Ghana - West Africa - page 405

Major routes include Circle to Osu via Ring Rd; Circle to the main post office via Kwame
Nkrumah Ave; Tudu station to Kokomlemle; 37 Circle to Osu; Makola Market to Osu;
and Circle to the airport.
Fares are usually very cheap, C0.2 to C0.40.
Tro-tros run virtually 24 hours a day, with reduced frequency between midnight and 4am.
Private taxis within the Ring Rd shouldn't cost more than C5.
GHANA READS
Ghana is one of the most interesting places to be in Africa right now, and there are tremendous books exploring
the country's history.
» Ekow Eshun's Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa is an excellent account of the
author's journey to reconcile his Ghanaian and British roots.
» In My Father's Land , by Star Nyanbiba Hammond, is part autobiography, part novel, inspired by the author's
move from England to Ghana at the age of eight.
» Maya Angelou's All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes beautifully documents the author's emigration to
Ghana.
» Albert van Dantzig's Forts and Castles of Ghana remains the definitive work on the early European coastal
presence.
» Kwame Nkrumah, The Father of African Nationalism by David Birmingham is a comprehensive biography of
the first African statesman; Nkrumah's own works give you an insight into the man and his beliefs.
» Paul Nugent's Big Men, Small Boys and Politics in Ghana is a good account of the Rawlings era.
» My First Coup d'Etat: Memories from the Lost Decade of Africa by the current president, John Dramani Ma-
hama, chronicles his coming of age during the post-independence years.