Nana Kyea's Story By: Amanda

Culture;
Ghana has many different types of languages, food, and religions. Any Language in Ghana is mostly English, however, the government made nine more languages which are Akupem –Twi, Asante Twi, Dabone, Dagbone, Ewe, Fonti, Ga, kasen, Ga-adangasa. [GIP]

Ghana also grows many types of food such as yams corn, plantains, cassava and coco yams. The vegetables grown are okra pineapples eggplant, tomatoes, onions and yams. Last but not least, Ghana grows fruit such as: coconuts, pineapples bananas, ground nuts and fish and beans. Overall, Ghana is an arid or dry country, but it is able to grow lots of food [GIP].

There are three main religions in Ghana which are animism, Islam and Christianity.[GIP] Fashions for Ghanaians are clothes made from: cloth, silk and cotton colors mean …gold and yellow mean royalty green means harvest blue means love and white and ivory mean joy. Men wear Kent cloth while women wear skirts, blouses and head wraps from cloth. [GIP]

Kente Cloth worn by royalty

Economy
Mining gold since 1860. The richest gold mine in Ghana is in the Asorte region .The minerals are steel diamonds, aluminum, aukese, hautite and ingredients for steel. The diamonds are located 70 miles northwest of Accra. Diamonds are used for drills, metal cutting machinery and aluminum is used for rods. (GIP)Forestry: Wood in Ghana is very valuable hardwood their trees are mahogany and teak. The trees that the workers cut down are processed and made into timber or shipped overseas. Fishing: The waters are filled with fresh tuna and herring. (GIP) Workers go out in canoes to the waterfalls and catch sardines and mackerel. Women cook and smoke on a stove and sell it to markets. (GIP)

History/Economy

Ghana's flag

Slave Trade: Ghanaians’ were captured for slave trade at the port to be sold for money. The people bought the slaves and made them work in fields to pick cotton, sugar and tobacco. (GIP)
British control: When the British came they saw that there was slave trade and they did not like slave trade so they snuck bye the ports and often sent the ships back. (GIP)
When the British tried to colonize the gold coast they felt threatened because of the strong army and powerful kingdom invaded the coastal area along with the Dutch and Danish. (GIP) When the people of the coastal area asked the British to leave they would not leave so they gave the British some supplies and they left leaving the Danish and Dutch. (GIP)
Jobs: In Ghana there are many types of jobs for example, there’s government, healthcare, doctors, nurses, teachers, farming, market workers, restaurants, hotels, castles and beaches. (GIP)
Nana Kyea left his country to get a better education. When he left he felt uncomfortable in an unknown place. He felt he was leaving behind his children and his relatives however he knew he wanted a better education. When he arrived everything looked different, for example Ghana has plains and wild animals however DC has tall buildings and flashing lights so it’s scary being somewhere unknown.