It’s a delight and honor to know that the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth was once part of the governing bodies in Ghana after it obtained independence. She has been to Ghana many times, and the bond between Ghana and British is still solid. In this article we are going to take a look at some throwback picture of the Dr.Kwame Nkrumah and Queen Elizabeth when she visited Ghana.
Ghana was the first western African country to achieve independence from European colonization. British rule ended in 1957, when the Ghana Independence Act 1957 transformed the British Crown Colony of the Gold Coast into the independent sovereign state of Ghana, with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state on 6 March 1957. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent represented the Queen at the independence celebrations.On 6 March, the Princess formally opened the first parliament of independent Ghana, on behalf of the Queen, by giving the Speech from the Throne.
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