1. Ghana
1.1. Religion
1.1.1. 41% of all Ghanaian people are christian
1.1.2. 38% Traditionalists
1.1.3. 12% Muslim
1.1.4. 9% not affiliated with any Religion
1.2. Important Dates
1.2.1. March 6th Independence Day
1.2.2. July 1st republic Day
1.2.3. May 25th Africa day
1.2.4. Various other religious holidays
1.2.5. 1st Friday in September is Farmers Holiday
1.3. Leaders
1.3.1. (First Republic) 1960- 1966 Kwame Nkrumah
1.3.2. (Military Rule) 1966-1969 Joseph Ankra and Akwasi Afrifa
1.3.3. (Fourth Republic) John Dramani Mahama
1.4. Interesting Facts
1.4.1. Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake by surface area (8,482 sq km; 3,275 sq mi)
2. Mali
2.1. Religion
2.1.1. 90% Muslim
2.1.2. 5% Traditional Animists Beliefs
2.1.3. 5% Christian
2.2. Important Dates
2.2.1. January 20th Army Day
2.2.2. March 26th Martyrs Day
2.2.3. September 22 independence day
2.2.4. Various other religious other holidays
2.3. Leaders
2.3.1. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is the current leader
2.3.2. Democratic Government
2.4. Interesting Facts
2.4.1. Mali population growth rate: 3.02%
3. Songhai
3.1. Religion
3.1.1. Everyone in the Songhai Kingdom was a Muslim
3.2. Important Dates
3.2.1. Almost all of them were Religious events of some sort
3.3. Leaders
3.3.1. Askiya Muhammed was the leader of this Empire
3.4. Interesting Facts
3.4.1. Started as a fishing community