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Footage of Makola Market, 1961 as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Queen Elizabeth Il walks through.
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Footage of some Ghanaians sharing their views about Dr Kwame Nkrumah after Ghana gained Independence in 1957. Source : Getty Images
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Dr. Michael Obeng, born in Ghana in 1973 is a plastic surgeon. He is among the rare, few plastic surgeons in the world to successfully reattach a limb, remove ribs to streamline the waist. In 2018, he made national headlines for successfully performing forehead reduction surgery
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Footage of Students of University College of Ghana ( Now University of Ghana) expressing their views about how Ghana is getting on as an independent nation in 1957.
Source : Getty Images
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Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born Aug 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, under the ring name Kofi Kingston. He is the first African Born WWE Champion after defeating Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35.
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We Celebrate
@shattawalegh
Today for putting Ghana 🇬🇭 on the Map through his Music. Congratulations King👑
#ShattaIsKing
#Shattawale
#BlackIsKing
#AlreadyVideo
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Stephanie Ode Wilson, 22-year-old Ghanaian. She is the youngest real estate developer in Ghana. She built a 3-Bedroom apartment & completed her first sale in Nov. 2017 at age 20 & proceeded to sell 3 more houses. She is completing Phase One of a 12-unit gated community in Accra.
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Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabeu pinning his club’s badge on the chest of Kwame Nkrumah (middle, all white) after the Spanish giants visited Ghana and were held by the Black Stars to a 3-3 draw in 1962. Ohene Djan (1st from left) looks on.
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Today in History, Kwame Nkrumah was unconstitutionally ousted from office through a military coup launched by the NLC with the code name “Operation Cold Chop,” on Feb 24, 1966 backed by the C.I.A. This is the Darkest Day in the Political History of Ghana.
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Benjamin Azamati, he is a Ghanaian sprinter. He set up a new National record after making a time of 9.97s at the Texas Relays breaking the Ghanaian 100m record of 9.98 set back in 1999 by Leo Myles-Mills, to book a ticket to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. He is only 23 yrs old.
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Angelina Nana Akua Oduro’s iconic Akwaaba photo taken in 1999 when she was a teenager has broken all records in the Ghanaian modeling industry. The photo has been used on several collectibles like calendars, bags & hangs on the wall in most homes & offices
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Kobena Sekyi, he was the only educated elite in Africa who vowed never to wear European clothing again and became the first lawyer in the British colony (Gold coast) to appear in court in a traditional African cloth. He never wore European dress again until he died in 1956.
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Memphis Depay, Former Manchester United player born to a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother has arrived in Ghana to spend some time. He is currently in Cape Coast, to support the Deaf and Dumb School. And he chose to dress as one of them.
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Michael Owusu Addo," Sarkodie ", He is the first Artist in history to win BET's Best International Flow act at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards held at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Georgia, United States.
Congratulations
@sarkodie
#BETHipHopAwards19
#BestInternationalFlow
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Ghana Farmers House building in Accra, ca. 1960s
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David Kotei (D.K poison), the first Ghanaian professional boxer to win a world title in 1975. In 1976, he loaned an amount of $45,000 to Ghana to purchase canned mackerel to mitigate the harsh economic and food conditions of the country. The loan has not been paid back to date.
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Kevin Okyere, 39 yrs old Ghanaian. He is the founder and C.E.O of the billion dollar oil company, Springfield Energy. Springfield Group makes $1 billion in annual revenues and owns an 82% interest in the West Cape Three Points Block 2 offshore Ghana (WCTP2).
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A Giant statue of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah sits gallantly in state in Bamako, Mali.
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Muhammad Ali greeting Asantehene Prempeh II (Ruler of the Asante kingdom reigning from 1931 to 1970), Ghana 1964. (Photo by Gerry Cranham )
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Footage of Edward Akufo-Addo as he emerged as a clear favourite to become Ghana's first civilian President since the 1966 military coup which ousted Kwame Nkrumah. He resigned as Ghana's Chief Justice so he could contest the elections. - 1970
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Graduation ceremony at Kumasi College of Technology (Now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) Ghana, 1958
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Ghana, affordable housing project for low-income earners in Accra ca. 1960s
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Michael Aboya, a Ghanaian photographer, he won the Best Photo of the Year at the 2019 Agora Awards held in Barcelona with a Cash Price of $25,000 by making Ghana Proud. He won with an image of boys enjoying music captioned “Songs of Freedom,” earning more than 500,000 votes
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Salifu Dagarti was born in July, 1913. He was enlisted in the Gold Coast Police at age 17 and rose through the ranks to chief Superintendent in 1960. In 1964, He met his untimely death by taking a bullet that was meant to kill Kwame Nkrumah during an assassination attempt.
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Today in History, on July 21, 1944 (exactly 78 years ago), Former president(2009-2012), Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills, a.k.a “Asomdweehene” was Born.
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19 years old Lt-Gen. Akwasi Afrifa being congratulated for academic brilliance by kwame Nkrumah at Adisadel. Little did the latter know that 11 yrs later, this boy would overthrow his government. He & Lt. Col. Kotoka were the key conspirators that organized the Feb 24,1966 Coup.
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Kenneth Akuffo Asare, Born in Akyem Maase in the Eastern Region. He is the man who made all the canopy walkway in ghana including Kakum National Park in 1995, kintampo water falls, etc and other countries.
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OSIBISA photographed in the early 1970s at the time of the release of their second LP "Woyaya". The band was the first from Ghana to debut on the Billboard Chart seven times in a row including twice in 1971 and 1973.
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At the XVIII Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo (Japan), October 10th, 1964, the athletes representing Ghana parade along the tracks, wearing kente.
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At the XVIII Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo (Japan), October 10th, 1964, the athletes representing Ghana parade along the tracks, wearing kente.
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Audrey Esi Swatson born on Feb 23, 1997 (22 yrs) is the youngest Ghanaian female pilot who has obtained a commercial license. She is from Saltpond. She had her first solo flight with Mach1 Aviation Academy in 2016 when she was 19.
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"As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa. Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people" ~ Kwame Nkrumah
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Takyi was a Fanti king from Gold Coast. He was captured during the Kommender Wars & sold off into slavery in Jamaica when his state was defeated. He led a slave rebellion in Jamaica in 1760 Known as Tacky’s War to defeat the British and all slave masters.
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Today in History, 14 yrs ago, on June 17, 2006, Asamoah Gyan emerged as the first Ghanaian player to score Ghana’s(Black Stars) first Goal at the FIFA World Cup against the Czech Republic. Gyan & Muntari scored the goals that gave Ghana their first win on the world stage.
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Torgbui Gawu Tette Devi, he single handedly killed a Lion sent from Dahomey in Benin as a spy with his bare hands. The Dahomey people wanted to invade and conquer Anlo state so they magically transformed two people a male into a Lion and female into a Leopard.
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Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabeu pinning his club’s badge on the chest of Kwame Nkrumah (middle, all white) after the Spanish giants visited Ghana and were held by the Black Stars to a 3-3 draw in 1962. Ohene Djan (first from left) looks on
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Takyi was a Fanti king from Gold Coast. He was captured during the Kommender Wars & sold off into slavery in Jamaica when his state was defeated. He led a slave rebellion in Jamaica in 1760 Known as Tacky’s War to defeat the British and all slave masters.
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On this Day, 2 July 2010, the
#Blackstars
of Ghana nearly defied expectations to become the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals but, after being awarded a penalty with the score at 1-1, Asamoah Gyan hit the bar from the spot with the last kick of extra-time.
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Osibisa Band, formed in London in 1969 by three Ghanaian musicians together with three colleagues from the Caribbean. The band was the first from Ghana to debut on the Billboard Chart seven times in a row including twice in 1971 and 1973.
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Viemens Bamfo, He is 12-year-Old. He has been offered a distance learning course in Public Administration at the University of Ghana, Legon. He was home-schooled by his father after his lower primary education in Akyem-Oda. He wrote and passed the (WASSCE) as a private candidate.
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Congratulations to the Ghana Amputee National Team for winning the 2021 Amputee African Cup of Nations.
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Ghana is 62 years old today.
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Speech on 6th march 1957 at the independence square.
Happy Independence Day Ghana.
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Danny Manu, a Ghanaian-British man, developed earbuds that auto-translate other languages. The earbuds can live translate over 37+ languages. The product, called Click, is said to be “the world’s first truly wireless earphones” with live voice translation supporting 37+ languages
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Footage of a Sensational football match between Accra Great Olympics and Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports stadium on Sunday, 10 November, 1957. Source : Getty Images.
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Legendary Baba Yara (Usmanu Seidu Maada) nicknamed “King of Wingers” was a Ghanaian footballer. In six years, Baba Yara scored more than 90 goals for Kotoko and Scored 49 goals in only 51 appearances for the black Stars. He died at the age of only 32.
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Meet Florentina Naa Djama Odoi who got 10-ones in JHS, 6As in SHS, first class in KNUST and 4.0 GPA during her Master's degree in Applied Statistics at Illinois State University in the United States.
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Today in Football History, On the 20th of August, 1995, Ghana Beat Brazil 3-2 To Lift the FIFA U-17 WC In Ecuador. Ghana first won the Trophy in 1991.
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Dr. Letitia Obeng is a Ghanaian scientist, and was the first Ghanaian woman to graduate with a bachelor's degree in science, as well as the first to be awarded a doctorate in science
(1964). She is the sister of the late Madam Theodosia Okoh, the designer of the Ghana flag.
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Volkswagen Ghana has begun assembling cars at it’s premises here in Accra at North Industrial Area. The VW Tiguan (Highline Plus) is the first model they have worked on. It has advanced features like panoramic view, digital dashboard, sensors etc. with a 2.0 engine.
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Today in History, On March 23, 1998, the President of U.S.A, Bill Clinton arrived in Ghana. His visit to Ghana made him the first US president to ever visit the nation. His visit was part of a 12-day visit to 6 African countries and Ghana was the first African country he visited.
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Today in History, exactly 10 years ago, on 2 July 2010, Ghana's Asamoah Gyan missed a penalty in the dying seconds of extra time against Uruguay denying Ghana a chance to become the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals which broke hearts across the continent.
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The Ghana Airways began its operations in 1958 and ceased operations in 2004.
#BringBackGhanaAirways
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Berthold Kobby Winkler Ackon, Popularly Known as Wode Maya Becomes the First Ghanaian To Reach 1 Million Subscribers On YouTube. He is a Ghanaian YouTube personality, vlogger and digital media influencer. He is on a mission to change the Negative Narrative about Africa.
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Chief Imam is 101 years Today.
His Emience Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu born on April 23, 1919 is an Islamic cleric, Chief Imam of Ghana and the Grand Mufti of the Republic of Ghana. Happy Birthday to a peaceful soul. May Allah Continue to grant you long Life.
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Kojo Antwi, aka "Mr Music Man", is an Afro-pop, highlife & reggae musical artist. He has 22 albums to his credit, with "Tom & Jerry" being one of his successful singles in Ghana and Africa at large. Ghana first made an appearance at the BET awards in 2010 with Kojo Antwi.
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Braimah Kamoko, A.K.A Bukom Banku knocked out his Hungarian opponent, Ferenc Albert at round 3
to win his first international fight outside Africa at St George Hall in Bradford, UK today, September 7.
Congratulations to him on winning his first international bout.
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Kelvin Amaniampong, a 14- year-old SHS boy from Koforidua who is revolutionizing education in Ghana & has come up with an innovation that can save Free SHS policy ¢4m yearly. He is the Co-founder of Scrolbooks – a free digital eLearning platform.
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Congratulations to Afronita and Abigail from Ghana for winning 3rd place on Britain's Got Talent! 🇬🇭🌟 Your incredible talent and dedication have made us all proud.
#BritainsGotTalent
#BGT
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Footage of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah 's iconic and historic speech on 6th march 1957. Ghana celebrates its 64th Anniversary of independence from British colonial rule Today. Happy Independence Day Ghana 🇬🇭.
#GhanaAt64
#IndependenceDay
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Today in History, on 2nd Jan 1964. Supt. Salifu Dagarti; the man who took a bullet for Kwame Nkrumah Died as Police Constable Ametewee failed in Assassination attempt on Nkrumah. We acknowledge the utmost loyalty and bravery of the late Salifu Dagarti
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Today in History, on July 24, 2012, exactly 9 years ago, Ghana’s president John Evans Atta Mills died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, three days after his 68th birthday.
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Excerpt from an Interview with Prime Minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, 1957 at UK.
Source : Getty images
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Ivy Barley is a Ghanaian digital entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and CEO of Developers in Vogue, an organization that trains females in the latest technologies. She is now the Program Manager at Microsoft. Congratulations Ivy. Ghana is proud of you.
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Sarkodie is the only artiste to have won the Discovery of the year and Artiste of the year in the same year. He took as many as five awards home in that year-2010.
#VGMA20
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Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu (born April 23, 1919) is an Islamic cleric, Chief Imam of Ghana, grand Khalifa of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass in Ghana, member of the NPC and founder of The SONSETFund and IPASEC. In celebration of his 100 years, he visited Christ The King Church today
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Memunatu Sulemana, Arguably, the best female goalkeeper ever Ghana has produced. She played most of her club football with Fabulous Ladies & spent several years with the Black queens. She featured at the 1999, 2003 & 2007 FIFA WWC & also at 2003, 2005, & 2007 AWC.
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James Barnor, a legendary Professional Photographer born in 1929 in Ghana. In the early 1950s, he opened his famous Ever Young studio in Jamestown. He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s & the first photographer to shoot Ghana in Colour.
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ACCRA HEARTS OF OAK VRS SANTOS 1969
Hearts Draw with Pele led Santos.
Date of match: Feb 6, 1969
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's "Letter of consolation" he wrote to Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia three days after his overthrow on January 13, 1972. Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown on February 24, 1966. In 1969, Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was an Nkrumah critic, became Prime Minister of Ghana.
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Today in History, On 7 January 2001, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor was Sworn in as President of Ghana, marking the first civilian transition of power in Ghana Since 1957.
Happy Constitution Day
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Dr. Thomas Mensah is a world renowned Ghanaian -American inventor and chemical engineer well-known for his pioneering innovations in fiber optics and nanotechnology. He has 14 patents, and was inducted into the US National Academy of Inventors in 2015.
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Footage of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Speech on 6th march 1957 at the independence square. Ghana celebrates its 63rd Anniversary of independence from British colonial rule Today. Happy Independence Day Ghana 🇬🇭.
#GhanaAt63
#ghanaindependence
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Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, He is a Ghanaian sculptor. His outdoor sculpture dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Today is exactly two years since Priscilla Kwarteng, a.k.a. Ebony Reigns passed in a very horrible vehicle accident on Feb. 8, 2018, just 8 days before her 21st birthday. She is the First & Only female musician in Ghana to win the Artist of the Year award
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Ghana Airways billboard advertisement. ca 1960's. Ghana Airways was liquidated in 2005.
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KETA SENIOR HIGH TECHNICAL SCHOOL becomes the First school from the Volta Region to make it to the final of NSMQ!
#NSMQ2021
#SemiFinals
#NSMQinKumasi
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Dr. Thomas Mensah born 1950 in Kumasi is a Ghanaian|American chemical Engineer, a world renowned inventor with 7 US and worldwide patents in Fiber Optics over a period of six years. The genius behind broadband fiber optics that support the high speed Internet. He completed KNUST
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Colonel Ignatius Acheampong was treated to a last dinner of fufu brought to him by his 25-year-old daughter Elizabeth Acheampong the night before he was executed by a firing squad in 1979. His last words to her daughter were “Tell everybody I was a good man and pray for me.”
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Ohene Djan, the first Ghanaian director of sports & also Vice President of CAF. He led Africa to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. An anti-racism action that change the face of the Tournament forever.
The Accra Sports Stadium is named after him in recognition of his contribution.
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Kwame Sampson Oppong, formerly known as Sèbètutu as he was a fetish Priest but had an encounter with God after jailed in Ivory Coast in 1913. He is the first native preacher of the Gold Coast who read the Bible from a mystical stone Turning thousands to Christianity in the 1900s
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Melody Millicent Danquah (6 January 1937 – 18 March 2016), born in Larteh Akuapem. She was Ghana's 1st Female Pilot and Squadron Leader. She was the first to fly solo, and first to finish in her class in 1964. She received her Wings qualifying her as a pilot in 1965
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Happy 76th Birthday to the President of the Land Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo born William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the Kufuor led administration.
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Thomas Partey buys Spanish football club. He became a football club owner after purchasing Alcobendas Sport, a Spanish third division side founded in 1995 alongside three other co-owners with equal shares. He has currently signed four Ghanaian players to the Spanish club.
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Manuel Junior Agogo , born on 1st August 1979. He was a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was hospitalized in 2015 after suffering stroke which debilitated him. He is reported dead Today at age 40 according to reports in England.
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Kwame Nkrumah married Fathia Halen Ritzk at the Chrsitianborg Castle On 30 Dec 1957, shortly after Ghana achieved its independence. At that time, Fathia was a 26-year-old university student, studying Arabic in Cairo.
#ValentinesDay2020
#Valentineday
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Abedi Ayew known professionally as Abedi Pele, first to have won the African Player of the Year award three consecutive times (1991–93). He was the "man of the match" in Marseille's historic UEFA Champs League win over Milan in 1993. captain of the Black Stars from 1992 to 1998
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Prime Minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah arriving at the White House. (Photo by Ed Clark/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
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Once upon a time in the 60's, Ghanaian newspapers had a section written in a local dialect for broader dissemination.
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