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"visit www.ghanaweb.com for more information about the history of Ghana": basically an ad; inappropriate in an article, especially at the beginning. I've removed it.--Bjeversole 09:04, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
How do people feel about the side note about Sudanese independence in the discussion of Ghanaian independence? I'm inclined to suggest that we could tighten the whole thing up by pointing out that Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain independence... Davidley, I'll see what I can do on regional pop stats, by emailing a couple of friends in the Ghanaian info ministry. Ethanz 18:29, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
GHANA RULESS!!
The Regions of Ghana could really use some help. Does anyone know where to get reliable statistics on Ghana for each region? For example, population by region?
--Davidley 14:00, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
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What is Ghana likeWhat type of government, animals what do they eat, traditions,culture and their history, what is the leading cause of death and major diseases their. How high is their AIDs rate?
- You might be able to click on the 'article' tab and see what the article says about it... Or you might be able to add this information to the article if it's missing and you do know about it! — mark ✎ 14:49, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Demographics Errors
There was an edit recently done which fixed some problems with the demographics percentages in this article. However, the Major tribes percentages still do NOT add up to 100%. The tribe demographics statistics are: Major tribes: Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%. European and other: 0.2% Now, if you do the math, 44% + 16% + 13% + 8% + 0.2% = 81.2%
So what happened to the missing 18.8%? I'm assuming you can add this percentage to the 'European and other' section. However, there is no reference for these tribe demographics anyway, so I recommend deleting this data altogether since we can't confirm the correct numbers. Capacitor 15:42, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Misinformation
According to the introductory paragraph, "Ghana became independent in 1957", but the infobox says that it became indpependant in 1960. Perhaps someone should check this, and fix it as necessary--Kenmcfa 17:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Who wrote this?
Let's take a look at the introduction. I don't ever recall seeing Ghana on a south american map, it's in Africa. I'm pretty sure that somalia is not west of Ghana, in fact I think it is on the opposite side of the continent to the east. You could go around the world traveling west and wind up in Somalia eventually. Afghanastan is north of Ghana in a way, but it's on another continent in Asia. Irag is east of Ghana, but doesn't border Ghana. It is also on another continent. I don't know to do it yet, but someone needs to change the Intro.
- It was vandalism which stood for a few hours, but was then reverted. You can edit an article by hitting the "edit this page" top at the top of the page. For more info on how to revert vandalism, see Wikipedia:Revert. — mark ✎ 11:07, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ghana
Ghana is a wounderful placebordering the Gulf of Guinea, between togo and Cote d'Ivoire.
Age structure:
0-14 years: 38.8% (male 4,395,744/female 4,288,720)
15-64 years: 57.7% (male 6,450,828/female 6,483,781) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 371,428/female 419,071) (2006 est.)
[edit] killer talk
talk to me edit this page wat do you think of GHANA!
hi ive never been to ghana
Ghana! IS THE BEST , is africa first leading country when it comes to sport.
[edit] The Article Could Be Better
This is why I put on the clean up tag. It's pitifully short
[edit] Who the hell is King Obuya?
"King Obuya once ruled Canada for 200 years...a drastic turning point in both countries histories."
What?
[edit] What about religion
How could there be no mention of religion in the article itself?
Stop overwrite the Religion topic please
Christianity 63% Islam 16% That's it
[edit] no mention of african settlers
there could have been mention of the migration of the Fante, Ga, Ewe etc in the article. The are all part of the History of Ghana if not immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[edit] The Flag???
What is up with the colonial flag? I'm not by any means an expert on the region, but if soccer (not to mention any children's World Atlas) is to be believed this is the modern flag. Even were I to have missed a recent coup, I doubt they'd revert to the old British flag. Khirad 00:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
The "Flag of Ghana" on the page as of 17 July 2006 at 23:38 (-7hrs UTC) is absolutely wrong! That is not the flag of Ghana! Please someone correct this. If I knew how to change graphics on Wikipedia, I would. The flag of Ghana should look like this: http://www.globosapiens.net/subapp_countries/app_data/flags/fullsize/ghana-flag.gif
71.146.29.188 06:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)Conal Ho
[edit] PROBLEMS WITH LEADER
I just made a quick edit to the page. Somehow, the page states that Ghana has a governor general, prime minister, and queen. NO no and NO! There is no queen. It was also listed as a Constitutional Monarchy which it definitely is not. The president is John Kufuor and the country is a republic. My edit was not very good, so please someone with better Wikipedia skills make the appropriate changes!
71.146.29.188 06:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Conal Ho
[edit] Alert Article !!
I would like anyone who reads this rotten article to notify in some way the authorities of Wikipedia. This is the worst thing I have ever seen on this website. I have read a very good article on Jerry Rawlings, who is a former President of Ghana. After reading that article, I tried to read more about Ghana by clicking on the Ghana link. The only thing I saw was a ridiculous sentence. Some retard posted some non-sense story saying he's from Ghana...etc. I urge all my fellow Wikipedia readers to call for a suppression of this shameful article. We need a real and valid article on Ghana; just like any other country's article.Shady19 21:25, 6 October 2006 (UTC)Rudy-Slim
- No reason to panic. The vandalism has been undone; the previous, good version has been restored. Lupo 22:00, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
The article has been vandalised. Please remove the offending text ASAP. Thank you.
Sorry, but I have never edited a page before and when I tried, I couldn't find the offending text.
Currently there is a dumb sentence in the politics section calling it a Nazi country. its vandalism and I don't know how to remove it.
[edit] Name
SO is Ghana a Republic or a Commonwealth, and I saw something about a "Nana Eruzah," so what's that?Therequiembellishere 03:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
24.39.160.45 16:32, 18 October 2006 (UTC)there soccer team sucks
- 24.39.160.45 - from the Czech Republic, I presume? Don't be sad. On a good day, you might beat them in ice hockey.
[edit] Life in Ghana for an outsider
I lived in Ghana for 6 weeks in 2005. I lived in Tema with a Ghanaian family. They are the most loving, welcoming and hospitable people! It was very very hot and humid there! They eat fufu and kenkey a lot. They love fufu. I loved their jollof (don't know how to spell it) rice. They also eat fish and chicken, plantains, and yams. Almost everyone is Christian there! They are so proud to be christian too, it's a beautiful thing! There is many wonderful places to visit and it is a very safe country. It is fairly cheap to tour the country and to live there. Respect the people and the country and they will respect you, you will not want to leave! --209.90.74.28 08:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC) Obroni
[edit] Mis-aimed edit
There was vandalism above the 'main cities' comment, and I reverted the wrong segment. My apologies. Cheers, ParvatiBai 17:51, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, correction appreciated. Natsubee 18:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Main Cities
What are the criteria for placing cities/towns here? I am asking this because all sorts of places are popping up here. I do not want to edit unilaterally. What is the consensus on what a main city in Ghana is? Natsubee 17:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] First country to gain indepencence
Ghana was not the first country to gain independence. That would be Ethiopia. If you are talking about from colonial rule, Liberia. If the person meant european colonial rule, Lybia. If they meant European Colonial rule south of the sahara, Sudan.
The universial ignorace regarding Africa continues to amaze me.
212.219.238.113 16:07, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
