Independence Day 2025, 2026 and 2027 in Ghana

Ghana celebrates is independence day every 6 March, commemorating the day in 1957 when it ended its status as a British colony. Led by Kwame Nkrumah and the other members of “The Big Six”, Ghana successfully won its freedom after a decade-long campaign of the United Gold Coast Convention between 1947 and 1957.

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2025	6 Mar	Thu	Independence Day
2026	6 Mar	Fri	Independence Day
2027	6 Mar	Sat	Independence Day
	8 Mar	Mon	Independence Day Holiday
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

In the decade following Ghana’s independence, 30 more African nations emerged from colonialism, in keeping with the vision and the independence speech of Kwame Nkrumah. Ghana was the first sub-Saharan nation to free itself from foreign rule, and this led to the eruption of independence movements all over the continent.

Ghana’s flag was also adopted on 6 March, 1957. The top stripe is red, standing for the blood shed in the struggle for independence. The middle stripe is yellow, symbolising Ghana’s enormous mineral wealth, particularly and historically in gold. And the bottom stripe is green, in reference to the nation’s forest lands.

Independence Day is a time of street partying, parading school children in Accra’s Black Star Square, and a special presidential speech. It is a time to reaffirm national unity as well as national sovereignty.

Previous Years

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2024	6 Mar	Wed	Independence Day
2023	6 Mar	Mon	Independence Day