Ghana’s president unveils his own statue

Nov. 11, 2024

Q: Ghana's outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a large gold-colored statue of himself that critics called “self glorification." Where is the West African nation of Ghana?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Some of the critics are calling for the statue to be pulled down after the president leaves office in January after serving two terms. Where have statues of former leaders been destroyed?

A. Egypt

B. Rome

C. United States

D. Virtually everywhere

Q: Ghana is considered one of the most stable and democratic countries in West Africa. It’s wealth ranks near the middle for African nations. What is its biggest export?

A. Cocoa

B. Gold

C. Lumber

D. Oil

Q: The Gold Coast Colony became Ghana in 1957 when it gained independence from which nation?

A. France

B. Netherlands

C. Portugal

D. United Kingdom

Q: Gold has led to an explosion of illegal mining on an industrial scale, destroying thousands of acres of agriculture and poisoning Ghana rivers with the mercury and cyanide used to extract the gold. Demonstrators protesting the “mad gold rush” recently took the streets of Ghana’s capital …

A. Accra

B. Bamako

C. Conakry

D. Dakar

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