RELIGION


Ghana has the highest percentage of Christians in West Africa with Christians making up 60% of the population. Besides, 15% Muslim, 25% traditional African religions, belief in traditional animist religions is still extremely common 

CUISINE

An assortment of soups like light soup, palmnut soup, and groundnut (peanut) soup form the main items on the menu and are accompanied by fufu, which is either pounded plaintain and cassava or yam, kokonte (cassava meal cooked into a paste), banku (fermented corn dough), boiled yam, rice, bread, plantain, or cassava.

PEOPLE

The people of Ghana belong to one of the six ethnic groups namely, the Akan (Ashanti and Fanti), the Ewe, the Ga-Adangbe, the Mole-Dagbani, the Guan, and the Gurma.

Ashanti Tribe
 

This tribe of the Akan is the largest tribe in Ghana and one of the few matrilineal societies in West Africa. They are associated with the kente cloth, the colorful traditional attire woven in bright, narrow strips with complex patterns from cotton, by men who work outdoors exclusively. Anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figuresar exclusively designed by men. Women are only allowed to do pottery. Besides weaving the tribe is also popular for their skilful creations of specialized craft such as hand-carved stools, fertility dolls, ceramics, and metallurgy.
 Funerals are a major part of the village activity and are conducted among elaborate rituals, which last for upto 7 days. All the inmates of the village are expected to take part and this is a sign of the socila and economic unity of the village. ib

 Ewé

The Ewe occupy southeastern Ghana and the southern parts of neighboring Togo and Benin. They thrive on farming, livestock, weaving and crafts. The weaving of kente, is an age-old tradition through which symbolic designs have been passed down to generations. The inhabitants of the coastal areas also did fishing. The communities depended on one another for fulfilling their needs and women played an important role as traders. This tribe is known for the large number of deities (over 600) that they worship amidst much pomp and splendor. 

Fanti Tribe

The Fanti tribe are mainly located in the coastal areas of Ghana


Ga-Adangbe Tribe

In the Accra plains, the Adangbe are found to the east, the Ga groups, to the west of the coastlands. Both languages are have their origins in a common proto-Ga-Adangbe ancestral language, however, modern Ga and Adangbe are mutually unintelligible. The Ga also include the Ga-Mashie groups occupying neighbouring areas in the central Accra, and other Gaspeakers who migrated from Akwamu, Anecho in Togo, Akwapim, and nearby areas.
The modern Adangbe consist of the people of Shai, La, Ningo, Kpone, Osudoku, Krobo, Gbugble, and Ada, who speak different dialects.  

Gaun Tribe

The Guan tribe settled at the coastal plains after a long journey, which started with the migration from the Mossi region of modern Burkina around A.D. 1000. This led them to the Volta valley, and they settled along the Black Volta, across the the Afram Plains, in the Volta Gorge, and in the Akwapim Hills before they finally reached the plains. The fact that they are scattered across has led many to believe that they were the Neolithic population of the region. It is also believed that migrations by other groups such as the Akan, Ewe, and Ga-Adangbe into the Guan-settled areas would have resulted in the Guan-speaking enclaves along the Volta and inside the coastal plains.