Untold Ghanaian Stories

04/28/2025

Throwback photo of Ghanaian athletes marching in beautiful Kente cloths at the 1964 summer Olympics in Tokyo. 🇬🇭😍
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04/27/2025

Did you know that Ghana switched from driving in the left lane to the right lane on 4th August, 1974?

04/23/2025

Doreen Tachei-Donkor has become the first Doctor of Optometry Student from KNUST to Treat Accommodative Esotropia Popularly known in Ghana as Ghana as "Alukumi" or "Anikyew. The condition she treated is a rare form of eye misalignment (strabismus) where one or both eyes turn inward due to a focusing issue. Doreen’s accomplishment is particularly significant as it marks the first time a student at KNUST has managed such a case.Doreen’s journey began in Cape Coast and continued at Fijai Secondary School in Takoradi, where she studied General Arts. From an early age, she was determined to pursue her passion in eye care—and she is now well on her way to becoming a leading figure in optometry in Ghana.

04/22/2025

Have you heard the legendary tale of Ofarnyi Kwegya, the giant who traveled all the way from ancient Egypt to Ghana? A part of Asebu Amanfi’s group, both towering giants made their mark on history. While Asebu Amanfi founded the town of Asebu, Ofarnyi Kwegya, a legendary fisherman, settled on the coast where stingrays were abundant—giving rise to the name Moree in the Central Region. Known as the greatest fisherman in Ghana’s history, Kwegya's incredible size and unmatched skills led him to catch vast amounts of fish. His legacy lives on with a statue in Moree, honoring his powerful connection to the sea and the coastal communities of Moree and Winneba.

04/18/2025

Did you know that the first ever recorded Ghanaian song was recorded in 1928? The song titled "Yaa Amponsah" was recorded on Zonophone in London's Kingsway Hall EZ series by Kwame Asare. He was accompanied by the Kumasi Trio, featuring guitarist H.E. Binney and percussionist Kwah Kanta.

04/12/2025

Do you know that, a Ghanaian Scientist and Engineer, Nii Narku Quaynor was the main brain behind the introduction and development of the Internet throughout Africa?
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03/26/2025

Although many have seen this iconic picture of Kwame Nkrumah and his comrades, very little is known about the significance of the caps they are wearing. During the arrest of Kwame Nkrumah and his comrades, they were named Prison Graduates by their rivals. Instead of putting a stop to this, they embraced this name and wore these caps with 'PG' written on them as a symbol of their perseverance for the fight of Ghana's independence.

03/25/2025

Did you know that Roland James Moxon (Nana Kofi Obonyaa), became the first ever white chief to be installed in Ghana? He became a chief in the Ankobea district of Aburi in 1963

03/07/2025

This is Abena Oppong-Asare, the first UK-female Minister of Ghanaian descent. The MP for Erith & Thamesmead and Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office. 🇬🇭🇬🇭

02/04/2025

Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah was the target of multiple assassinations. Watch this educative documentary to know why he was repeatedly targeted

The 1964 assassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, marks one of the most dramatic episodes in the nation’s history.

01/30/2025

This was how Ghana's Korle Bu Teaching Hospital looked like back in the day. We have come far

01/27/2025

Melchizedek B. Adio, born 2nd April, 2011 from Samoa in the Upper West has become the youngest Ghanaian ever to enter university and the youngest KNUST Student at age 13.

01/22/2025

A rare photo of Asantehene Prempeh II sitting at a meeting at the National House of Chiefs in 1959 • Mark Kauffman/The LIFE Picture Collection via

01/18/2025

In 1890, history was made in Ghana as two traders Joseph E. Ellis and Joseph E. Biney from Cape Coast negotiated a lease with the King of the Ashanti ( Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I)for 25,900 hectares of mining concessions in the Obuasi district and started work on what would become the first modern mine in the history of Ghana
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01/14/2025

Did you know the very first car in Ghana (then the Gold Coast) was driven way back in 1893? Governor Brandsforth-Griffiths took the wheel, and the sight of this "strange machine" left the locals in awe! 📷📷 Imagine witnessing a car for the first time! Talk about making history!

01/10/2025

Did you know that, In November 1924, Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I was permitted to return to the Gold coast from his exile in the Seychelles left with no political power?

01/08/2025

A rare picture of the Kingsway Department store in Accra, 1957. This was Ghana's first ever indoor mall prototype

01/05/2025

A rare picture of one of Ghana’s first air hostess, Esther Botchway (in uniform) at a London Model school with her colleagues