Portfolio by: Abbe Duah

My Culture (Ghana)

subequatorial climate which is warm and humid, with distinct

alternations between rainy summer and dry winters.

- Kumasi (Ghana in West Africa) which is the nation’s second largest city.

- Grew up in Accra till the age of 10- major ethnic groups in Ghana

include the Akan, Ewe, Mole-Dagbane, Guan, and Ga-Adangbe.

- I belong to the Ashanti or Asante tribe which is the major ethnic group in Ghana, a powerful, militaristic and highly disciplined people of West Africa.

Accra used to serve as a center for the slave trade with the Europeans who had built the nearby outposts of James Fort and Ussher Fort. By the 17th century, the Portuguese, followed by the Swedish, Dutch, French, British and Danish, had constructed forts in the town.

Brief history on Accra:

Caucasians, a small Lebanese community, Africans e.g.Burkina Faso, Togo, Liberia, and Nigeria

Population of Accra: Weather:

My Family

Predominantly seventy-five percent Christian, fifteen percent Muslim and five percent Traditionalists

SOME OF MY FAVORITE GHANAIAN SOME OF MY FAVORITE GHANAIAN DISHES:DISHES:

- - WaakyeWaakye- Red-Red (beans and plantain)- Red-Red (beans and plantain)- grilled chicken- grilled chicken

NEWCASTLENEWCASTLE

Lived in Newcastle, Durham from the age of 10 till 17