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Languages
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Official language:
English
Other languages:
Akan
Ewe
Ga-Adanabe
Guan
Mole-Dagbani
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| Cultural
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- Some groups have a matrilineal family organization, in
which inheritance is passed down through the wife’s
family rather than the husband’s. In these groups,
the chief responsibilities for the family fall on the women.
- Others have male-dominated structures.
- All elderly members of the family are deeply respected
and exercise a great deal of influence on family decisions.
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Religion & Death Concepts/Rituals |
- Christianity
- Funerals are significant family events and dominate the
lives of those involved for the three days that they last.
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| Diet |
- The diet consists mainly of yams, cassava, corn, plantains,
and rice usually accompanied by soup. Ghanaians enjoy hot
and spicy food, and most of their meals are accompanied
by a pepper sauce made with fish, chicken, or other meat.
- Popular dishes include fufu (a dough-like combination
of plantains and cassava or yams), ampesi (boiled unripe
plantains), and palm, coconut, or groundnut oil sauces and
soups.
- Ghana also produces a variety of tropical fruits and vegetables.
- They eat with their right hand.
- A bowl of water is provided at the beginning and end
of the meal for people to wash their hands. Food is scooped
and formed into a ball with the right hand before being
eaten.
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- Ghana supplies most of the world's cocoa.
- Ghana derived its name from the 10th century Empire of
Ghana which was actually located closer to the Sahara than
on the coast as the country of Ghana is today.
- Ghana is home to the Asante people, a matriarchal society
who resisted the British for several years before eventually
giving in to being colonized.
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