During the showcase of Soviet socialist industrial might, the Soviets hosted a dinner reception at the Ambassador Hotel in Accra diplomats, businesspersons, and the Soviet deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Ghanaian cabinet ministers attended.Footnote 189 In February 1963, the Soviets gave Cape Coast University College about 100 science books and booklets.Footnote 190 The Ghana Institute of Languages added Russian to its repertoire alongside French, Hausa, German, Arabic, and English.Footnote 191 That same month, Ghana Airways commenced direct flights from Accra to Moscow (Figure 1.9).Footnote 192 In December, geographical maps and atlases of Ghana and other African countries were featured at an exhibition hosted and curated by the Soviet Academy of Sciences Library in Moscow.Footnote 193 Ghana was not simply a site of geopolitical assistance and relations, but a new destination for and of Soviet leisure and entertainment
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