The Ho stadium in the Volta Region is now hosting this year’s Independence Day festivities.
On March 6, 1957, Ghana declared its independence from its colonial rulers, a milestone it is currently commemorating.
During Ho Ghana’s Independence, the country of Ghana celebrates its 66th birthday.
Following several decades of British domination, Ghana proclaimed its independence from colonial rule on March 6, 1957, making it precisely 66 years ago today.
But, it was not until around three years later that Ghanaians fully took control of the government, with leaders who were also from Ghana.
As a result, Ghana gained its independence on July 1, 1960.
Yet before becoming a republic, Ghana under Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah—who would eventually serve as the nation’s first president—had to define its legal system and system of government.
As a result, Dr. Nkrumah primarily articulated a roadmap created by his Convention Peoples Party in his speech to the nation on March 6, 1960, in honour of the nation’s third anniversary of independence.
See images as the festivities get underway.
