Browsing: History

In pre-independent and pre-modern society, women in Ghana were only seen as child-bearers, fishmongers and farmers. Traditionally, women’s childbearing abilities were perceived as a way for…

Ghana is a country of 28.21 million people and many native groups, such as: the Akans in the centre and south of the country the Ga…

The Aboakyer festival which is a bushbuck hunting festival is celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. The name Aboakyer translates…

Being one of the many slaves to have left the shores of Ghana in the year 1730, Anton Wilhelm Amo, in his struggles as a slave…

Christmas which is celebrated on December 25 and is both noted as a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon, for two millennia,…

Jerry John Rawlings (born Jerry Rawlings John; 22 June 1947-12 November, 2020) a former Ghanaian military leader and subsequent politician who ruled the country from 1981…

The Larabanga Mosque popularly known as the, ‘Mecca of West Africa’ due to its rich historical and architectural values, was built in the Sudanese architectural style…

Aburi, located on the Akwapim-Togo Range of Ghana, is blessed with a cool mountainous weather making it a destination for people who love nature. Located in…

Nelson Mandela once said, “when we decided to take up arms, it was because the only other choice was to surrender and submit to slavery “. …

Today August 4, 2020 which marks Founders’ Day is a statutory Public Holiday to celebrate the collective efforts of the country’s forebears who led the fight…

Today in History, on July 21, 1944 (exactly 76 years ago), John Evans Atta Mills was born. He was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who…

Kofi Antubam (1922 – 1964) was a Ghanaian artist and designer whose works of art depict understated aspect of community life in Ghana, his designs include…