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  Let’s not lie to ourselves: Britain and Ghana do not have a ‘shared history’

  Bridget Boakye

  (This story was originally published on November 04, 2018) The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are currently in Ghana for a five-day visit. Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, have embarked...

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  Thaba Bosiu, the mountain which gave birth to the nation of Lesotho

  Bridget Boakye

  Thaba Bosiu is a sandstone plateau located between the Orange and Caledon Rivers in the Maseru District of Lesotho. It was once the capital of Lesotho,...

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  Young Ghanaian producers depict harsh but hilarious youth culture realities in new film, Lucky

  Bridget Boakye

  On a warm Saturday night in Accra, Ghana, the cast and producers of the highly anticipated film, Lucky, stand before an intimate crowd of their loved ones at a tucked-away hotel in Osu called...

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  Here is everything you missed at Ghana’s largest arts and culture festival, Chale Wote

  Bridget Boakye

  Chale Wote Street Art Festival is one of the largest festivals in Ghana, West Africa. Typically held in the third week of August each year, the free community-based festival brings thousands...

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  Ghana’s capital welcomes the world to celebrate the Ga tribe’s harvest festival, Homowo

  Bridget Boakye

  At the end of every August, the Ga-Dangmes of Ghana celebrate an important festival: the Homowo festival. It is a fasting, harvesting, and New Year’s festival celebration. Sources say that the Gas...

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  How enslaved Nigerians in Brazil helped usher in the end of international slave trade in 1835

  Bridget Boakye

  Few people know that Brazil has the largest population of black people outside of the African continent. In fact, it is the second largest “black nation” after Nigeria, with over 100 million...

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