Ghana gained independence through a combination of political activism, negotiations, and nonviolent resistance. This historic event marked the end of the colonial era in Ghana and was a significant ...

Born on the day Ghana became independent from Britain, Godson Dag-Sosu has seen coups, food shortages and power cuts during his 50 years of life. After a checkered independent history, punctuated by a ...

Google Doodle has commemorated Ghana’s Independence Day on 6 March. On this day in 1957, Ghana became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to become a free nation officially. The country gained its ...

Nkrumah was a politician and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An influential advocate of ...

The Ministry of Sports and Recreation has officially launched the Ghana Independence Day Walk/Run nationwide campaign ...

The success of an independence movement is never preordained. Not only is independence itself an improbable endeavor in most cases, but the quality of that independence—whether most people are better ...