Ghana

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Ghana sits along the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, bordered by Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo. Known as the Gold Coast during the colonial era, Ghana made history in 1957 as the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain independence. Today it is celebrated as one of the continent's most stable democracies and the spiritual home of the African diaspora.