Coordinates: 8°N 2°W / 8°N 2°W / 8; -2
Ghana (i/ˈɡɑːnə/), officially called the Republic of Ghana, is a sovereign unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2, Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" in Mande.
The territory of present-day Ghana has been inhabited for millennia, with the first permanent state dating back to the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful was the Kingdom of Ashanti. Beginning in the 15th century, numerous European powers contested the area for trading rights, with the British ultimately establishing control of the coast by the late 19th century. Following over a century of native resistance, Ghana's current borders were established by the 1900s as the British Gold Coast. In 1957, it became the first sub-saharan African nation to declare independence from European colonisation.
Ghana was a Commonwealth realm between 6 March 1957 and 1 July 1960, before it became the Republic of Ghana. It was the first western African country to achieve independence.
British rule ended in 1957, when the Ghana Independence Act 1957 transformed the British Crown Colony of the Gold Coast into the independent sovereign Commonwealth realm of Ghana. The British monarch remained head of state, and Ghana shared its Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Ghana. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701. The following governors-general held office in Ghana during the commonwealth realm period:
A referendum was held on 27 April 1960, with 88.47% percent of the Ghanaian people voting in favour of a republic, 11.53% against. The republic was declared and the monarchy abolished on 1 July 1960.
Ghana is third in a three-part series of compilations of songs by The Mountain Goats that have appeared on various releases. It is preceded by Protein Source of the Future...Now!, and Bitter Melon Farm.
All songs written and composed by John Darnielle.
Conquerors, conquerors
Tomorrow is a brand new day
All my sins have been washed away
My hands look new
My life is free
My heart is pure
I've been redeemed (Oh yeah)
See I've seen his face, touched his hand
Finally, now I understand
Why he saved a wretch, a wretch like me
And by his blood I've been redeemed (Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah)
We ran the race
kept the fight, (We kept the fight)
shed our blood, (We shed our blood)
For what was right (For what was right)
We carried our cross (We carried our cross)
Through stormy weather (Through storm and rain)
Because of Christ (Because of Christ)
Now we can say (Now we can say)
That we (We are conquerors)
See I know I know (Conquerors)
We (We are conquerors)
I know I know (Conquerors)
See I've seen his face, touched his hand
Finally, now I understand
Why he saved a wretch, saved a wretch like you and me
You and me yeah and by his blood I've been redeemed Oh yeah
We ran the race
Kept the fight, (We kept the fight)
We shed our blood, (We shed our blood)
For what was right what was right (For what was right)
We carried our cross (We carried our cross)
Through stormy weather yeah (Through storm and rain)
Because of Christ yeah (Because of Christ)
Now we can say (Now we can say)
That we (We are conquerors)
See I know I know (Conquerors)
We (We are conquerors)
We are conquerors yeah (Conquerors)
Oh, for no matter what we go through yeah (We are conquerors)
See Lord I'm gonna, give my promise to you (We are conquerors)
We ran the race, (We ran the race yeah)
We kept the fight, (Kept the fight yes we did)
We shed our blood
For what was right (For what was right)
We yeah (We carried our cross)
Through stormy weather yeah (Through storm and rain)
Because of Christ (Because of Christ)
'Cause of Christ, 'Cause of Christ
Now we can say (We, we)
We are conquerors
See I know that I know yeah (Conquerors)
We are we are yeah (We are conquerors)
Yeah (Conquerors)
Yeah (repeat x7)
We are conqerors (Conquerors)
Conquerors (Conquerors)
Conquerors (Conquerors)
We can do it (Conquerors)
We can make it (Conquerors)
We can take it (Conquerors)
Yeah, Yeah (Conquerors)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Conquerors)
We are conquerors
No (Conquerors)
We (We are conquerors)
Oh yeah (Conquerors)
Na (repeat x9)
Na (repeat x6)
Oh we