Ghanaian American 👏💗 by Christabel Amoah

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Ghanaian American 👏💗

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GHANAIAN AMERICAN

By:Christabel Amoah

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FOOD

Waakye (rice and beans with fish, eggs and spagetti)
Strawberry fool (a delicious desert made from strwberries, cream and wine)
Akotonshi (shell less crab cooked with peppers & tomatoes
Akpeteshie (traditional Ghanaian liquor made from either palm wine or sugar cane, creating an almost moonshine concoction).
Shoko (traditional Beef and spinach stew)

Photo by Alan A. Lew

SPORTS

Football/soccer (main sport in Ghana)
Winter olympics (Ghana first qualified for the winter olympics in 2010 in Vancouver Canada)
Boxing (Ghanian boxing champs in Azumah Nelson, Nana yaw konadu both of whom are 3 time world champions
Ghana became the first country in the continent of Africa to win a medal in Association football (soccer)
Golf is so popular in Ghana that they have the Ghana Golf awards (GGA)

The Ghana black stars are the main Ghanaian team. They always participate in world cups and has made Ghana one of the many or maybe the only country in Africa to have made it to the semifinals in a World Cup

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Dr kwame Nkrumah was the first Ghanaian president
Ghana used to be a british colony called the Gold Coast
On March 6, 1957, Ghana gained independence from Great Britain
Elmina Castle (built by the Portuguese to trade Gold, ivory and Slaves
Ghanaian currency is the Cedi

In 1482, the Portuguese built a castle in Elmina (which is not a major tourist attraction in Ghana despite its dark history, There are torture chambers in there and "path of no return" which was basically a death chamber for the most unfortunate of slaves. )

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HOLIDAYS/DATES

Christmas is a very big celebration in Ghana since majority of Ghanaians are Christian
On Jan 1 Ghanaians celebrate New years day much like the rest of the world
Africa Day (May 25)
July 1 (Republic Day)
Founders Day (September 21)

Africa day is the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity. (OAU)

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LANGUAGE

Main immigrant languages include ; Chinese,Hausa,Hindi,Lebanese Arabic,Sindhi,Yoruba
The main language in Ghana is English
Regional Languages include:Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Ewe
There are 9 Govt sponsored languages
The main sign languages are as follows; Ghanaian Sign Language (American Sign Language)

Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Kasem, Dagaare, Dagbani, Mfantse,

Adamorobe Sign Language Nanabin Sign language

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