy and inland gold.
The Ghana Story library
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A growing, source-backed encyclopedia of Ghana told through people, culture, history and the places visitors can still experience today.
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Culture · 3 min read
Highlife: the soundtrack that became heritage
Its instruments and styles changed as Ghanaian communities, cities and diasporas changed around them.
Diaspora · 3 min read
The scholar who came to die in Accra
His final chapter shows why independent Ghana became a centre of Black intellectual and political life.
People · 3 min read
Six shillings, marmalade and a global women’s bank
Her story is not a motivational shortcut. It is a lesson about processing, credit, knowledge and economic independence.
History · 2 min read
The Big Six and the Road to 1957
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Accra; Christiansborg/Osu Castle; the Independence Arch at Black Star Square.
Diaspora · 2 min read
The Ones Who Came: Du Bois, Angelou, and Accra in the Sixties
The W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture, Cantonments, Accra — his house, his library, and his grave.
Diaspora · 2 min read
PANAFEST and Emancipation Day
July–August, biennially for PANAFEST; 1 August for Emancipation Day
History · 2 min read
The Statue With No Head
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra. Both pieces are there.