Ghana's independence

European countries that occupied Ghana

• Britain 
• Portugal 

Major exports during colonization

• Metal ore 
• Industrial diamonds 
• Ivory 
• Pepper
• Timber

MAJOR EXPORTS DURING COLONIZATION cont.

• Grain
• Cocoa

Name of Ghana before independence

• Gold Coast 

Year that Ghana RECEIVED independence

• 1957

How ghana gained independence

• The Ghanaian people realized that colonization was oppression 
• The myth about "whites" have been broken 
• The white colony leaders were considered economic cheaters 
• The white leaders gave them no health or education policy and bad pay
• In 1945 there was a conference to promote pan - African ideas  

HOW GHANA GAINED INDEPENDENCE cont.

• The executive council did not have to notice their struggle  
• The united Gold Coast rejected the burns constitution and regained freedom 

Important LEADERS in GHANA'S INDEPENDENCE movement

• J.B. Danquah, A.G. Grant, R.A. Awoonor-Williams, Edward Akufo Addo 
• Those men above all started the United Gold Coast Convention was the first nationalist movement
• Nkrumah
• This man above became the movement's general secretary and helped 
• ( Cont. from above) lead Ghana to independence 

IMPORTANT LEADERS IN GHANA'S INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT cont.

• Kofi Busia was the Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 to 1972
• He helped with the movement also 

HOw many years Ghana has been independent

• 57 years 

Major problems that still exist today

• Poverty 
• Hunger
• Corruption
• Illiteracy
• Poor government

MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT STILL EXIST TODAY cont.

• Crop failure
• Frequent power cut offs
• Lack of clean water
• Good medical attention
• Lacking of basic sanitation

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