It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern Senegal and Southern Mauritania. Nobody is sure when Ghana came into being.

It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern Northern Senegal and Southern Mauritania. Nobody is sure when Ghana came into being.

Have you ever wondered how Ghana got its name and the meaning? Prior to gaining independence in 1957, the country was known as the Gold Coast, a name tied to its colonial past. Gold coast reflected ...