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🇬🇭 Easter Monday in Ghana
Christian celebration following Easter Sunday
Date in Ghana
April 6
Instituted1957
A Christian holiday celebrated the day after Easter Sunday.
Public life in Ghana
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Ecclesiastical
In Ghana, around 1957
- 1957 Ghana gains independence from British imperial rule under Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, becoming the first sub-Saharan colony to achieve sovereign sta... · Ghana
- 1957 (c.) Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa expelled from Adisadel College in Cape Coast, ending his secondary education and his ambition to study law. · Ghana
- 1957 (c.) Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa enlists in the Ghana Armed Forces and begins officer cadet training at the Regular Officers' Special Training School in Teshie,... · Ghana
Other countries celebrating Easter Monday
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Benin
Apr 6
🇧🇼
Botswana
Apr 6
🇧🇫
Burkina Faso
Apr 6
🇨🇫
Central African Republic
Apr 6
🇹🇩
Chad
Apr 6
🇨🇬
Congo
Apr 6
🇨🇮
Côte d'Ivoire
Apr 6
🇸🇿
Eswatini
Apr 6
🇬🇦
Gabon
Apr 6
🇬🇲
Gambia
Apr 6
🇬🇳
Guinea
Apr 6
🇰🇪
Kenya
Apr 6
🇱🇸
Lesotho
Apr 6
🇲🇬
Madagascar
Apr 6
🇲🇼
Malawi
Apr 6
🇲🇱
Mali
Apr 6
🇳🇦
Namibia
Apr 6
🇳🇪
Niger
Apr 6
🇳🇬
Nigeria
Apr 6
🇷🇼
Rwanda
Apr 6
🇸🇳
Senegal
Apr 6
🇸🇨
Seychelles
Apr 6
🇸🇱
Sierra Leone
Apr 6
🇸🇸
South Sudan
Apr 6
🇹🇿
Tanzania
Apr 6
🇹🇬
Togo
Apr 6
🇺🇬
Uganda
Apr 6
🇿🇲
Zambia
Apr 6
🇿🇼
Zimbabwe
Apr 6