Republic of Ghana: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

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.