The Hogbetsotso festival is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Anloga in the Volta region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in the month of November. The name of the festival is derived from the Ewe language and translates as, the festival of exodus. or “coming from Hogbe Read more…
The Kundum festival is celebrated by the Ahanta or Nzema people of the Western region of Ghana. It is celebrated to thank God for the abundance of food at the time of the harvest period of the area. The festival is believed to have first been celebrated in the 16th century. The Read more…
Homowo is a festival celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana. The festival starts in the month of May with the planting of crops before the rainy season starts. During the festival, they perform a dance called Kpanlogo. The Ga people celebrate Homowo in the remembrance of the famine that once happened in their history in precolonial Ghana. Read more…
Ghana is a country of 24.6 million people, comprising dozens of native ethnic groups, such as: the Akans in the centre and South of the country; the Ga and Adangbe in, around and East of Accra; the Guang peoples in the rain forest; the Dagombas, Mamprusi and related peoples in Read more…
The National coat of arms of Ghana was designed by Ghanaian artist Amon Kotei and was introduced on 4 March 1957. The National coat of arms of Ghana is is composed of a shield, divided into four quarters by a green St. George’s cross, rimmed with gold. The following are Read more…
Nana William Ofori Atta ,popularly called “Paa Willie”, was a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention and was one of “The Big Six” detained by the British colonial government in Ghana (then Gold Coast). He later became a Minister for Foreign Affairs in the second republic between 1971 and Read more…
Emmanuel Odarkwei Obetsebi-Lamptey was a politician in the British colony of the Gold Coast. He was one of the founders and leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) known as “The Big Six”. He was the father of NPP politician Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey. He was born in 1902 at a Read more…
Edward Akufo-Addo was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the “Big Six” leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), which engaged in the fight for Ghana’s independence. He became the Chief Justice and later President of the Republic of Ghana. In 1947, he became a founding Read more…
Dr. Ebenezer Ako-Adjei was a nationalist politician from Ghana. Ako-Adjei is considered to be one of the “Big Six”, who were arguably some of the most famous people in Ghana’s fight for independence from British rule. He was also a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention, the political Read more…