by GreenViews | Aug 10, 2026 | Ghanaian Culture, History of Ghana
Ghana runs on two parallel systems of authority. One is the elected government in Accra, presidents, parliament, district assemblies. The other is far older, a network of chiefs and traditional rulers whose authority predates the nation itself and whose influence has...
by GreenViews | Aug 5, 2026 | History of Ghana, Tourism & Travel
There comes a point in life in Accra, usually somewhere around the third hour of traffic on the N1 or the fourth power cut of the week, when the city starts to feel like something you need a break from. Not permanently. Just for a day. Aburi Botanical Gardens is...
by GreenViews | Jul 14, 2026 | History of Ghana, Tourism & Travel
Elmina Castle is the oldest surviving European building anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Portuguese built it in 1482 on the coast of what is now Ghana, and it still stands today, overlooking the fishing town of Elmina in the Central Region. It began as a trading...
by GreenViews | Jun 27, 2026 | History of Ghana
Ghana has a unitary constitutional democracy with a presidential system of government. The President is both the head of state and the head of government. The whole system rests on the 1992 Constitution, which created the Fourth Republic. Power is shared across three...
by GreenViews | May 18, 2026 | History of Ghana
Ghana has one of the most stable and active democracies in West Africa. Its politicians have helped shape the continent’s political story for decades, from the independence era under Kwame Nkrumah through to the competitive multiparty system that defines the...
by GreenViews | Mar 31, 2026 | History of Ghana
Imagine standing in the doorway of a centuries-old stone castle, the Atlantic Ocean stretching out before you. Behind you, the darkness of a dungeon where your ancestors were held before being forced onto ships. And then, deliberately, defiantly, you step back through...