Ghana Trip

GHANA

2005

INTRODUCTION

The difference in the level of industrial development , technological advancement and economy development are factors used to differentiate a development country from a developing or underdeveloped country

The poor nature of the people in developing countries , this has been a yardstick of stereotyping them as people who are suffering poorly nourished , uncivilized and barbaric in culture and hostile to visitors This bases of stereotyping has made many people , especially in the developed world to form a perception that in most cases are erroneously conceived in respect

to the true nature of people living in Africa and other third world countries

Africa , a continent of the black race , is a continent that over decades of years have lavished and be-fortuned by poverty , famine , starvation and hunger

The above preamble lead us to the focal point of which this write up is made . The discuss for this write up will be on my experienced I got from my trip to Ghana , as part of my course for Foreign Studies 491 . The will show how this trip had affected me , and my perception to Africa before and after the trip

GHANA AS A COUNTRY

Ghana is an Africa country that is located in western Africa . The country is a black nation with diverse cultural heritage . The country has a landmass of about 238 ,537sq km . And a population of about 17 ,748 ,400 people (1996 census . The capital of Ghana is Accra . Other region include Kumasi , Volta region upper west region upper East region Northern Region , Bong Ahafo Region , Eastern Region , Central Region Western Region and Greater Accra region . Ghana has a larger proportion of rural areas to urban centers . The official language of the country is English . Other native dialects spoken include : Akan , Mole-Daghani , Ewe Ga-Adangme , Fante , Nzima Brong , Asante , Twi , Gurupe Dagbane

The official currency of Ghana is Cedi . i .e . 100 Presewas equals to a Cedi . The country is not too advanced in industrial development like western countries like the United State of America , Britain , France German , Japan etc . The economy of the country is mainly tied to the export of primary produce such as cocoa and other agricultural produce The mining of gold diamonds , manganese , bauxite , aluminum is being carried out in the country . There are also some manufacturing industries and local craft cottage industries

MY PERCEPTION ABOUT AFRICA BEFORE MY TRIP

I had always nursed this dream of visiting Africa and seeing for myself what the black continent looks like . My trip to Ghana provided me this long nursed desire

My perception about Africa is mainly formed from documentaries films I watched , stories from magazines and newss , and stories form friends and lectures

The above mentioned sources of my perception , have made me perceive Africa as a continent that is wild in nature , barbaric , hostile , war redeem , hungry and uncivilized . I thought the people are all poor sometimes I assume they live their life in big tropical forest , jungle and top of trees

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