Members are taught the principles of fellowship and friendships with emphasis on education, personal integrity, personal responsibility, character, morality, ethics, philanthropy and social/charitable contributions.[10] Historically, the core principles of Ghanaian Freemasonry include brotherly love, relief and truth. Masonic meetings forbid political discussions.

While its laws are made public, the internal affairs of Ghanaian Freemasonry are considered private. District Grand Lodge of Ghana The records of the first lodges on the Gold Coast indicate that the Torridzonian Lodge No. 621 was consecrated in 1810.

In 1833, another lodge, Cape Coast Lodge No. 599 was constituted.[1][2] By 1863, both lodges had become defunct. In 1859, the United Grand Lodge of England constituted the Gold Coast Lodge, No. 1075 English Constitution, (later numbered 773) which has been active since that period.