[1] In Italy the migration from Ghana began in the mid-1980s, when people came over as students driven by economic motives.

In fact initially the preferred destinations are Britain, then Netherlands and the United States, but many of them, the first citation is available and has been for Italy.

Towards the year 1988 also was easier to get a visa for Italy because there were few immigrants, but Britain was more rigid because many Ghanaians actually entered as tourists stayed permanently.

The guys of the second generation who were born in Italy, studying, trying to carve out a space, to achieve a respectable economic independence and parents work very hard to guarantee them a relative stability.

[citation needed] Ghanacoop was born in Modena in 2005 within the National Association of Ghana and it is one of the first non-profit social enterprises run by immigrants on the Italian territory.