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4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Accra, Ghana

Updated July 14, 2022
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Ga-Adangbe Caskets - Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop

The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.
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An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.
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Louis Armstrong and his band perform for a crowd of some 40,000 gathered to greet him at the airport in Accra, Ghana, in the spring of 1956.

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