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Ghana

Ghana is a country situated in West Africa near the equator and on the greenwich meridian, bounded on the North and North West by Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), on the East by Togo, on the South by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the West by the La Cote D'Ivoire (known as the Ivory Coast). Ghana is well known for its friendly people and its well aclaimed hospitality. Formerly a British colony known as the Gold Coast, Ghana was the first black nation in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve Independence lead by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1957.