Accra

The city of Accra, which is the capital and largest city of the west African nation of Ghana, is named for ants. The nation of Ghana is named for a historical west African empire of that name, but the modern nation is not a part of the same territory.

One of the best-known names to ever come out of Africa is that of Kwame Nkrumah, the founder of Ghana. The U.S. Government was not fond of him, suspecting that his sympathies lay toward Communism. He spent a lot of his time as a student in the U.S., working at a restaurant in Pennsylvania. But Ghana was, in many ways, the prototype of the modern African nation and it would not have gotten there without the guidance of Kwame Nkrumah.

Accra is another example of the shift of the population of west Africa to the coast. The empires of the past, including the one for which Ghana is named, were inland. Their trade routes centered on camel caravans, and not ships.

The following scenes begin at the mausoleum in the Memorial Park of Kwame Nkrumah.

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Not far away is Ghana's Independence Square. There are two arches in Independence Square, one rectangular and one curved.

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This business district is known as Airport City.

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This business district is on the other side of the airport.

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This is a residential area in Accra.

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Much further away from the central city is a new development in Accra.

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Kumasi is another major city of Ghana, but is not on the coast. The following scenes are around the center of Kumasi. Unlike some west African nations, with their largest city on the coast, Ghana has not moved it's capital to an inland city. Accra, the largest city and on the coast, is the capital of Ghana.

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