GhanaFest

CTL-E-0397 · Event · other · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

Annual Ghanaian cultural festival in Chicago's Washington Park, organized by the Ghana National Council since the late 1980s.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-081; source research type(s): Event. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Ghanafest (encyclopedia entry); GhanaFest 2018; 37th Annual Chicago GhanaFest (2026)
Ghanafest (encyclopedia); GN Bank supports Chicago Ghanafest (2026)

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