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Online or by https://ghanaconsulatenewyork.org/gcn/VisaForm.aspx

Visit Ghana Consulate 19 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017

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AFRO FUTURE FEST formerly AFROCHELLA is designed to highlight & elevate thrilling and thriving millennial talent from and within Africa and purposely telling the New Africa story from a native’s perspective. It's a festive celebration of our culture in the form of: Art & Fashion Installations, Live painting, The Best of African Cuisine, Live performances.

Check out this link for Afro Future Fest details, afrochella.com

2020 prices

$1,800 Land package

$1,500 Transatlantic flight

NOTABLE PLACES

Accra capital of Ghana, on Atlantic coast of West Africa. Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park honors Ghana’s first president, who helped lead the country to independence over 60 years ago. Makola Market a colorful bazaar. Labadi Beach and Kokrobite Beach.

Cape Coast is the capital of the Central Region, in southern Ghana. It’s known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. Overlooking the Gulf of Guinea, Cape Coast Castle is a large whitewashed fort built by the Swedish in the 17th century. It was later used by the British as a holding prison for slaves. Inside, the Castle Museum has exhibits on pre-colonial local history, the slave trade and traditional crafts.

Elmina Caste was built in 1482, it was used to trade gold and ivory, and then people. North of Cape Coast is Kakum National Park an area of rainforest home to elephants and primates with butterflies and birds as well as a treetop canopy walkway.

Kumasi is the capital city of the Ashanti Region, in southern Ghana. It’s known as a center for Ashanti culture. In the huge, open-air Kejetia Market, stalls sell everything from glass beads to Ashanti sandals. The National Cultural Centre offers craft workshops and dance performances.

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Compare the jollof rice of Ghana to Nigeria with a visit to Abuja, the capital. The skyline of the city, which was built largely in the 1980s, is dominated by Aso Rock, an enormous monolith. It rises up behind the Presidential Complex, which houses the residence and offices of the Nigerian president in the Three Arms Zone on the eastern edge of the city. Nearby are the National Assembly and the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

The city has two large parks, the National Arboretum, an area of natural forest and Millennium Park, a large expanse of natural vegetation and manicured gardens divided by the Wupa River. The Abuja National Mosque and the tall modern spire of the National Christian Center are in the Central Business District. Visit Zuma Rock, a towering monolith also pictured on Nigeria’s currency.

Travel to Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa, an Atlantic port on the Cap-Vert peninsula. Its traditional Médina quarter is home to the Grande Mosquée. The Musée Théodore Monod displays cultural artifacts including clothing, drums, carvings and tools. Enjoy the local mbalax music. Visit Gorée a tiny, car-free island off the coast, known for its role in the 15th- to 19th-century Atlantic slave trade. On the narrow streets, colonial buildings include the House of Slaves, now a museum. The 19th-century Fort d’Estrées houses the IFAN Historical Museum, with exhibits on Senegal’s past. The Henriette Bathily Women’s Museum considers the role of women in West African society. Check out the African Renaissance Monument which is Africa's tallest statue and depicts a woman, man & child looking out to the sea. Float in Lake Retba, a pink lake with a high salt content which increases buoyancy.

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