ghana history 1 Flashcards
What year did Ghana celebrate 50 years of independence?
2007
What year did offshore oil production begin in Ghana?
2010
What year did Nana Akufo-Addo win the presidential election?
2016
What year was free Senior High School introduced in Ghana?
2017
What year did the Danes arrive on the Gold Coast?
1642
Who became Ghana’s first female Chief Justice, and in what year?
Georgina Theodora Wood in 2007
Who won Ghana’s first democratic presidential election in 1992?
Jerry John Rawlings
When did Ghana become a republic?
July 1, 1960
When was the first democratic presidential election held?
1992
In what year was Kwame Nkrumah overthrown?
1966
In which year did Ghana discover offshore oil?
2007
On what date did Ghana gain its independence from Britain, becoming the first African nation to do so?
March 6, 1957
In what year did the Dutch establish Fort Nassau as their first fort on the Gold Coast?
1612
Who was the influential leader of the Ashanti Empire during the first Anglo-Ashanti War in 1824?
King Osei Bonsu
In which year did the Dutch withdraw from the Gold Coast, ceding their territories to the British?
1872
