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03/04/2009 19:44
Leadership - A chronology of key events in Ghana
1482 - Portuguese set up trading settlement.
GHANA'S MOST FAMOUS SON
1874 - British proclaim coastal area a crown colony.
Accra, the capital, is renowned for its beaches, nightlife
1877: Becomes capital of Britain's Gold Coast colony
Population: 1 million
1925 - First...
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27/03/2009 14:40
Economic History highlights (Economic and Social Development - Before 1957)
Economic and Social Development (Before 1957)
1874--Gold Mine in Wassa and Asante.
Between 1946-1950 gold export rose from 6 million pounds
to 9 million pounds.
1898--1927 Railway expansion in Ghana.
1928--Takoradi Harbour.
1878--Tetteh Quarshie brought cocoa from Fernado...
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27/03/2009 14:33
Early European Contact and the Slave Trade
When the first Europeans arrived in the late fifteenth century, many inhabitants of the Gold Coast area were striving to consolidate their newly acquired territories and to settle into a secure and permanent environment. Several immigrant groups had yet to establish firm ascendancy over earlier...
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27/03/2009 14:20
Pre-Colonial Period
By the end of the 16th Century, most ethnic groups constituting the modern Ghanaian population had settled in their present locations. Archaeological remains found in the coastal zone indicate that the area has been inhabited since the early Bronze Age (ca. 4000 B.C.), but these societies, based on...
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27/03/2009 14:10
Empire of Ancient Ghana
Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel during the Trans-Saharan trade increased the quantity of goods that were transported. Majority of the knowledge of Ghana comes from the Arab writers. Al-Hamdani, for example, describes Ghana as having the richest...