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Frequent posts about events on this day in history.
Let us take you on a journey through the ages of Ghana 🇬🇭 history

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Let's all put our shoulders to the wheel - Akufo-Addo charges Ghanaians on Founders' Day #3NewsGH https://t.co/v4AAykCCrU

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#foundersday #4THAugustDemo #FixTheCountryNow #Ghana #Africa Kwame Nkrumah #Ghana

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This day was set aside to commemorate all the people who fought for Ghana’s independence; especially the ‘Big Six’ (Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, William Ofori Atta, and Ebenezer Ako-Adjei).

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in 1947 by J.B. Danquah and George Alfred "Paa" Grant. This holiday used to be celebrated on the 21st of September until a bill was passed for it to be celebrated on the 4th of August.
President Nana Akufo-Addo inaugurated the Founders' Day on Sunday, August 4th 2019.#foundersday

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The Organisation of African Unity was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 32 signatory governments. It was disbanded on 9 July 2002 by its last chairperson, South African President Thabo Mbeki, and replaced by the African Union (AU). #Africa #AfricaDay #AUDay

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The cable ran from Bathurst, Gambia - Freetown, Sierra Leone - Accra, Gold Coast - Lagos - Brass - Bonny, all in Nigeria. CS Britannia extended this cable in 1893 from Bonny to Calabar and Duala in the German Cameroons. #FixTheCountry Ghana #accra #Government

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The Eastern Telegraph Company set up the African Direct Telegraph Company in 1885 to provide a link between England and her West African Colonies. The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company manufactured and laid the other cable using CS’s Scotia and Britannia (2).

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Lands Bill of 1897 and the assurance that "native law would remain and prevail with regard to devolution of land". The Gold Coast ARPS eventually fell out of fashion in exchange for newer nationalist movements, such as the National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA) in 1920.

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Write Up
The Gold Coast ARPS then sent a delegation to London in order to advocate for the dismissal of the Lands Bill of 1897 in front of Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State of Britain at the time.
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A notable aspect of the delegation is that it included not only members of the Gold Coast elite, but also "prominent merchants". It was through their meeting with Joseph Chamberlain that the Gold Coast ARPS was able to get support for the denunciation of the

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We wish #EidMubarak to all Muslims
#EidUlFitr #EidWithPalestine #AllahuAkbar #Eid #EidUlFitr

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Happy International Women’s Day❤️
#internationalwomensday2021 #Women's Day #internationalevrouwendag #ghanahistorybase

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Happy 64th Independence Day Ghana 🇬🇭
#Independence #IndependenceDay The flag #YelloIndependence #KwameNkrumah #GhanaAt64 #GhanaMonth

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Today in the history of Ghana 🇬🇭
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Some historical events that led to Ghana’s Independence 🇬🇭
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Some historical events that led to Ghana’s Independence 🇬🇭
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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than be governed by anybody else...~Kwame Nkrumah~
#ghana #GhanaWeDey #Ghanamonthonjoy #ghanaindependence #MonthOfVictory #GhanaNews

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Ancient Ghana Empire Episode 2 https://t.co/1a6uwF7fMl via @YouTube
#oleout #ghana #history

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Ancient Ghana Empire. Episode 1 https://t.co/vVEx1vqIW3 via @YouTube
#IndependenceDay #IndependenceDay2020 #GhanaWeDey #GhanaAt63