<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> becomes the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan</a> country to gain independence from the British.