The Papers of George Ekem Ferguson: A Fanti Official of the Government of the Gold Coast, 1890-1897

1975 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 716
Author(s):  
Raymond E. Dumett ◽  
Kwame Arhin
Keyword(s):  
Gold Coast ◽  
The Government

The Gold Coast

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-143
Author(s):  
Robert L. Tignor
Keyword(s):  
Gold Coast ◽  
Political Leader ◽  
People's Party ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nationalist Party ◽  
Public Arena ◽  
Kwame Nkrumah ◽  
Teaching Position ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
The Government

This chapter details how, at the end of 1952, shortly after returning from a tour of Asia where his intellectual breakthrough led to the article on unlimited supplies of labor, W. Arthur Lewis received an invitation to advise the government of the Gold Coast on industrialization. The invitation came not from British colonial offices in the Gold Coast, but the rising nationalist party, the Convention People's Party (CPP), led by its charismatic political leader, Kwame Nkrumah. The vitality of the Gold Coast nationalists impressed Lewis, and the opportunity to advise Africans, rather than British officials, was new and exciting. Although he spent only several months of 1952 in the Gold Coast, preparing the report, and immediately returned to his teaching position at Manchester, his stay linked him to the Gold Coast and its leaders. From then onwards, British officials and Gold Coast nationalists alike regarded him as the top expert on their economy and turned to him to evaluate economic projects. Ultimately, the decision to advise the Gold Coast on its industrial prospects led Lewis away from purely academic endeavors and placed him squarely in the public arena.

The Final Obsequies of the Late Nana Sir Ofori Atta, K.B.E. Abuakwahene

Africa ◽  
1945 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
Kwame Frimpong
Keyword(s):  
Gold Coast ◽  
The Government ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphNana Sir Ofori Atta, K.B.E., died on 23 August 1943 after occupying the Paramount Stool of the tribe of Akim Abuakwa since 1912. He was a striking personality and without doubt the outstanding African of his generation in the Gold Coast. His statesmanship both in his tribal affairs and in the general politics of the Colony was exceptional. He was at once the chief of his own people, the acknowledged leader of his brother chiefs in the Colony, and the valued and trusted adviser of the Government.

The Ghana Public Records and Archives Administration Department-Tamale: A Guide for Users

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 449-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iddirisu Abdulai
Keyword(s):  
Gold Coast ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Public Records ◽  
Regional Administration ◽  
National Archives ◽  
The Government ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
Foreign Researcher ◽  
Brong Ahafo

This department, which was until December, 1997 known as the National Archives of Ghana, takes care of documents from northern Ghana, and has served both local and international researchers since its establishment in 1960. The Ghana Public Records and Archives Administration department in Tamale has had quite a number of visiting researchers, but there are few descriptive guide for users. This paper is intended to serve as an introductory guide in this respect.Between 1950 and 1954, the Gold Coast Archivist undertook a survey of District records in the various district headquarters of what was then the Gold Coast Colony, Ashanti, and the Northern Territories. This led to the establishment of the National Archives of Ghana, offices at Kumasi on 3 August 1959. This was intended first to serve the Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, and Northern Ghana areas. The office was housed on the premises of the Government Agent's office at Kumase. When the Tamale office was opened, it was also housed on the premises of the Regional Administration there. The space is very cramped and there have been constant calls on the department to look for their own accommodation.The archives opens at 8.00am, but requests for documents from the repository starts only at 9.00am and lasts until 3.00pm, except for a break between 12:30pm and 1:30pm, during which no documents can be requested. The visitors' book must always be signed.An international/foreign researcher is required to bring a letter of introduction from the Ghana Public Records and Archives Administraton headquarters in Accra.

scholarly journals Some problems and policies in African education in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lavinia Benson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
The Other ◽  
African Education ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Government ◽  
Equal Right

Towards the end of 1953, formal steps were taken to join Southern and Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland into a political Federation. In this very new country, the policy is to work towards an integrated society with freedom for each one, black and white, to develop his capacities to the full.<br><br>In South Africa, the government is controlled by the Europeans. The Africans, on the other hand, hold the reins of government in the Gold Coast. The Federation is opening doors to the African to enable him to develop into responsible citizenship. As Lord Llewellin, Governor-General of the Federation, has stressed, it is neither a black man's country nor a white man's country. "Africans, Europeans and Indians have an equal right to be there, and have a right, when capable of doing so, to have a say in the Government. We are trying an experiment to see if people cannot make a happy land where people can live together in friendship and peace, whatever the colour of their skins."

scholarly journals Some problems and policies in African education in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lavinia Benson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
The Other ◽  
African Education ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Government ◽  
Equal Right

Towards the end of 1953, formal steps were taken to join Southern and Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland into a political Federation. In this very new country, the policy is to work towards an integrated society with freedom for each one, black and white, to develop his capacities to the full.<br><br>In South Africa, the government is controlled by the Europeans. The Africans, on the other hand, hold the reins of government in the Gold Coast. The Federation is opening doors to the African to enable him to develop into responsible citizenship. As Lord Llewellin, Governor-General of the Federation, has stressed, it is neither a black man's country nor a white man's country. "Africans, Europeans and Indians have an equal right to be there, and have a right, when capable of doing so, to have a say in the Government. We are trying an experiment to see if people cannot make a happy land where people can live together in friendship and peace, whatever the colour of their skins."

Repercussions of World War I in the Gold Coast

1978 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Killingray
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
External Trade ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Government ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
Post War

Although on the periphery of the war Gold Coast resources and manpower were mobilized for the imperial war effort. The educated élite and many traditional rulers were loyal and internal conditions, despite the withdrawal of personnel and troops, generally peaceful. Small-scale disturbances occasioned by the war occurred, the most serious in the Northern Territories. The direction and pattern of Gold Coast external trade changed; exports, with the exception of cocoa, contracted and the price of imports rose. Serious shipping shortages exacerbated difficulties. British ‘Combine’ firms increased their hold over Gold Coast commerce. A fall in government revenue held up public works, and railway construction was paid for by an export duty on cocoa. The war brought marked changes to the government fiscal system. Gold Coast troops were used in the West and East African campaigns and prepared for employment in the Middle East. Varying degrees of compulsion were used to recruit carriers and soldiers and resistance to this was widespread. Labour shortages and the withdrawal of whites provided new job opportunities for Africans. Cocoa and palm kernels were subject to imperial direction and control; Governor Clifford opposed the imperial preference scheme for palm kernels. Imperial wartime economic measures fuelled the nationalism of the NCBWA; the Gold Coast élite demanded political representation as a reward for wartime loyalty, while their economic resolutions attempted to displace European commercial interests strengthened during the war. Economic changes further weakened the position of traditional rulers; labour shortages provided wage labour with temporarily enhanced bargaining power. Post-war trouble from ex-servicemen was slight.

The Gold Coast, 1931

Africa ◽  
1934 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Harman
Keyword(s):  
Gold Coast ◽  
Government Printer ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government

Under this title Mr. A. W. Cardinall has prepared a review of conditions in the Gold Coast in 1931 as compared with those of 1921, using figures and facts collected by him as Chief Census Officer, and adding an historical, ethnographical, and sociological survey of the people of that country. Accompanying the review is a volume of appendices containing comparative returns and general statistics of the 1931 census. Both books are printed by the Government Printer, Accra, and are obtainable through the Crown Agents for the Colonies.

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