GLOBAL HOLIDAYS

  • JANUARY

  • FEBRUARY

  • MARCH

    Ghana's Independence Day - March 6, 1957 (1960 it became a Republic).

  • APRIL

    *Esther Afua Ocloo’s birthday - 18 April 1919 - Ghanaian businesswoman and pioneer of microlending and economic empowerment for women across the African continent. Co-founded Women’s World Banking.

    *Togo’s Independence Day - April 27, 1960

  • MAY

  • JUNE

  • JULY

    *International Friendship Day – July 30

    *Benin’s Independence Day – July 31, 1961

  • AUGUST

  • SEPTEMBER

    *Ephraim Amu's birthday - Ghanaian musician and composer - 13 Sept 1899

    *Kwame Nkrumah’s Birthday - 21 September 1909 – first president of Ghana, the first African country to gain independence from colonial rule.

  • OCTOBER

    *Nigeria’s Independence Day - 1 October 1960

    *Ellen John Sirleaf’s Birthday - October 29, 1938 - first elected female head of state in Africa.

  • NOVEMBER

  • DECEMBER

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