ABSTRACT

Located on the coast of West Africa, Ghana is a country of nearly 20 million people. The nation, neighbored by Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo, has a climate that ranges from tropical on the coast to semiarid in the north. Forty-four percent of Ghana’s people are Akan, 16 percent Moshi-Dagomba, 13 percent Ewe, 8 percent Ga, and 19 percent are of various other ethnic groups. The major languages spoken in the country are English, Akan (including Fanti, Asante, and Twi), Ewe, Ga, and Hausa. Thirty-eight percent of the people practice traditional indigenous religions, 30 percent are Muslim, 24 percent are Christian, and 8 percent practice various other religions. Accra, a city of over 965,000, is the nation’s capital.