Food prices in Ghana are very low. For 2-3 cedis (36-53 rubles) you can have a decent meal in inexpensive cafe, for 10 cedis (175 rubles) – dine at a mid-level restaurant. At the same time, many imported products are quite expensive.
Information on the cost of food in Ghanaian stores can be found in the article Prices in Ghana.
Local food is quite acceptable for a European. Buffets in major hotels and some restaurants in Accra offer European food.
Traditional local dishes include Fufu(balls of crushed yam or cassava served with soup); Akyeke(crushed cassava balls with avocado); Fante Fante(fish stewed in palm oil); Akrantee(wild game meat), etc. Soups are usually made from peanuts, palm nuts and vegetables. Dishes made from shrimp and other seafood are popular on the coast.
Light snacks are made from bananas, yams, and sweet potatoes. Fresh fruits(pineapple, mango, papaya, coconut, oranges, bananas, etc.) are sold everywhere and are very cheap.
Tap water is generally not suitable for drinking. Bottled water costs approximately 1 cedi (18 rubles) for a one and a half liter bottle. Beer in bars costs approximately 2-3 cedis.
In prestigious restaurants and almost all hotels in Ghana, a service charge is automatically included in the bill. In small cafes and bars it is not customary to leave a tip. It is not customary to leave a tip in a taxi, although sometimes you can round up the bill.
Ghanaian cuisine is mainly built around starchy foods, paired with sauce or soup.
Characteristic Products
Food of plant origin
The staples of Ghanaian cuisine are cassava, plantain, millet, sorghum, yam, taro, sweet potato, maize and beans. With the advent of globalization, crops such as rice and wheat are increasingly found in Ghanaian cuisine.
Meat and fish
Beef, pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, tripe, snails and fried fish are common ingredients in Ghanaian soups and stews. Often mixed in one dish different kinds meat or meat and fish.
Also eaten in Ghana are crabs, shrimp, litorina, octopus, snails, larvae, duck, offal, pork feet and oysters.
Meat, mushrooms and seafood can be smoked, salted or dried to improve flavor and preservation. Salty fish widely used to add flavor to fish dishes.
Dairy
Spices
Spices such as thyme, garlic, onion, ginger, pepper, curry, basil, nutmeg, sumbala, tetrapleura tetraptera (prekese) and bay leaf are used to achieve the exotic and spicy flavors that characterize Ghanaian cuisine.
Palm oil, coconut oil, shea butter, palm kernel oil and peanut butter are important components of Ghanaian cuisine that are used for cooking or frying. In some traditional dishes they cannot be replaced with anything. Coconut oil, palm kernel oil and shea butter have recently fallen out of favor in Ghanaian cuisine due to the emergence of refined oils and negative Ghanaian media advertising targeting these oils. Currently, they are mainly used in a few traditional homes, for making soap and by street food vendors as a cheaper substitute for refined vegetable oils.
Mako is a spicy condiment made from raw red and green chilies, onions and tomatoes.
Traditional dishes
Bread
Bread is an important feature of the Ghanaian breakfast. Bread in Ghana is generally known for its good quality and baked from wheat flour, sometimes with the addition of cassava flour to improve the texture. There are four main types of bread in Ghana. This is tea bread (similar to baguette), sweet sugar bread, brown whole wheat bread and rich bread.
Rye bread, oat bread and malt bread are also quite common.
Soups
Soups and stews in Ghanaian cuisine are multi-component and characterized by the extensive use of exotic ingredients. Typically soups and stews are prepared with ingredients such as palm nuts, peanuts, coconut leaves, spinach, wild mushroom, okra, eggplant and tomatoes. Soups are served as the main course.
Traditional Ghanaian soups are peanut soup, light tomato soup, taro leaf soup, palm nut soup and okra soup.
Main courses
Most Ghanaian side dishes are served with meat stew, soup or mako sauce.
Akple is a Ghanaian dish traditional to the Ewe tribe living in the Volta region. Akple appears to be whitish-gray in color and is a ball of corn flour and cassava flour with water and salt. Akple may vary in size depending on who it is served to. Traditionally, akple is eaten with hands.
Mmore - similar to akple, but balls are prepared from fermented doughonly from corn flour, without adding cassava flour. prepare fermented corn dough without cassava. Common among the Akan people.
Kenkey (Komi/Dokonu) is fermented corn dough wrapped in corn molds. A traditional dish of the Ga people, it is also called Ga kenkey. There is also a variety called Fanti Kenkey, which is wrapped in plantain leaves. This species is considered traditional for the Fanti people. Both varieties of kenki are boiled for a long time into homogeneous hard balls. They are usually served with pepper sauce and fried fish or soup, stew
Tuo Zaafi is a popular dish made from millet, sorghum or corn in Ghanaian cuisine. It is eaten mainly with green vegetable soup, made from bitter leaves, or sometimes from fresh crushed cassava leaves.
Fonfom is a corn dish popular in southwestern Ghana.
Waakye is a rice dish with purple-brown beans. This color is achieved by adding the leaves of a native plant known as sorghum bicolor. This side dish is very similar to West Indian rice and peas.
Omo Tuo are sticky balls of pureed rice, usually eaten with Ghanaian soup.
Jollof rice is rice cooked in a stew of broth, tomatoes, spices and meat. This dish originated from the Jolof traders of Senegal who settled in Zongo before the colonial period. It was then adapted to local Ghanaian tastes and is now commonly eaten with goat, lamb, chicken or beef.
Angwa Moo is another name for butter rice. This is traditional Ghanaian rice that is first fried in a lot of oil with onions and then... after the onion has browned,add water. It can also be prepared with vegetables or minced meat. It is mainly served with ground pepper And canned sardines or fried eggs.
Ngwo Moo - palm rice, is an alternative to butter rice with the difference that it is cooked with palm oil instead vegetable oil.
Konkonte / Abete - a dish made from dried and ground cassava. Usually served with peanut soup.
Fufuo is a traditional Ghanaian side dish of crushed cassava with plantains or crushed yams with plantains. This side dish always goes in addition to one of the many varieties of Ghanaian soups.
Garri - cassava powder. In Ghana, gari is judged by taste and grain size. Sweeter varieties with smaller grains are valued. Gari is often served with red ed.
Plakali is a side dish made from cassava. Plakali is a staple food among the Ahanta and Nzema peoples of the western regions of Ghana. It is a dough made from cassava flour, boiled in hot water. Plakals are eaten with palm nut or peanut soup.
Red Red is a popular Ghanaian bean and fish stew served with fried plantains and gari. Red Red gets its name from palm oil, which colors baked beans in bright orange color.
Tubaani is a boiled bean pie.
Ampesie - boiled sweet potato. It is prepared with plantains, taro, potatoes, yams or cassava. This side dish is traditionally eaten with a fish stew containing tomatoes, oil and spices.
Yam fufuo - made from yams soft dough which is traditionally eaten with any type of Ghanaian soup
Mpotompoto is a yam casserole. Pieces of yam are cooked in plenty of water with the addition of pepper, onion, tomatoes, salt and spices.
Kebabs are also popular in Ghana and are made from beef, goat, pork, soy flour, sausage and guinea fowl.
Salads and snacks
Kuze ( Koose are deep-fried balls of shelled beans. Sold as street food in Ghana. The twin brother of acarajé, the only difference is that acarajé is made from unhusked beans.
Wagashi is a fried farmer's cheese.
Dessert
Kelewele - Ripe plantains, diced and coated in spices, sometimes served with peanuts.
Nkate cake is a peanut pie.
Tatale - fritters made from ripe plantains.
Also popular modern dessert is a mixture of gari with sugar, peanuts and milk.
Beverages
In northern Ghana, common soft drinks are bisaab, toose and lamujee, a spicy sweetened drink.
Drinking is common in urban areas of Ghana fruit juices, cocoa, fresh coconut water, yogurt, carbonated drinks, malt drinks and soy milk.
Alcohol
Asaana is a fermented corn drink common in southern Ghana.
Palm wine is a wine made from the palm tree and is made primarily inalong Lake Volta and in southern Ghana. Since it ferments quickly, it is then used to distill Akpeteshi.
Akpeteshie is a local gin. It is distilled not only from fermented palm wine, but also from molasses.
Pitoo is a local beer made from fermented millet.
In addition, Ghanaian distilleries produce alcoholic drinks from cocoa, malt, sugar cane, local medicinal herbs and tree bark. These include bitters, liqueurs, dry gins, beers and aperitifs.
Serving and etiquette
Street food is very popular in both rural and urban areas of Ghana. Most Ghanaian families eat at least three times a week from street food outlets. There you can buy all types of usual food, including such traditional dishes, such as kenki, red ed and waache.
The basis of local cuisine - thick soups , which are cooked on meat broth with abundant addition of starch, vegetables, herbs and spices. And only here, in Ghana, can you see such exotic dishes, like peanut soup "pepe", palm nut soup or "nkontomire" - a soup made from yam leaves, with bananas and "ampesi" sauce, considered the hallmarks of local cuisine. Moreover, there are many variants of these soups - you can find peanut soup with beef, lamb, fish and even crabs, but most often chicken broth is used as the basis. Another ubiquitous element of local cuisine is "fufu" - a kind of puree made from yam, banana or cassava, which is sometimes rolled into balls and eaten with soups or other dishes, and sometimes flavored with meat or fish, turning into a kind of goulash. The Ashanti even say “if you ate without fufu, you didn’t eat at all.” Also characteristic of local cooking is the widespread use of bread and fried bananas or cassava.
Ghanaian cuisine recipes. Dishes for the holidays. National New Year's recipes.
Main dishes:
- Yolof - like paella with meat and rice
- Rice with chicken
- Gari photo - crab or shrimp meat in dough
- Kenki and fante dorkunu - fish fried in dough or banana leaves in pepper sauce
- Fante-fante fish fried in oil
- Balls with too zafari sauce
- Cassava paste kokonte
- Omo-tuo rice puree
- Fried Kuse Bean Balls
- Fula - puree of milk, ginger and sugar
Popular local meat dishes include "yolof" - a paella-like dish with meat and rice, "chofi" - roast turkey with meat, all kinds of kebabs and couscous, arcanti game with various side dishes, fried green-green snails, dozens of types of grilled poultry or salads with chicken, as well as all kinds of curries with rice and meat.
The Gulf of Guinea serves as the main source of protein for the local population, so you should not be surprised at the abundance of fish and seafood in the local cuisine. You can often find on the menu such dishes as “gari-photo” - a kind of salad made from eggs, onions, tomatoes, crab or shrimp meat in dough, regular meat and potatoes, “kenki” - pepper-fried fish in dough or banana leaves sauce, “fante-dorkunu” - one of the “kenki” variants, “forove” fish stewed with tomatoes, small “fante-fante” fish stewed in palm oil, mackerel and salmon fish soup with tomato juice, roasted black beans, fried onions, tomatoes and dried fish "aduafrol", as well as all kinds of seafood, grilled over coals or served boiled with many simple vegetable dishes.
Usually these simple dishes are used boiled rice, tuo-zafari sauce balls (often called simply "ti-zet" and thrown into peanut soup), cassava paste "coconte", mashed rice "omo-tuo" (often also rolled into balls), Yoko-Gari Bean Stew, Tatale Fried Banana, Tubaani Bean Stew or fried balls from legumes "kuse". All this is accompanied various sauces such as curry, "agushi" (sauce made from vegetable oil, tomatoes and onions), "shito" (hot pepper sauce) or various variations on the topic of ketchup.
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Golden shore - a former center of the slave trade, a country of 50 nationalities - every neighboring tribe was a threat: if they didn’t eat you, they’d trade you for beads. Today people of all tribes say to each other Brother and the safest place in Africa is Golden Black Ghana.
Ghanaians are a collective people, living in large families, and the most important thing in the life of a Ghanaian is children.
A country: Ghana.
Official name: Ghana or Republic of Ghana is a presidential republic in West Africa. It borders on the west with Côte d'Ivoire, on the northwest and north on Burkina Faso, on the east on Togo. From the south it is washed by the waters of the Gulf of Guinea.
What do they eat here?
To get to know a country, it is not necessary to visit all the museums and attractions; it is enough to dance a local dance and try the local cuisine.
The basis of local cuisine is thick soup, cooked in meat broth with starch, vegetables and spices. Business card Ghanaian local soups: peanut soup Pepe, palm nut soup, nkontomire - made from yam leaves, with bananas and sauce ampesi .
The main local dish is fufu , a kind of puree made from yam, banana or cassava. The Ashanti say - ate without fu-fu, which means did not eat at all. Everything is in the name - taste, appearance and method of consumption. They eat this fu-fu exclusively with their hands, and unwashed ones. Well, there is no tradition of washing hands here - the local population has a strong immunity to all intestinal disorders. People are lucky!
Other local dishes:
yolof - like paella with meat and rice, Chofi - roast turkey, all kinds of kebabs and couscous, game Arcanti with various side dishes, dozens of salads with poultry, varieties of curry with rice and meat, a delicacy - fried snails green-green. These are good snails - about five will fit in a bucket.
The sea is here, that means fish table: gary photo - crab or shrimp meat in dough, kenky and fante-dorkunu - fish fried in dough or banana leaves in pepper sauce, small fish stewed in palm oil fante-fante , mackerel and salmon soup with tomato juice, as well as all kinds of seafood fried over coals.
Most of the vegetables and fruits that Ghana is rich in were once brought here by colonialists. From the Mediterranean - melons and citrus fruits, from America - corn, groundnuts, cassava and pineapple, from India rice and bananas. Yes! It turns out that bananas did not always grow in Africa. True, they don’t eat them raw here – they fry them!
The most simple dishes – boiled rice, balls with sauce tuo-zafari , cassava paste coconte, pureed rice Omo-too. , fried banana tatle, fried bean balls kuse. All this will be served with a variety of sauces such as curry, Agushi - sauce made from vegetable oil, tomatoes and onions, sewn - hot pepper sauce or variations of ketchup. In general, there is something to eat! If you are in Ghana, you already know what to try.
Drinks and dessert
For dessert, in addition to fresh fruit, you can try:
kele-vele - fried bananas with pepper and ginger, most popular dish Ghana, Fula - puree of milk, ginger and sugar, and numerous Arabic sweets.
Drinks: dozens of types of tea and coffee, soft drink made from grains askenki , of course, cocoa, all kinds of juices and clean water. You can try local corn beer asana , millet beer pitot , palm wine or liquor Akpeteshi .
What is it impossible to imagine Ghanaian cuisine without?
No soups, foo-fu and bananas.
National dish recipe
Mackerel soup from Ghana
Need to:
- Mackerel - 500 g
- Water - 500 gr
- Onion - 100 g
- Lemon - 1/2 pcs.
- Tomato juice - 500 g
- Salmon (canned) – 1 can
- Ground black pepper, bay leaf and salt to taste
- Bay leaf
- Salt
Let's get ready!
Place a pan of water on the fire and add finely chopped onion, bay leaf, lemon slices and salt. Clean and cut the mackerel into pieces, give the head and tail to the cat. Place the fish in a saucepan and cook at a boil for 7 minutes, pour in tomato juice, add canned salmon and pepper, let it boil and eat with appetite.
For dessert
Summer is coming and, although our heat is not like in Africa, a light tonic drink is a joy for us. Let's try to make ginger beer, which Ghanaians drink after a hearty meal, as it improves digestion and burns excess fat. And in winter they drink the same beer hot when they have a cold.
Ginger beer
Need to:
- Ginger root 100g.
- Lime – 2-3 pcs.
- Water – 3-4 tbsp.
- Pepper sweet pea– 1 tsp.
- Brown sugar – 2 tbsp.
- Ice - to taste
Let's get ready!
Cut the ginger along with the peel into small pieces, the lime into slices 1-1.5 cm thick. Beat together with water (add a little) in a blender and filter the resulting pulp through a sieve, squeeze well.
Place black peppercorns, sugar, a little ice (1/2 cup), strained ginger and lime juice into a blender and beat well. Strain again and put on the fire, bring to a boil and remove from the heat. Let cool and dilute with the remaining cold water. Before serving, add ice and lime slices.
Especially for those who start the day with etoya. ru
I want to offer you a special recipe for morning coffee, I’m not sure if the Ghanaians invented it, but it’s called coffee ghana . It tastes much better than usual instant coffee, which they drink in the morning in every office.
Need to:
- Instant coffee - 1 tsp.
- Brown sugar - 1 tsp.
- Banana - a piece 3-4 cm thick
In a cup, quickly grind the banana, coffee and sugar until foam forms and the sugar is completely dissolved. Add carefully hot water and that's it! Be sure to try it - you will like it!
Folk wisdom
If you deprive your child of attention, then you are raising a crocodile in your own home.
Ghana ( Ghana) or Republic of Ghana ( Republic of Ghana) is a West African state that is part of the Commonwealth of Nations ( Commonwealth of Nations). Shares common borders with Côte d'Ivoire ( Cote d'Ivoire), Burkina Faso ( Burkina Faso) and Togo ( Togo). The southern border of the republic is washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean ( Atlantic Ocean) and Gulf of Guinea ( Gulf of Guinea). The capital of the republic is the city of Accra ( Accra).
The climate in the country is equatorial monsoon, gradually turning into equatorial closer to the southwest. The southern part of Ghana is slightly cooler than the northern part. The average annual temperature is +27 °C in the south and +30 °C in the north. There are two wet seasons: from April to June and from September to October. The most comfortable time to visit the southern part of Ghana is December - February. The northern regions are most comfortable for holidays from April to October.
The official language of Ghana is English. More than half of the population professes Christianity.
Beach activities await vacationers in the city of Ada ( Ada), located on the Volta River ( Volta river). Active tourists can enjoy sailing and fishing. Historical and architectural monuments await travelers in the cities of Accra and Elmina ( Elmina). Holidays in Akosombo ( Akosombo) will be remembered for a hike to the dam and hydroelectric power station of the same name ( Akosombo Dam).
Beach lovers will be able to swim in the largest artificial reservoir in the world - Lake Volta ( Volta lake). To Anomabu ( Anomabu) Kakum National Natural Park is located ( Kakum National Park).
On the territory of modern Ghana is the early feudal state of Ashanti ( Ashanti). The official name of the entity is the Ashanti Federation ( Asante Confederacy). Guests of the autonomy will enjoy exciting trips to historical and architectural attractions, as well as countryside leisure with visits to the natural beauties of the ancient state and villages of the Ashanta people. Wildlife lovers and their travel companions are recommended to take a hike to the country's largest nature reserve - Mole National Park ( Mole National Park).
How to get there
Airplane
There are no direct flights from the CIS countries to Ghana. Tourists will have to plan their trip taking into account connections in European cities. The most comfortable way to get to Ghana is with transfers in Paris ( Paris), London ( London) or Casablanca ( Casablanca). Airlines operate flights to the airports of these cities Air France, British Airways And Royal Air Maroc. Ivory Coast Airport in Abidjan ( Abidjan) receives many more flights from different European countries than the airport of the capital of Ghana. And from Abidjan itself, planes fly to Accra three times a day.
Ground transportation
Ghana can be reached by car or bus from Cote d'Ivoire and Togo.
Visa
When planning a holiday in Ghana, citizens of the CIS and the EU should remember that they can apply for a visa directly at the border or in advance at the consular office of the Republic of Ghana.
To obtain a visa on arrival, you must email the Ghana Immigration Department in advance ( Ghana Immigration Service) passport details and indicate the expected period of stay in the country.
An entry permit is issued at the consulate of the republic within 3 to 14 days. The visa is valid for 90 days.
Customs
When planning a vacation in Ghana, you should take into account that the country’s customs legislation prohibits the export of national currency from the territory of the republic. The amount of foreign currency exported should not exceed the amount imported. To export amounts over $5,000, permission from the Ministry of Finance of Ghana is required ( Ministry of Finance of Ghana). The same rule applies to exported funds exceeding the declared amount upon entry into the country.
Persons over 16 years of age can take with them duty free:
- alcohol and cigarettes for personal use;
- perfumes (up to 284 ml);
- It is allowed to carry audio and video equipment in quantities of no more than 1 piece. per person.
It is prohibited to take with you:
- medications (without a doctor's prescription).
It is prohibited to take with you from the trip:
- animals and birds (export of parrots is strictly prohibited);
- gold jewelry and precious stones(without certificate and receipt from the store);
- antiques and handicrafts (without special permission from the Ghanaian authorities).
Kitchen
The national cuisine of Ghana is considered one of the most Europeanized in Africa ( Africa). The basis of the cuisine is thick soups cooked with beef or chicken broth with the addition of vegetables, herbs, starch and hot spices.
Fans of gastronomic tourism and their fellow travelers will be invited to try Pepe peanut soup ( Pepe) or Nkontomire stew made from yam leaves ( Nkontomire) with the addition of banana pulp and Ampesi sauce ( Ampesi).
Ghanaian cuisine cannot be imagined without Fufu ( Fufu) - a thick puree of cassava, bananas and yams. Fufu They are eaten with soups, having previously rolled the mass into balls, and are also used as a side dish for meat or fish.
From meat dishes Vacationers will be offered “Jolof” ( Yolof) - a dish of meat and rice, vaguely reminiscent of paella. Tourists will love the taste of Chofi turkey fried in batter and spices ( Сhofi). Fans of the exotic while traveling will be offered to try a dish of fried green snails.
Ghanaian cuisine is rich in fish and seafood. We recommend trying “Gary Photo” ( Gary Foto) - nutritious salad made from tomatoes, eggs, onions, shrimp and crab, wrapped in a sheet of dough.
The side dishes most often include rice, legumes, cassava paste and fried bananas in a special way. IN local cuisine Sauces that taste like spicy ketchup are common.
For dessert, those with a sweet tooth can try National dish"Fula" ( Fula), which is a thick mixture of milk, sugar and ginger. Arabic sweets are very popular in Ghana.
You can refresh yourself by drinking a tonic non-alcoholic drink based on Askenki grains ( Askenki). Coffee, cocoa, tea and fruit juices are very popular.
Money
The national currency of Ghana is the cedi ( G.H.C.), equivalent to 100 pesewas. Banknotes in denominations ranging from 1,000 to 20,000 cedis are in circulation, as are coins in denominations from 50 to 500 cedis.
During the trip, currency can be exchanged at exchange offices, banking institutions and bureaus Forex. US dollars can also be converted in hotels, bars and restaurants. We recommend keeping receipts after exchanging currency, since reverse exchange of funds at the border can only be carried out upon presentation of receipts.
Bank cards of popular international payment systems are accepted for payment in large hotels, shops and restaurants. Please note that fraud with plastic cards is widespread in the country, so you should be very careful when making payments.
There are ATMs in major cities in Ghana. ATMs charge a 3% commission for cash withdrawals. In rural areas of the country, plastic is useless.
Exchange offices, banks and hotels can help tourists and their traveling companions cash traveler's checks. The most favorable rates are offered for checks in US dollars and pounds sterling. It is more profitable to cash large amounts at a bureau Forex, smaller ones are preferable to change at banks and exchange offices.
What you need to know
Sights of Ghana
We recommend starting your trip to the sights of Ghana with a visit to UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
- Traditional buildings of the Ashanti people ( Asante Traditional Buildings) are a complex of 13 buildings made of wood and thatch, preserved from the heyday of the Ashanti Empire (XVIII - early XIX centuries). Most of the buildings were destroyed after the British colonized Ghana.
- Forts and fortresses in the central region of Ghana. Fortress of St. Jago ( Saint Jago Fortress) is located in the city of Elmina. It is the oldest fortification in the region. It was built by the Dutch in 1637 for defensive purposes, and later housed a prison, hospital and rest home. Cape Coast Castle ( Cape Coast Castle) is located in the city of the same name and is a colonial building from the mid-17th century. Elmina Castle ( Elmina Castle) - one of the oldest European structures intended for torture and detention of slaves. The construction of the fortress dates back to the 15th century. Today there is a museum inside the castle. The death chamber and the stone well where prisoners were kept to be sent to slave markets have survived to this day.
You can also diversify your vacation in Ghana by visiting at least one of the six sites that apply for inclusion in the UNESCO list.
- Mole National Park in northwestern Ghana. A huge area of the reserve is covered with savannas.
- Kakum National Park covers an area of 357 km2 and was specially created to preserve the population of antelope living in the coastal zone, as well as monkeys and elephants. The natural park is home to more than 200 species of birds.
- Talensi villages ( Tallensi).
- Nzulenzu village ( Nzulezu Town), built on stilts over the waters of the lake of the same name.
- Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in the city of Navrongo ( Navrongo).
- Pilgrim Routes of Northwestern Ghana ( Pilgrimage Routes of North- Western Ghana).
During the trip, you should not ignore other objects of Ghana that do not apply for inclusion in the UNESCO list, but are considered the property of the republic.
- Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Complex ( Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park) in Accra, dedicated to the anti-colonization fighter of Ghana and the first president of the republic, Kwame Nkrumah.
- Christiansborg Castle ( Christiansborg Castle), also known as "Osu Castle" ( Osu Castle) is a Danish fort erected in the 17th century to protect slave and palm oil traders from pirate raids. Today, the building houses the government of Ghana.
Ghana souvenirs
Vacationers and their travel companions most often bring from Ghana:
- products made of clay and wood;
- masks made by local Aboriginal people;
- leather items with authentic patterns;
- African style jewelry.
