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Que Língua se Fala em Gana? Idioma Oficial e Línguas Locais
Em Gana, o idioma oficial é o inglês, herança do período colonial britânico. Ao lado dele, o país fala mais de 80…
Cape Coast & Kakum Day Tour from Accra (2026): Castle + Canopy Walk in One Day
The two things almost every first-time visitor to Ghana wants to see sit side by side on the coast: Cape Coast Castle,…
¿Qué idioma se habla en Ghana? Idioma oficial y lenguas locales
En Ghana el idioma oficial es el inglés, herencia de la época colonial británica. Junto a él se hablan más de 80…
Chale Wote — Ghana’s Premier Street Art Festival in Accra
Every August, the streets of Jamestown — one of Accra's oldest and most historically layered neighborhoods — are taken over by something…
Sometutuza — Festival of Chiefs in Eastern Ghana
The Sometutuza festival — also known as Keta-Sometutu-Za — is celebrated by the Some people of the Ketu South District in Ghana's…
Volo Festival — Celebrating the Volta River in North Tongu
The Volo festival — known locally as Tugbedzo-Za — is celebrated by the people of the Volo Traditional Area in the North…
Asafotufiami — The Warriors Return Festival in Ada, Ghana
In the first week of August, the coastal town of Ada Foah erupts with the sound of musket fire. Not conflict —…
Ngmayem Festival — The Millet Festival of Manya Krobo
Every October, the town of Odumase-Krobo in Ghana's Eastern Region undergoes a transformation. Krobo people from across Ghana — and increasingly from…
Gologo Festival — Talensi Rain Festival in Upper East Ghana
Before the first rains fall on the red laterite soil of the Upper East Region, before the farmers plant their millet and…
Feok Festival — The Builsa War & Harvest Festival of Sandema
What Feok Is Feok (also spelled Fiok) is the grand festival of the Builsa (Bulsa) people of Sandema and the surrounding towns…
Kundum Festival — Festival of the Harvest Moon in Western Ghana
In the coastal towns of Ghana's Western Region — Busua, Dixcove, Axim, and a dozen smaller communities stretching along the Gulf of…
Edina Bronya — Elmina’s Unique Christmas Festival in Ghana
In the first week of every January, while the rest of Ghana is recovering from Detty December and New Year's Eve, the…
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