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Gold Coast: Quick Facts

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Map of Africa highlighting the historical region known as the Gold Coast, located along the southern coast of present-day Ghana in West Africa, with surrounding countries Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo labeled for context.
Elmina Castle
Elmina, Gold Coast, West Africa
Kumasi
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Ghana
Ghana
country, Africa

Key People

Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah
president of Ghana
Annan, Kofi
Kofi Annan
Ghanaian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
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Ayi Kwei Armah
Ghanaian writer
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Kofi Awoonor
Ghanaian author
Danquah, J.B.
J.B. Danquah
Ghanaian politician
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Ama Ata Aidoo
Ghanaian writer
Thomas Edward Bowdich, engraving after a painting by William Derby.
Thomas Edward Bowdich
British science writer
Letitia Landon, detail of a drawing by D. Maclise; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
British author
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George Maclean
president of Cape Coast
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Francis Selormey
Ghanaian author