Roger S. Gocking, The History of Ghana.(Book review)

Africa;  September 22, 2006 ;     624 words ...ROGER S. GOCKING, The History of Ghana. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press...and with it Roger Gocking's History of Ghana, fills a small but significant...Pan-African socialist's feet. The History of Ghana looks and feels, and certainly...

How Adu Boahen unlocked Ghana's history

New African;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to which anyone interested in Ghana's history was "always referred": (1) A...reason is that my approach to the history of Ghana... is different. Claridge, Ward and Page looked at the history of Ghana essentially from the outside...

A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana: From the 15th to the 19th...

The International Journal of African Historical Studies;  January 1, 2006 ;     624 words ...A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana: From the 15th to the...Akosua Adoma Perbi's A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana: From the 15th to the...footnoting and bibliography. A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana is an important contribution...

KNOW AFRICA: GHANA

Tennessee TRIBUNE, The;  January 22, 1997 ;     539 words ......exports cocoa, coffee and timber. The first settlement in Ghana probably took place in the 1200's. The people belonged...centuries powerful kings and queen mothers ruled in the Ghana Empire that extended to parts of West Africa. With the...efficient government and an army that kept the trade routes to ...

Ghana: Kufuor Volume II

New African;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Ghana Kufuor Volume II...Between Faith and History, will be launched...been reading it. Ghana will be awash with...Between Faith and History, a biography of Ghana's current president...Between Faith and History (136 pages, mainly...and leadership of Ghana's opposition which...

Ghana, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Oakland Post;  August 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......business people who traveled to Ghana learned from Ghanaian Leaders...and the long and storied history of Ghana was ably explained by one...The poor farming areas of Ghana that have lacked government support, but produced Ghana's first leader Kwame Nkrumah...the former cook of Nkrumah, ...

Profile of Ghana's mining industry

Mining Engineering;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...TECHNICAL PAPER Abstract In the recent past, Ghana experienced a resurgence of mining activity...background that brought about this resurgence. Ghana's physiographic and geologic features are the basis for its long mining history. Known as the Gold Coast colony, Ghana has been a significant producer ...

LONG LIVE GHANA! TODAY IS THE 49TH ANNIVERSARY OF GHANA'S...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  March 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......forts and castles that are littered along the coast of Ghana are relics of a very long process of gross inhumanity to...Britain assumed an almost divine mandate not only to colonize Ghana but also to impose a supposedly superior civilization over...he said inter alia, My fellow Ghanaians, at long last, ...

Ghana Marks 50th Anniversary, and Some Regrets

NPR Morning Edition;  March 6, 2007 ;     580 words ......must end. And I think for that Ghana is seen very much as a trailblazer...MONTAGNE: So now, 50 years into Ghana as a country and all the excitement...confident about the future of Ghana. And he's very happy to be...course they learn about the history of independence in history...education ...

The Need for Business Logistics Education in Ghana

Logistics Spectrum;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......improve access to education in Ghana, but there is a need to emphasize...expertise. By contrast in Ghana, the four traditional universities...such liberal arts topics as history and economics, which are no...are to a limited extent, but Ghana currently has a surplus of graduates in political ...

Ghana: Bibliography. Recommended Sources

Countries of the World;      700+ words ......O. Training of Doctors in Ghana, Ghana Medical Journal [Accra] XVIII...1968, 208-217. Fage, J.D. A History of West Africa: An Introductory...Development: Some Lessons from Ghana and Nigeria. World Politics...African Polities: The Case of Ghana, Journal of International...Kimble, David. A ...

Ghana trip is a safe

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Budget Travel Ghana trip is a safe, cheap way to soak in African culture By...fetched to advocate a trip to Africa. And yet the nation of Ghana -- which receives more American tourists than any other...immediately after Sept. 11. For many African-Americans, Ghana is a classic nation of "roots," the ...

For post-colonial Africa, hopes deferred; Ghana celebrates its 50th year...

The Christian Science Monitor;  March 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......world where food production, per capita, is going down. In Ghana this week, focus is on pride In their 50th anniversary...Ghanaian musicians played the drums, guitars, and horns of Ghana's distinctive Highlife music to a crowd of thousands. Many of the performers wore T-shirts bearing the portrait of ...

Ghana, 1963: A Memoir.(an African American college professor traveled to...

American Scholar;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...A Memoir When the Ghana Airways jet lifted off from...distinction as chair of the history department in the new national University of Ghana at Legon. Twenty years later...volume of UNESCO's General History of Africa. The ebullient John...course in British and European History, 1200-1500, ...

Love of beaches, feel for history bring vacationers to Ghana

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ......otherworldly feel, coupled with Ghana's rich history, that draws an increasing...agency begin seeing Ghana in a new light one of...coming to Africa for the history more than the sightseeing...their mating rituals. Ghana's history includes strong connections...