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Get to know Ghana's essentials in eight cheerful questions. No need to be an expert: the whole family can join in.
Warmly welcomed 0–3 · Rhythm in your feet 4–6 · Fully at home in Ghana 7–8
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Accra lies right on the coast and is the biggest city in Ghana, with millions of people living in and around it. Kumasi, the second-biggest city, is home to Kejetia, one of the largest markets in West Africa, with thousands of stalls.
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The flag was designed in 1957 by Theodosia Okoh, a Ghanaian artist and teacher, in the year the country became independent. Ghana's national football team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the star on the flag.
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The word fufu comes from Twi, a language of Ghana, and the dish is now eaten across much of West and Central Africa. It is traditionally eaten with the fingers: you pinch off a small ball and dip it into a soup or stew.
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European traders named it after the gold found there, and Ghana is still one of the biggest gold producers in Africa. Ivory Coast is the name of its neighbour to the west, a separate country also known by its French name, Côte d'Ivoire.
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The harmattan picks up fine dust and sand as it crosses the Sahara, and sometimes the haze is so thick that it hides the sun for days, a bit like fog. Its name is related to a word in Twi, one of the main languages of Ghana.
Photo: Kipp Jones from Atlanta, US, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Lake Volta formed in the 1960s, when the Akosombo Dam was built across the Volta River, and it now covers more than 3 percent of the whole country. The dam makes a large share of Ghana's electricity, and ferries and cargo boats carry people and goods across the lake.
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A boy born on a Friday may be called Kofi and one born on a Saturday Kwame, while a girl born on a Saturday may be called Ama. Most Ghanaians have at least one of these names, even if they also have an English name.
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Anansi's name simply means 'spider' in Akan, a language spoken by many Ghanaians. His funny, tricky stories later spread far beyond Africa, to the islands of the Caribbean and to Suriname in South America, where they are still told today.
Photo: Pamela Colman Smith, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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