History of Ghana
Famous as the Gold coast, Ghana boasts of a very compelling history. It is named after the vast West African empire, famous for trade and early African civilization. Ghana traces its roots to the empire of Wandugu that was composed of the vast West Africa. Kings ruled this kingdom through the early decades. This kingdom is traced back to the 1240 AD.This was the kingdom of Sundita. This kingdom was then absorbed by the Mali empire which spread rapidly during the rule of king Mansa Musa during the 1307 AD.
Historians explain that, present residents of Ghana trace their roots to the ancient Ghana kingdom. The old Ghana lay 500 miles north of the present Ghana. The people of Ghana include a diverse community composed of certain communities. The old Ghana was composed of communities like the Mande, Mamprussi, the Dagomba and the Gonja. The Ghanaian history is also traced to the Akans Empire Senegal and Gambia.
Ghana became in the mid 50's. The Portuguese who found a lot of Gold along the Ghanaian coast adopted the name Gold Cast. However, this was many years back. The name Gold Coast was adopted by the British colonizers. The Portuguese had built ta castle named Elmina that was purposely aimed at facilitating gold trade. Over the years the Portuguese were edged out and the British and the Dutch were left in control. In the 19th century, the British were left as the only traders along the Gold Coast. They made the Gold Coast a crown colony.
