Ghana

from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. During pre-colonial Ghana, slaves were a commodity and their descendants maintained a slave status as well. Since slaves became a part of their masters’ property either through adoption or marriage, they weren’t exactly classified as complete outsiders, yet, they were not treated equal at all. They all performed different work for their masters and were kept inferior for many generations. Ghana was a prime supplier of the transatlantic slave trade.…

Britain established an indirect rule in Ghana, also known as the “Gold Coast”, leading to major economic and social negative impacts affecting the Natives. Ghanaians, more conscious about the oppressing conditions under which they live, started protesting using violent methods such as riots and boycotts. The rise of Kwame Nkrumah brought a new different dimension to the freedom movement. Influenced by Ghandi’s peaceful strategy, the political leader was able to free the country from colonialist…

4. Ghana faced a severe flood that was caused by sewage drains being clogged by plastic bags, killing at least 150 people. These plastic bags serve as a concrete symbol of the spending spree Ghana’s rising consumer class has been on over the last decade. Since, Ghana lacks the infrastructure to support the garbage from the increase in spending, the country suffers multiple day blackouts and multiple hour traffic jams, which has stunted the projected growth of the country to only 3.5% this year,…

Growing up in Ghana West Africa, I was one of 9 children as the 8th on the spectrum and the 4th girl; I faced unique challenge in a culture where boys were the focus of the family when it comes to proper education. However, an incident in my early years at school changed my father’s thinking and I to join my brothers in a preparatory school instead of the public school my other sisters attended. The incident that impacted my education happened when a teacher beat my buttocks with a stick and…

Ghana once an African nation that struggled to make a name for itself found a way to survive its independence from Britain. The nation was able to thrive through the political help of a man named, Jerry Rawlings. After gaining control Rawlings tried to lead a socialist government, but was soon influenced by changes that were being made around him that using socialist ways were not going to work and started using more democratic policies and government structure. Not only was the demand for the…

This paper investigates short-run and long-run impact of product branding on sales revenues of Unilever (Ghana) Limited. The paper focused on Unilever (Ghana) Limited because it is one of the distribution companies listed on Ghana Stock Exchange with more strategic focus on product branding. Time series regression was used to investigate the impacts of product branding on sales revenue and data covered 1984-2014 financial years. The paper adopted VECM for impact estimation. The results indicate…

December 1, 2016. During this meeting we were privileged enough to hear from two nursing students who attended the Ghana study abroad trip last summer 2016. The student in particular that really captured the whole essence of the trip was junior nursing student, Danielle Grego. During her presentation she explained how the trip to Ghana taught her how to provide care to patients. Her time in Ghana exposed her to the unique public healthcare system and introduced her to the deep cultural heritage…

Shillington notes that Ghana today and Ghana two separate entities. Ghana today was merely name after Ghana then because of its greatness. Shillington highlights that geographically, the ancient kingdom of Ghana and Ghana today are not even in close proximity. The people of ancient Ghana were Soninke-speaking people. Soninke is a bantu language. The kingdom, before it was, was a group of small chiefdoms that came together. The beginnings of Ghana seems to have been caused by several…

agencies such as Age Concern Ghana and Sisters of Hope to be allowed to define expectations of the program based on the socio-economic needs of older persons in areas they serve. 4.2 How are these expectations measured? (Summative and…

religions) Second, over 50% of all health care and a huge portion of education in the country are provided by faith institutions (Ghana Statistical Service 2007). Therefore, religious institutions have a vast presence in practically every part of Ghana. “The belief of a Supreme being as a comforter of all times is emphasized strongly in all religions in Ghana.” (R&SWB in Ghana) Therefore, religion has an influence on SWB. SWB in the Ghanaian society cannot be disassociated from their…