Here’s why the Ghana national anthem sounds similar to the German national anthem

The two national anthems share musical similarities because they were both influenced by the same European classical music tradition, but Ghana's anthem was composed specifically for the country's independence by Ghanaian composer Philip Gbeho.

Ghana's and Germany's national anthems sound similar because of shared influences from European classical music, not because one country copied the other.

Philip Gbeho When Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence on 6 March 1957, the country needed its own national anthem to replace "God Save the Queen.