Globe Trekker

West Africa: Ghana and the Ivory Coast

TV-PG
S5 • E6    Dec 10, 2000    52m
Megan McCormick journeys to West Africa, where 500 years ago Europeans uncovered bounties of gold in Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) and ivory in the Cote d'Ivoire. Her trip begins in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Here Megan visits an intriguing coffin shop and is invited to attend a funeral. For the Ga people it's traditional to be buried in a coffin which symbolises what you did in life.

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Cast of West Africa: Ghana and the Ivory Coast

  • Justine ShapiroTraveler
  • Ian WrightTraveler
  • Megan McCormick
  • Nikki GrossePresenter
  • Shilpa MehtaPresenter
  • Neil GibsonPresenter
  • Jonathan AthertonPresenter
  • Estelle BinghamPresenter
  • Katy HaswellPresenter
  • Sami SabitiPresenter
  • Lavinia TanPresenter
  • Alex RileyPresenter
  • Andrew DaddoPresenter
  • Zay HardingPresenter
  • Mark CrowdyPresenter
  • Holly MorrisPresenter
  • Judith JonesPresenter
  • Christina ChangPresenter
  • Adela ÚcarPresenter
  • Zoë Laureen PalmerPresenter

 

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