The Gold Coast
Adu 1
Adu-Anakwah Clement
Ms. Brazell
English 1010
26 March 2013
The Gold Coast Cape Coast is a city in one of the ten regions of Ghana, located in the Western part of Africa. It is about a 122-square-kilometer-stretch of land, with a 14-mile-of-land that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean gives the natives their main occupation, which is fishing, and enabled the British missionaries and explorers to come over and exploit both the people and the land. Cape Coast was formerly known as the Gold Coast because it was so rich with gold, that gold was literally everywhere. Cape Coast is immensely hot throughout the year because it is in the tropical zone, so I went to the beach almost every weekend. At the beach lays the majestic sea blue Ocean with its waves forming into white foams when it crashes into the rocks, which sometimes made me jump when I was unaware. The beach has a golden sand that dazzles in the sun, and droplets of the waves that is thrown into the sky when it crashes into the rocks and sparkles like a thousand jewels. Half crushed seashells lay around the beach with seagulls and other smaller birds screeching and fighting over dead fish that are washed off shore. The wind blows gently and the humid air is filled with the scent of seaweed and seawater that cools off the scorching heat of the sun. The locals lay half-naked and relaxed on the quiet, peaceful gritty sand of the beach, while their children play in the calm waves of the Ocean. Adu 2 What one grow to be is partially or wholly influenced by where he or she lived. I was born in Greenbelt, Maryland, to immigrant parents from Ghana, and when time arrived for me to go to high school, my parents took me to Cape Coast, Ghana. My stay in Cape Coast really made a great change in my life. I had the opportunity to go to one of the
Adu-Anakwah Clement
Ms. Brazell
English 1010
26 March 2013
The Gold Coast Cape Coast is a city in one of the ten regions of Ghana, located in the Western part of Africa. It is about a 122-square-kilometer-stretch of land, with a 14-mile-of-land that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean gives the natives their main occupation, which is fishing, and enabled the British missionaries and explorers to come over and exploit both the people and the land. Cape Coast was formerly known as the Gold Coast because it was so rich with gold, that gold was literally everywhere. Cape Coast is immensely hot throughout the year because it is in the tropical zone, so I went to the beach almost every weekend. At the beach lays the majestic sea blue Ocean with its waves forming into white foams when it crashes into the rocks, which sometimes made me jump when I was unaware. The beach has a golden sand that dazzles in the sun, and droplets of the waves that is thrown into the sky when it crashes into the rocks and sparkles like a thousand jewels. Half crushed seashells lay around the beach with seagulls and other smaller birds screeching and fighting over dead fish that are washed off shore. The wind blows gently and the humid air is filled with the scent of seaweed and seawater that cools off the scorching heat of the sun. The locals lay half-naked and relaxed on the quiet, peaceful gritty sand of the beach, while their children play in the calm waves of the Ocean. Adu 2 What one grow to be is partially or wholly influenced by where he or she lived. I was born in Greenbelt, Maryland, to immigrant parents from Ghana, and when time arrived for me to go to high school, my parents took me to Cape Coast, Ghana. My stay in Cape Coast really made a great change in my life. I had the opportunity to go to one of the