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AFRICA
CALENDARS

Women of the African Ark Calendars
Women of the
African Ark
Calendars


Africa Calendars
Africa Calendars




Ghana Flag
Ghana Flag




BOOKS ABOUT AFRICA & GHANA
Ghana Map
Ghana Map

Master Weaver from Ghana
Master Weaver from Ghana

The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay : Life in Medieval Africa
The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay : Life in Medieval Africa

Ghana in Pictures
Ghana in Pictures

Authentic African Cuisine from Ghana
Authentic African Cuisine from Ghana

Colors of Ghana
Colors of Ghana

American Africans in Ghana : Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era
American Africans in Ghana : Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era

Classic Highlife Music CD
Classic Highlife Music CD

Traditional Dances of Ghana DVD
Traditional Dances of Ghana DVD


Eyewitness Africa
Eyewitness: Africa



Teacher's Best - The Creative Process


Ghana Posters, Art Prints, Charts, Maps
for classrooms, homeschoolers & theme decor.


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Ghana Maps
Ghana Map

(5º33'0"N 0º12'0"E)

Ghana Flag
Ghana Flag

Africa, Its Political Development Map 1980, Giclee Print
Africa, Its Political Development Map 1980,
Giclee Print

Ghana, a West African republic located a few degrees north of the equator on the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean), was formed from the merger of the Gold Coast and British Togoland. Ghana was the first sub-Saharan colony to achieve independence, in 1957. Ghana is bordered by Cote d'Ivoire on the west, Burkina Faso on the north, and Togo on the east.

The name Ghana derived from the title of the ruler of the Wagadou Empire - the Ghanas, “warrior king.” Accra is the largest city and capital of Ghana.

Ghana, known for its resources of gold during the colonial period (hence the name Gold Coast), is also a major exporter of cocoa. The largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Volta in eastern Ghana, was created by damming the Volta River at Akosombo. The purpose of the dam was to produce electrical power for the smelting of aluminum from the natural reserves of bauxite. Ghana has also been identified with a significant oilfield of 3 billion barrels discovered in 2007, now under contract to GAZPROM (Russian oil corporation).

In 1974-1976 Shirley Temple Black served as US Ambassador to Ghana.



Dusk Over Labadi Beach, Accra, Ghana, Photographic Print
Dusk Over Labadi Beach, Accra, Ghana, Photographic Print

cities posters

Keta fishing canoe on Keta Beach, Ghana, Photographic Print
Keta fishing canoe on Keta Beach, Ghana, Photographic Print


Ghanaians Collecting Water from Lake Volta at Dusk, Photographic Print
Ghanaians Collecting Water
from Lake Volta at Dusk,
Photographic Print

The River Volta on the Gold Coast of Ghana, Giclee Print
The River Volta on the
Gold Coast of Ghana,
Giclee Print

(5º46'0"N 0º41'0"E)

river posters


Varieties of Cocoa, Ghana, Photographic Print
Varieties of Cocoa, Ghana,
Photographic Print

Woman Carrying Pan Filled with Baobab Fruit, Boku, Ghana, Photographic Print
Woman Carrying Pan Filled with Baobab Fruit, Boku, Ghana, Photographic Print

Ghana is the second largest producer of cocoa in the world. • food posters trees posters

Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus Niloticus) in Profile, Paga, Ghana, Photographic Print
Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus Niloticus) in Profile, Paga, Ghana,
Photographic Print

The Dry Country Flower, Impala Lily Scrub, Mole National Park, Northern Ghana, Photographic Print
The Dry Country Flower, Impala Lily Scrub, Mole National Park, Northern Ghana,
Photographic Print

Paga, in far northeast Ghana, is known as the sacred crocodile village- the nearby fresh water ponds and lakes are home to crocodiles regarded by the local Kassena tribe as embodiments of their ancestors spirits. • reptiles posters

Detail of Hand-Woven Asante Ceremonial Cloth, Hohoe, Volta, Ghana, Photographic Print
Detail of Hand-Woven Asante Ceremonial Cloth, Hohoe, Volta, Ghana,
Photographic Print

Maraccas at Arts Centre Market, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, Photographic Print
Maraccas at Arts Centre Market, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, Photographic Print

music instruments

Castle of St. George, Old Gold and Slave Trading Centre, Elmina, Ghana, Photographic Print
Castle of St. George, Old Gold and Slave Trading Centre, Elmina, Ghana, Photographic Print

Larabanga Mosque, Reputedly the Oldest Building in Ghana, Ghana, West Africa, Africa, Photographic Print
Larabanga Mosque, Reputedly the Oldest Building in Ghana, Ghana, West Africa, Africa,
Photographic Print

Black History posters

Prime Minister of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Attending the Ghana Independence Ceremonies, Photographic Print
Prime Minister of Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah Attending
the Ghana Independence Ceremonies, Photographic Print

Kwame Nkrumah
b. 9-21-1909; Nkroful, Gold Coast
d. 2-27-1972; Bucharest, Romania (skin cancer)

Kwame Nkrumah lead the Gold Coast, the predecessor state of Ghana, and became both the first president and first prime minister of Ghana.

A theologian and teacher, Nkrumah was commitment to Pan-Africanism and founded the Organization of African Unity. He was inspired by the black intellectuals Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and George Padmore.

In 2000 the listeners of the BBC World Service voted Nkrumah Africa's man of the millennium.

Kwame Nkrumah quote ~
• “We face neither East nor West; We face forward.”


United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan Listens to Statements Made by Members, Photographi Print
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Listens to Statements
Made by Members,
Photographi Print

Kofi Annan
b. 4-8-1938; Kumasi, Gold Coast

Kofi Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the UN, serving from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2006.

The United Nations and Annan were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding the Global AIDS and Health Fund.


Ancient African Civilizations - Ghana / Mali / Songhai Wall Poster
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Ancient African Civilizations Poster

Ghana, Mali, Songhai-

Taken together, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai controlled most of western Africa for nearly 1,000 years. All three empires were fabulously wealthy and powerful, and their influence can still be felt in the culture and arts and sciences of modern West Africa. The civilization of Ghana was established durning the 5th and 6th centuries C.E. This hightly structured empire, which spread over the countries now known as Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali, was fueled by the huge gold reserves in the southern savanna lands. Visitors to Ghana were shocked to see how much gold the king (called “Ghana”) displayed in his royal palace – even the horses and dogs wore gold collars. Important trade routes helped Ghanan merchants to sell their ware all over Africa. But all the gold in Ghana could not save the empire when a group of Berber Muslims known as the Almoravids, invaded in 1076 and burned the capital.

After several centuries of fighting to control the trade routes, the Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita rose to power in the year 1233 and established the empire of Mali. This civilization, which lasted for more than 300 years, incorporated all the trade routes and land west of the Niger River as well as the gold reserves of the south. Timbuktu became the capital and soon earned a reputation as one of the most worldly cities in Africa, as well as one of the richest in the world. Arts and education flourished in the Islamic universities of Timbuktu. Malian sculpture became famous for its strong shapes. Musical storytellers called griots were the royal musicians, and the sound of a guitar-like instruments called the kora was soon heard all over western Africa.

But Mali began to weaken in the 1400s, when the empire became too big to manage. The Songhai people rose to power in 1464, under the leadership of Sonni Ber Ali, who eventually conqured Timbuktu and the leading city of Jenne. Ali and his successors ruled over the Songhai empire for more than 100 years, until it fell to Moroccan invaders.

While no great empire rose up to replace Songhai, the traditions of all three civilizations live on in the art, music, and traditions of modern Africa – and in the vibrant and sophisticated city of Timbuktu.

The Songhai Empire succeeded the declining Mali Empire and from the early 15th to the late 16th century was one of the largest African empires in history. The Songhai Empire was centered in eastern Mali and stretched through parts of present day Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, Senegal, Mauritania, and Guinea.

The first great king of Songhai was Sunni Ali, a Muslim like the Mali kings before him, who had derived great wealth through trade with Arabs. The Songhai Empire continued to be a strong trading economy with the goldfields of the Niger River a primary resource of the Songhai Empire. Gold was sometimes traded one to one for precious salt, a primary ingredient in food preservation.

• more Ancient African Civilizations posters


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