A living encyclopedia of Ghana
Ghana, told properly.
85 stories you can read or listen to. 47 places you can stand in. 15 chapters in order, whenever you want them.
If you grew up in Ghana, you already know some of these. Ananse and the talking skull. Why the bat flies at night. The ones you were told before you could read them.
Pick a story. Any story.
All 85 stories- Asante powerThe stool that was never meant to be sat on1 min listen
- The Ghanaian coastThe coast that began with gold and became a global memory1 min listen
- Living heritageKente is a language before it is fashion1 min listen
- A global GhanaThe scholar who came to die in Accra1 min listen
- EnterpriseSix shillings, marmalade and a global women’s bank1 min listen
- Origins & WorldviewsNyame and Asase Yaa: the Sky Father and the Earth Mother1 min listen
- Night StoriesHow Ananse Bought the Sky God's Stories2 min listen
- Peoples & NationsMawu-Lisa and the Vodun1 min listen
- Places & LandscapesNzulezu: the village the snail led to the water1 min listen
- Work, Trade & OwnershipBegho and the Gold Road1 min listen
- ResistanceA governor asked for a seat, and a war followed1 min listen
- Coast, Trade & MemoryElmina Castle2 min listen
- MusicHighlife: the soundtrack that became heritage1 min listen
- Diaspora & ReturnThe Ones Who Came: Du Bois, Angelou, and Accra in the Sixties2 min listen
- People, Independence & Pan-AfricanismThe Big Six and the Road to 19572 min listen
- Origins & WorldviewsThe Old Woman and the Pestle: why the sky moved away2 min listen
- Night StoriesWhy Wisdom Is Scattered Through the World1 min listen
- Peoples & NationsThe Wall at Notsie: how the Ewe walked out backwards2 min listen
- Places & LandscapesThe Mountain and the Oracle: Amedzofe and the Volta highlands1 min listen
- Work, Trade & OwnershipThe Weights: gold, proverbs, and the smallest sculptures in the world1 min listen
- Kingdoms, Rulers & ResistanceOkomfo Anokye's Sword1 min listen
- Coast, Trade & MemoryCape Coast Castle and the Door of No Return2 min listen
- Ga memoryWhy a people celebrate by laughing at hunger1 min listen
- Diaspora & ReturnThe Year of Return2 min listen
24 of 85 stories
History you can stand in
All 47 places
Or take it in order
Fifteen chapters, first communities to Ghana today.
- 01The Land Before Ghana
- 02Peoples, Migration, and Settlement
- 03States, Kingdoms, and Political Traditions
- 04Gold, Trade, and Regional Power
- 05Europe Arrives on the Coast
- 06The Atlantic Slave Trade
- 07Expansion, Alliances, and Local Wars
- 08Anglo-Asante Wars and Resistance
- 09How the Gold Coast Was Made
- 10Life Under Colonial Rule
- 11Resistance and Nationalism
- 12Independence and Pan-African Ambition
- 13Republics, Coups, and Economic Change
- 14The Fourth Republic
- 15Ghana Today
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