Ghana Society Of Indiana

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Ghana Society Of Indiana April 14, 2007
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Brief History

• Migrants from Ancient Kingdom
• Gold Coast to Ghana in 1957
• 1470 contact with Portuguese
• 1482 Elmina Castle (Sao Jorge da Mina)
• After 1553, British, Danes, Dutch, and Germans

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Brief History

• 1821 British control of trading forts
• 1844 Fanti Chiefs signed agreement with British
  leading to colonial status
• 1863-74, British and Ashanti wars
• 1902 British control of Ashanti region
• 1922-1946 British Togoland becomes United Nations
  Trust Territory

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Sir Charles Noble Arden Clark
Sir Gordon Guggisberg
John Mensah-Sarbah
James Kwegir Aggrey
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Brief History

• 1954 Constitution approved
• Convention Peoples Party (CPP) wins
• Kwame Nkrumah elected Prime Minister
• 1956 elections returns CPP to power
• March 6, 1957 United Kingdom relinquish control
  over the colony of Gold Coast, the Northern
  Territories Protectorate and British Togoland

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March 5, 1957 Accra Polo Grounds
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah 1956-1966
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Colonel E.K. Kotoka 1966-1967
Gen. Ankrah 1966-1967
Lt. General Afrifa 1967-1969
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Dr. Akuffo-Addo 1970-1972
Dr. Kofi A. Busia1969-1972
General I.K Acheampong 1972-1978
Lt. General F.W.A. Akuffo 1978-1979
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Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings June -September 1979
Dr. Hilla Limann 1979-1981
John Agyekum Kufuor 2001 to date
Mr. Jerry John Rawlings 1981-2001
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For additional information about the culture and
history of Ghana Go to www.ghana50.gov.gh Or
www.ghanaweb.com
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Rev. Jesse Jackson Dr. Kufuor
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