Ghana
Here's
a little rebus story to introduce you to Ghana!
If you rest your mouse on the picture, a word will pop up
telling you what the picture stands for!
Ghana
is a country in  .
Your grandparents may |
| know it as the Gold Coast. It was called the Gold Coast |
because there is a lot of 
there. It used to belong
|
| to Great Britain (that's England). When the country |
| won their independence from Great Britain in 1957 |
the name was changed to
Ghana. The  of Ghana
|
| has red, yellow and green stripes and a black star. The |
people of
Ghana  many languages but the official
|
| language is English. The largest river in Ghana is the |
Volta River. There is a 
across the river that
|
makes one of the world's largest man made
 , |
Lake Volta. Most Ghanaians are 
, but some
|
work in  ,
and others work as  . Ghana
|
has and 
but their most important crop
is |
cocoa beans. They are used to make  .
The
|
favorite
sport in Ghana is  .
In Ghana they have |
and  .
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We'd
love to hear from you.
You can reach us by e-mail at:
thongell@pocanticohills.org