Inhabited in precolonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms, including that of the Ashanti , Ghana was a British colony after the 1870's and became independent in 1957.

在殖民地化之前曾被若干古代王国占领，其中包括阿散蒂王国，19世纪70年代后迦纳沦为英国殖民地后于1957年独立。