Republic of Ghana

This article is about the specific polity Republic of Ghana and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

Is a country in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea. It has no ties to the Empire of the same name existed in 351-1240 AD. From the XVI century the coast of Ghana (then known as Gold Coast) was colonized by several European countries that created forts, trading posts and finally colonies. Until 1867 all European colonies were absorbed by the British Gold Coast. The British went then to systematically annex all the territories in the interior of Ghana. In 1957 Ghana gained Independence, the first colony in West Africa to do so. It changed its political system to a Republic in 1960.