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Today marks the celebration of Ghana’s independence, a significant moment that reflects the nation’s rich history, vibrant culture, and strides toward progress.

Let’s recognize and appreciate the unity and resilience that have shaped Ghana over the years.
#GhanaIndependenceDay

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Reactions: White Rhodesians' Response to Zimbabwe's Independence & Rhodesia's Defeat by Robert Mugabe in 1980. 🇿🇼 #History #Legacy

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Top 12 Most Powerful Countries in Africa

1. Egypt 🇪🇬

2. South Africa 🇿🇦

3. Morocco ����🇦

4. Mauritius 🇲🇺

5. Seychelles 🇸🇨

6. Tunisia 🇹🇳

7. Rwanda 🇷🇼

8. Algeria 🇩🇿

9. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

10. Ghana 🇬🇭

11. Nigeria 🇳🇬

12. Sudan 🇸🇩

Source | Global Soft Power Index 2023

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Idris Elba has made plans to establish a movie studio in Ghana.

In December, he will film part of his movie in Ghana🇬🇭.

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This is the origin of human migration.

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Fuller hastily replied, "'Top, massa, you forget de leap year." When the leap year was added in, the sums matched.

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Thomas Fuller, an African sold into slavery in 1724 at the age of 14, was sometimes known as the “Virginia Calculator” for his extraordinary ability to solve complex math problems in his head.

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Again he was asked how many seconds a man has lived who is 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours old, he answered in a minute and a half 2,210,500,800.

One of the men was working out the problems on paper and informed Fuller that he was wrong because the answer was much smaller.

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Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President and Prime Minister, was born exactly 112 years ago today, on September 21, 1909. He was a powerful proponent of Pan-Africanism and the African Revolution's ultimate strategist.

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The significance of June 19 has very recently been acknowledged in US Congress to now make it a Federal Holiday.

However, we must still hold ourselves accountable to learn black history, build systemic structures that empower Black people.

Happy Juneteenth!

#Juneteenth #BLM