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Posts : 110 Join date : 2011-10-04 Age : 112 Location : Great Wakering, Essex, UK
| Subject: Ghana, the most religious country in the world Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:35 pm | |
| Ghana (i/ˈɡɑːnə/), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
The word Ghana means "Warrior King"[5] and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire. Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan kingdoms, including the inland Ashanti Empire, the Akwamu, the Akyem, the Bonoman, the Denkyira and the Fante among others. Non-Akan states created by the Ga also existed as did states by the Dagomba.
Prior to contact with Europeans trade between the Akan and various African states flourished due to Akan gold wealth. Trade with European states began after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and the British established the Gold Coast Crown colony in 1874 over parts but not all of the country.[6]
The Gold Coast achieved independence from the United Kingdom's colonial rule in 1957,[7] becoming the first Sub-Saharan African nation to do so.[8][9] A global poll in 2012 found that Ghana was the most religious country in the world.[10]
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QUESTION Are you religious or are spiritual? Does it matter? What does it mean to be religious? | |
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Pippa
Posts : 150 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 44 Location : Leigh on Sea
| Subject: Re: Ghana, the most religious country in the world Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:28 pm | |
| I personally think its true that Ghana is very religious. That's the impression I got when I visited Ghana a few times.
Well, research states religion as a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects. Then a religious person is bound by monastic vows.
A spiritual person is affected spiritually (the human spirit or soul is affected)
I therefore think to be spiritual is better because one can play religion, just following a set of rules whereby spirituality, ones soul is affected | |
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