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Ghanaian

British  
/ ˈɡɑːnɪən, ɡɑːˈneɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Ghana or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Ghana

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kenyan and Ghanaian social media accounts re-uploaded clips, some including explicit captions in local languages in an apparent effort to drive traffic to their profiles.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

More than 1,000 Africans in the diaspora have obtained Ghanaian citizenship in recent years, many of them Black Americans drawn by a mix of historical, cultural and personal motivations.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

"My husband fell sick, and I couldn't get money to take him to the hospital. So he died at home," 52-year-old Ghanaian cocoa farmer Akosua Frimpong told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Ablakawa said the casualty figures were "not just numbers, they represent human lives, the hope of many Ghanaian families and our nation".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

“Yeah, but having Ghanaian family doesn’t make you Ghanaian, does it? You don’t inherit culture like … like money, right?”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer