15 Apr 1977 GHANA AFTER 20 YEARS It is 20 years since the British colony of the Gold Coast was granted independence and became Ghana. The architect of independence was Kwame Nkrumah. In fact, Nkrumah was more than that - he was the torch bearer of black rule for all Africa with a dream to steer his brother nations to freedom and unity as a “United States of Africa”. Not only did his personal lust for glory and power turn that dream sour, it also brought about his own downfall as more and more of

🇹🇿🇰🇪 Zanzibar, Mombasa and Lamu enjoyed immense wealth from the 16th century onwards, thanks to trade in gold – but also in ivory and above all in slaves. Today, they rely heavily on #tourism, but the memory of #slavery is often painful. Bastien Renouil and Elodie Cousin #Revisited the Swahili coast, their report this Sunday at 10:10PM ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English