Ghana was (formerly the British colony of the Gold Coast) the first black African colony to receive independence (Mar. 6, 1957).
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| Initial contact with Europeans occurred when the Portuguese reached West Africa in the early 1400s. They soon established trade relations with the people of the Gold Coast.The Dutch, seeing the profits of slave trading, conquered the Portuguese bases in West Africa, and by 1642 they controlled the Gold Coast forts. The British, who from about 1660 were the chief competitors of the Dutch, greatly increased their involvement in the Gold Coast after 1850. |
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By 1898 the boundaries of the British Gold Coast were established. The British developed the infrastructure of the colony in an effort to lure British private investments to the area.Ghana is located on the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the Ivory Coast, on the north by Burkina Faso, and on the east by Togo. |
Ghana was (formerly the British colony of the Gold Coast) the first black African colony to receive independence (Mar. 6, 1957). |
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