Journey through the people, cities and ideas that shaped Ghana, from prehistoric communities to the republic of today.
Follow Kintampo communities, Bono and northern kingdoms, European forts, Asante, the Gold Coast, independence and contemporary Ghana.
Explore nine historical periods, rulers and heads of government, and 31 chapters of territorial change.
Kings and chiefs, colonial governors, heads of state, prime ministers and parallel leaders.
A Journey Through the Ages
Ghana connects forest, savanna and Atlantic coast through early communities, regional kingdoms, European forts, Asante, the Gold Coast and independence.
1,000,000,000 BCE – 999
Stone Age sites, the Kintampo culture, early iron-working and farming communities of the forest and savanna.
1000 – 1481
Bono and Begho, Dyula gold trade, Mamprugu and Dagbon, and the first Akan, Ga and Ewe settlements.
1482 – 1700
Portuguese Elmina, the Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Brandenburg and English forts and the rise of Akwamu and Denkyira.
1701 – 1873
Osei Tutu and the Golden Stool, Asante expansion, the Fante states and the wars with Britain.
1874 – 1946
The Colony, the conquest of Asante, cocoa, railways, schools, Togoland and the first nationalists.
1947 – 1965
The UGCC and CPP, the 1948 riots, independence in 1957, the Republic and Pan-Africanism.
1966 – 1992
The 1966 coup, Busia, Acheampong, Akuffo, Rawlings and the PNDC.
1993 – 2010
The 1992 constitution, Rawlings, Kufuor, Mills, HIPC and the oil discovery.
2011 – present
Mahama, Akufo-Addo, the 2022 default and IMF programme, galamsey and Mahama's return.
From the Stone Age to 2026
From the Kintampo farmers and the gold-trading Bono State to the Asante Empire, the Gold Coast and the Republic. See which kingdom, colony or state held each part of Ghana, and how the map changed.
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Bono, northern kingdoms, Akan states and coastal communities developed distinct traditions connected by trade and migration.
The Asante kingdom, European forts, Atlantic slavery and colonial expansion shaped the region’s political and economic history.
Independence, Pan-Africanism, military government and democratic transitions shaped modern Ghana.
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Historical authority is presented through indicative regional cells. Approximate extents and overlapping rule are not surveyed frontiers. Credits and caveats remain in the map.
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