1.
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES AKRON

2.
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER PROFILE
ABDULSALAM MOHAMMED-GHANA
PROFILE OF Abdulsalam Mohammed
Peace Activist/ Senior Nursing Officer/
Researcher/Publisher/Student Coach/
Lives in Accra; The Capital City of Ghana
Stays at Highland Square: Akron-OH
Contact: yaasalampublisher@gmail.com
Facebook:
MISSION IN US
Fellowship/Exchange Program
Community Solution Program
Implemented By IREX
Sponsored By The States Departments
Work as Program Manager: Global Ties –Akron
(August-December 2016)

3.
COUNTRY MAP

4.
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Ghana Was Formerly
Gold Coast
Capital City :
Greater Accra
Largest city (Land Size):
Northern Region
Most Populated
City : Accra
Most Populated Region :
Ashanti Region

5.
Population:
2022 census: 33,475,870
Estimates :September 2016 – 28 189 930
Source : United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs: Population Division external link .
http://countrymeters.info/en/Ghana
Source: CIA World
Factbook
2014 Age structure:
0-14 years: 38.6%
(male 4,988,823/female 4,943,451)
15-24 years: 18.7% (male
2,403,526/female 2,426,076)

6.
languages: About 79 spoken
Languages
Official Lingua Franca: English
9 Written Languages:
Akan, Dangbe, GA,
Gonja, Dagbane,
Dagaare
Nzema, Ewe, Kasem,

7.
Monetary unit: Ghanaian Cedi
(1& = 4gh Cedis) Life expectancy:
61.31 years in 2016
(57.34 years in 1996)
Main exports:
Cocoa, Gold, Timber
GNI per capita:
http://ghanaecon.weebly.com/

8.
CHRISTIANITY ISLAM
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN
OTHERS

9.
Slavery period: (about 350 years)
The Portuguese arrived first : 1471,
Others: Dutch, English, Danish, and
Swedish
March 1848: Denmark Abolished slavery
and sold its forts to UK
Other countries did same’
1874: Britain dominated and
declared Gold coast a colony
Trans-Saharan Slave Trade (TSST): many
African Slaves Were Shipped From Gold
Coast ; elmina castle , cape coast castle etc
SLAVERY &
COLONIAZATION

10.
ROAD MAP TO INDEPENDENCE
United Gold Coast Congress
THE BIG SIX:
LEADERS OF
THE FIRST
POLITICAL
PARTY FOR
INDEPENCEN
CE
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, broke away from UGCC and Formed CPP with the slogan of
independence now and was able to mobilise and Ghana become first country in south
Saharan Africa to gain independence on 6th March 1957. He become an inspiration for all
black africans all over the world

11.
ROAD MAP TO DEMOCRACY
1ST july,1960: Republic Day: Complete Sovereignty from Britain
Rule
2ND REPUBLIC ;1969
3RD REPUBLIC 1979
4TH REPUBLIC 1992
The republic era indicate the return of the country to democratic
rule after intermittent periods of military coup detat

12.
PAST LEADERS OF GHANA

13.
POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
His Excellency Nana
Akufo-Addo: The
President of the Republic
of Ghana SINCE 2016
JUDICIARY
LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE

14.
CURRENT EVENTS OR KEY ISSUES
INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM AT ITS PEAK
IN GAHNA :
ANAS ARMIYAW ANAS
WITH FACE COVER AND
MANESSAH AZURI AWUNI
WITHOUT FACE COVER
ELECTION 2016
NPP OR NDC
NANA OR MAHAMA

15.
ECONOMICS
Electronic Goods such as Computers and
Digital Cameras, Clothing's and
Automobiles, agricultural goods
Cocoa, Gold, Yam, Sugarcane,
Pineapple, OIL
TOURISM
IMPORT GOODS EXPORT GOODS
Currency- Banking- Cultural
Financial Literacy- loans, credit
cards, cash

16.
EVERYDAY-ECONOMICS
Jobs – In the city, young people start
working at age 17 but I other parts,
especially the eastern, northern and
western part, as early as 14 years

17.
GENDER- ROLE OF GIRLS / BOYS – MEN/WOMEN
MALE/BOYS FEMALE/GIRLS
FUN
EDUCATION
WORK AT
EARLY AGE

18.
NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS EVENTS
CHRISTMAS EASTER ISLAMIC FESTIVALS
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
FARMERS DAY
REPUBLIC DAY

19.
FOOD
• Waakye
• Kelewele
• Banku
• Tuo Zaafi
• Koko

20.
CONTEMPORARY CUSTOMS- MUSIC - DANCE – SPORTS &
TRADITIONS
Music
•Hiplife, Hiphop, Dancehall, Traditional Wolomie Music
Dance
•Azonto, Goorgo, Adowa, Agbadza, Damba,
Sports
•Hunting, Football, Alikoto, Ampe, Jido,

21.
EVERYDAY LIVING
• 9am – 5am working hours for corporate work and
Self Employed persons usually work more or Less.
• 7am – 3pm for 11-12yrs old
• 4pm – 6pm for studies –Homework is usually at
night time at 7 or 8 pm
• Sports, Music, Dance or Politics for Tertiary
Students
• Family Life- traditional housing- extended family-
• Pets / Wildlife- Elephants, Cats, Rhinos, Doves,
Dogs,

22.
SIMILARITIES-DIFFERENCES
• The language is similar but The culture is
different.
• Future - Living either in Europe or America to
make money.
Why is the international exchange important to them
Conversation- what has the class learned from their
presentation- most surprising-

23.
LINKS
• PulseGhana.Com, Aniwaba.com,
SavvanaOnline.com
• Myjoyonline.com, citifmonline.com,
starfmonline.com, Gh One TV, TV3, Metro TV, TV
Africa