In 1960 roughly 100 linguistic and cultural groups were recorded in Ghana. Although later censuses placed less emphasis on the ethnic and cultural composition of the population, differences of course existed and had not disappeared by the mid_1990s The major ethnic groups in Ghana include the Akan, Ewe, Mole_Dagbane, Guan, and Ga_Adangbe. The subdivisions of each group share a common cultural heritage, history, language, and origin. These shared attributes were among the variables that contributed to state formation in the pre-colonial period. Competition to acquire land for cultivation, to control trade routes, or to form alliances for protection also promoted group solidarity and state formation. The creation of the union that became the Asante confederacy in the late seventeenth century is a good example of such processes at work in Ghana's past.

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghana/general/tribes.html

No history of Ghana can be written without the Ashantis. The Ashantis are one section of the people known as the Akans in Ghana.

http://www.ashanti.com.au/

Great images of the sites in Ghana.

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghana/gh_images.html

Enjoy viewing the arts and culture of Ghana.

http://www.ghana.com/republic/shots/index.html

Cape Coast Castle

Quotations from Briggs, Philip Guide to Ghana, The Globe Pequot Press, USA:1998, p.129.

http://www.kuster_web.net/homepage_locations/f_ghana/Cape/capecoastcastle.htm

In Africa, Funerals Use Rituals of Joy to Ease Sorrow

By Stephen Buckley

Washington Post Foreign Service

Monday, December 22, 1997; Page A01

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/ghana/ghana.htm

An collection of occasional articles about everyday life in Africa.

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/front.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~burchcom/portrait.html

Soups, which are more like sauces, are the mainstay of Ghanaian cuisine. They're usually fairly thick broths and are eaten with a starch. Popular stews include groundnut, garden egg, fish, bean leaf and forowe, a fishy brew with tomatoes. Other main courses are jollof rice, a paella-like dish with meat; kyemgbuma, crabs with cassava dough, meat and potatoes; and gari foto, eggs, onions, dried shrimp and tomatoes accompanied by gari (course manioc flour). Another ubiquitous staple is fufu, which consists of cassava, yam, plantain or manioc that has been cooked, pureed and mashed into a ball. Kelewele, a spicy dessert of fried plantains seasoned with chilli pepper and ginger, is a popular street-stall item, as is askenkee, a cool, white, nonalcoholic beverage made of corn. Pito (millet beer) is the booze of choice in the north, while palm wine is more popular in the south.

A collection of references and recipes of Ghanaian cuisine.

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Miscellany/Recipes_from_12913.html

http://www.congocookbook.com

The Congo Cookbook, a collection of over 120 recipes from Africa, plus information about African cooking, cuisine, culture, food, gastronomy, and history. Featuring African proverbs, excerpts from historic texts, and rare African recipes. Perfect for use at home, for school projects, for a club dinner, and for Kwanzaa celebrations.

This site is for diners wishing to become acquainted with African cuisines and cultures; students of African cultures, societies, institutions, and languages; and Africans and Africanists transplanted to new environments who wish to maintain culinary links with past experience.

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Miscellany/African_Restaurants.html

This informal guide (new as of September 1996) to restaurants serving African food from Sub-Saharan Africa is composed of two parts: the top part, where you can enter information and comments on any Sub-Saharan African restaurant you may know about, and the bottom part, where your comments and those of previous visitors are displayed.

http://www.concentric.net/~jmuehl/afrifood.shtml

http://www.geocities.com/anniedaniel59/AfricanChickenStew.html

Prepared by:  AJ Daniel

                        www.ajdaniel.org/AnnieDanielInGhana.html