Ghana
The Gold Coast, now known as , is one of many civilizations of
Africa. It was a British Colony until March 6, 1957, when it became
independent as the State of .
In 1471, the Portuguese invaded this area and became involved in gold
trade, giving the region the name, The Gold Coast. They built forts to
protect their monopoly of gold trade from merchants representing other
nations. In 1642, the Dutch West India Company captured all Portuguese
strong posts and they devoted their interests in slave trading rather than
gold trading. In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centurie ....
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