A west African country on the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana is bounded by cote d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, the Atlantic ocean to the south. It compares in size to Oregon, and its largest river is Volta.

Ghana the land of Gold

Freddy Adu was born in 1989, in Tema, in Ghana. He started playing football as a child. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of 8.At the Age of 14, Adu became the youngest athlete to sign a major league professional contract in more than 155 years.