WHAT’S SO ‘SPECIAL’ ABOUT ‘GHANA’?

By Hemant Firke

July 29^th 2012

Cyber Exploration of this West African country ultimately made me realize this.

‘The Gold Coast’ achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, becoming one of the first African nations to do so from European Colonialism.

 ‘Ghana’ was adopted as the legal name for the ‘The Gold Coast’ post independence.

The word ‘Ghana’ means ‘Warrior King’ and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire which once extended throughout much of West Africa.

Country hailed as a solid democracy with nine government-sponsored spoken languages, English being the official Language with four major religions, Ghana is a diverse nation and one of the best growing economies in Africa.

The number of individual languages listed for Ghana is 79. Of those, all are living languages.

Ghana has a population of about 24 million people and Christianity is the country's largest religion practiced by 69.1% of the total population.

The Ghana Stock Exchange is the third largest Stock exchange in Africa after the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Football is the most popular sport. Ghana became the third African country to reach the quarter final stage of the World Cup after Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002. The app store has a special app available by name “what my name in Ghana’ which tells your name in Ghanaian languages.
With over 95% of its children in school, Ghana currently has one of the highest school enrollment rates in all of Africa.

Lake Volta in Ghana is the largest artificial lake in the world.

Remember ‘Kofi Kingston’ from WWE Raw Brand, is a Ghanaian Professional Wrestler well known for his feud with ‘The Viper - Randy Orton’.
Rappers from the same soil, ‘Dizzee Rascal’ and ‘Tinchy Shryder’ today are well known Rap & Hip-Hop artists in USA.
Now the most fascinating part of the story: ‘Store Business Names’ in Ghana.
Ghanaians consider their country a Christian nation and it’s visible all over the country.

Stores in Ghana have religious names for no unobvious reasons...

• ‘Bride of Christ’ Aluminium Works
• ‘In God We Trust’ Fast Food
• ‘My God Is Able’ Plumbing Works
• ‘God Did It All’ Fashion Centre
• ‘Anointed’ Fashion
• ‘In Step with the Spirit’ Enterprises
• ‘Anointed Hands’ Furniture Works
• ‘Blood of Jesus’ Electricals
• ‘Lord Is My Shepherd’ Hotel
• ‘God Will Provide’ Supermarket
• ‘God First’ Carwash



‘Only Jesus can do it’ Shoe Shop

(Is this a reference to ‘walking on water’????)

• ‘Lord J’ Clinic

 Store names that are simply funny...

• ‘Cut and Roll’ Beauty Centre
• ‘Together As One’ Welding and Fabrication
• ‘Don't Mind Your Wife’ Chop Bar
• ‘Korea Man’ Electronics
• ‘Look and Take’ Electricals
• ‘Yogaman's’ Haircut
• ‘Lady Diana's Memorial Shop’, Dealers in Mineral Water and Soft Drinks
• ‘Gina Pee Pee’ Communication Centre’

‘I Shall Not Die’ Motors!!! (‘Immortality Guarantee!!!!’) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Ghana mourns with sudden demise of their President John Atta Mills on July 24^th, 2012, the country will always be ‘The African Exceptional’.

May be that’s the reason why ‘Bournville’ promoters have chosen Ghana as their best cocoa brand ambassador although it is the ‘second’ largest Cocoa producer in the world.

Something special, isn’t it??