Ghana
Field Facilitator
Lutheran Bible Translators
Outreach activities in Ghana
- Bible translation
- Door-to-door ministry and evangelism
- Assist Lutheran Bible Translators staff with their daily ministry schedule
Ministry Outreach Locations
Gbintiri and surrounding areas
population
21,029,853
Note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to HIV/AIDS; this can result in lower life
expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population
and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age
and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Peoples
- Black African 98.5%
- Major tribes — Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%
- European and other 1.5% (1998)
Languages
English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Capital
Accra
Economy
Ghana
has many natural resources such as gold, timber, and cocoa, thus
roughly twice the per capita output of the poorer countries in West
Africa. It remains dependent on international financial and technical
assistance. The economy primarily revolves around subsistence
agriculture (35% of GDP). Once prosperous; with mismanagement,
corruption, and overspending, poverty is widespread, reducing living
standards. Slow, steady economic improvement since 1984, through
government discipline. Annual income per person: $400 (1.4% of
United States). Became independent from Great Britain in 1957;
early socialist experiment that did not work. Military coupe
formed the government for about twenty-five years; now multi-party
elections and a democracy.
Location
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo
Politics
Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the constitution in 1981 and a ban on political parties. A new constitution, restoring multiparty politics, was approved in 1992. Lt. Jerry Rawlings, head of state since 1981, won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John Kufuor, who defeated former Vice President Atta Mills in a free and fair election, succeeded him.
climate
Tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
religions
Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%
