Life in Ghana

Luis Mejia and Angel Garcia

Historical background
• Ghana is a country of western Africa

• Although it is small In population it's one of the

leading countries of Africa .

• Ghana gained its independence on march 06,

1957

• Ghana capital is Accra

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 Cultural traits
• Ghana's families are very
traditional and well thought
from younger ages the
importance of their culture

• Ghana's families are mostly

large and nuclear

• Ghana's families are very

traditional about their family
roles
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• Ghana's people are well

characterized for their clothing
and variated gastronomy
 Economy

• Almost all of the country GDP comes from exports

• Ghana's economy is one of the strongest in Africa

• It's national currency is Cedi

• Gold and petroleum are their most valuable resources

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Economic
crisis

• In 1966 a massive external

debt was accumulated due to
the overthrown of their
president

• In 2002 the world bank and

International monetary fund's
for heavily indebted countries
agreed to forgive Ghana's
debts
 Resources

• Ghana has one of the

strongest economies in
Africa

• Most of their GDP comes

from exports

• Ghana is one of the leading

countries in gold exports

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 Corruption
• Ghana has had a corrupt
government since its
independence

• Ghana had had several

economic crisis due to
corruption

• Most of the corruption comes

from bibrery and illegal
business such as tax evasion
 • Child labor is one of the biggest problems in Ghana

• It is seen that child labor is most evident on rural

areas rather than urban areas

Child labor • Child labor has negative effects on the youth.

• Child labor has been associated due to the

competitiveness for a school membership

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Conclusion

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