Ghana
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Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to the east. Ghana covers an area of 239,567 km2 (92,497 sq mi), spanning various ecologies, from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With over 35 million inhabitants, Ghana is the thirteenth-most populous country in Africa, and the second-most populous country in West Africa. The capital and most populous city is Accra.
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Key people
Kofi Annan1938 – 20187th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Kwame Nkrumah1909 – 1972Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Stevie Wonderb. 1950American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Mario Balotellib. 1990Italian association football playerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
John Mahamab. 1958President of the Republic of GhanaSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Nana Akufo-Addob. 1944President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
John Evans Atta Mills1944 – 2012Sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944–2012)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
W. E. B. Du Bois1868 – 1963American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Memphis Depayb. 1994Dutch association football player (born 1994)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Michael Essienb. 1982Ghanaian footballer (born 1982)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
John Kufuorb. 1938Fifth President of the Republic of Ghana and LawyerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Kevin-Prince Boatengb. 1987Ghanaian footballerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Marcel Desaillyb. 1968French footballer (born 1968)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Asamoah Gyanb. 1985Ghanaian footballer (born 1985)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Sulley Muntarib. 1984Ghanaian footballer (born 1984)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Nico Williamsb. 2002Spanish footballerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Jerry Rawlings1947 – 2020Fourth President of the Republic of Ghana (1947-2020)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
André Ayewb. 1989Ghanaian footballer (born 1989)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Alphonso Daviesb. 2000Canadian soccer playerSource: Wikidata (country of birthplace)
Jordan Ayewb. 1991Ghanaian footballerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 1625Battle of ElminaElminaThe Battle of Elmina was a military engagement of the Dutch-Portuguese War, fought near the castle of São Jorge da Mina (Elmina Castle) in the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1625. It was fought between 1,200 soldiers of the Dutch West India Company (transported by a fleet of 15 ships) who landed and assaulted the Portuguese garrison of the castle.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 1900War of the Golden StoolAshanti RegionThe War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was a campaign in 1900 during the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire (later Ashanti Region), an autonomous state in West Africa that fractiously co-existed with the British and its vassal coastal tribes.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)