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Explore Ghana

Explore Ghana

Every glowing strand of the Great Web of Stories leads somewhere real. Start with these cultural exploration areas and follow the history, people, traditions and places behind the adventures.

Cultural exploration area

Greater Accra

  • Ga history
  • Homowo
  • Fishing communities
  • Jamestown
  • Accra

Ga history and the city of Accra: fishing communities, Jamestown, and the Homowo festival. Detailed, researched guides for this area are being written.

Coming soon

Cultural exploration area

Ashanti

  • Asante history
  • Kumasi
  • Craftsmanship
  • Akwasidae
  • Kente

Asante history and Kumasi: craftsmanship, kente traditions and the Akwasidae celebration. Detailed, researched guides for this area are being written.

Coming soon

Cultural exploration area

Volta

  • Ewe history
  • Migration traditions
  • Weaving
  • Festivals
  • The Volta

Ewe history and the communities around the Volta: migration traditions, weaving and festivals. Detailed, researched guides for this area are being written.

Coming soon

Cultural exploration area

Northern Ghana

  • Dagbon
  • Mamprugu
  • Northern trade
  • Smocks
  • Shea
  • Architecture

Dagbon and Mamprugu, northern trade routes, smocks, shea and traditional architecture. Detailed, researched guides for this area are being written.

Coming soon

Cultural exploration area

Central Coast

  • Fante communities
  • Coastal trade
  • Forts
  • Fishing
  • Elmina

Fante communities along the coast: fishing, coastal trade, forts and Elmina. Detailed, researched guides for this area are being written.

Coming soon

Cultural exploration area

Western Ghana

  • Nzema
  • Ahanta
  • Coastal communities
  • Resources
  • Traditions

Nzema and Ahanta communities, the western coastline, natural resources and cultural traditions. Detailed, researched guides for this area are being written.

Coming soon

These are starter cultural exploration areas used to organise our journeys. They are not a replacement for Ghana's official administrative regions, and more areas and detail are added as researched content is completed.

The Great Web of Stories

Follow a strand

The Web is magical and fictional — but every strand leads to something real: a story, a tradition, a place, a language, a person, a festival.