Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ghana has the distinction of being the first sub-Saharan nation to break from the shackles of colonialism. It achieved this on ...

In contemporary Ghana, marriage exists within a complex legal environment shaped by customary law, religious traditions, and ...

Today March 6, Ghana celebrates its independence day. This historic event marked the end of the colonial era in Ghana and was a significant moment in the broader movement for decolonization across ...

On Wednesday, 6 March 1957, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah stood before a jubilant crowd and declared: “Ghana, our beloved country, is free forever.” He assured the people that Africans were capable of managing ...

How does Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born' reflect the ongoing struggles of post-colonial Africa?

An LGBTQ+ rights placard hangs outside the Ghanaian High Commission in London on March 6. (Andy Rain/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) “You can’t just impose Western values ...

This is a study of African coastal elite residential architecture during the colonial period, specifically between the 1860s and 1930s. Anomabo, a historically-significant port town, serves as a ...

Ghana was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence from colonial rule in 1957. At that moment the whole ...

Royal artifacts pillaged from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom 150 years ago by British colonial forces have been returned and formally presented to the kingdom. In a historic repatriation, seven royal ...

The ideas from this research are currently being used to design a study about equitable land tenure arrangements among small-holder farmers in Ghana. This will form part of series of projects under ...

The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs. They are the long, white horsehair locks worn by high court judges (and King ...