Ghana

Independence Day, March 6. Anniversary of independence from Britain in 1957.
Republic Day, July 1. Anniversary of becoming a republic of the British Commonwealth in 1960.
Liberation Day, February 24. Commemorates the overthrow of the Nkrumah government in 1966.
Third Republic Day, September 24. The nation's return to democracy in 1979.
Homowo, August 1.
Aboakyer, occurs in April or May. A celebration by the Effutu people.
Revolution Day, December 31. Also called PNC Day.

Public holidays   New Year's Day, Independence Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1), Uprising Day (Jun 4), Republic Day, Boxing Day, and Revolution Day.