History of Ghana

devices. On another note, chocolate may often remind many Americans of sweet memories and fun times, but the manufacturing of chocolate is not sweet and evokes sadness for the children who work in the cocoa fields. Western African countries such as, Ghana and the Ivory Coast supply more than 70% of the world’s cocoa. Food Empowerment Project states that “The farms of Western Africa supply cocoa to international giants such as Hershey’s, Mars, and Nestlé—revealing the industry’s direct connection…

In West Africa once known as the Gold Coast, high-ranking officials within the courts of Akan chiefs carry the gold-covered staffs like this one. The Akan peoples place an enormous emphasis on speech; they are a society that originally had no written tradition. Like most kingdoms spoken word, in the form of stories, is the repository of Akan custom and values, and a complete of proverbial lore, combined with an insightful way of describing it. The staff is considered the mark of intellect of…

AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE GOLDCOST: (1482 – 1957) 2.0: Introduction: This chapter presents the political and economic history of the Gold Coast. It assesses the historical and nativity of its inhabitants and also the background to the arrival of the first missionary to the Gold Coast. The section on pre-colonial Gold Coast explains who the people of Gold Coast were; their land and indigenous economic activities before the arrival of the Europeans. Whiles the…

West Africa, like most places had rises and falls of kingdom, and some of the greatest ones, was the Kingdom of Ghana, which fell to the Kingdom of Mali, and the Kingdom of Songhai, surpassing Mali. Through much strife and success, Sundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali empire. You would imagine, someone who founded an empire would be a very strong and healthy person. That was Sundiata Keita for you, but he wasn’t always like that. Born around 1217 BC, Sundiata was a sickly boy who was the…

Osei Tutu I served as a military leader who ruled over Kumasi as well as the Asante Union from 1701 to 1717. He was one of the co-founders, the other being his chief priest Okomfo Anokye, of the Ashanti. Okomfo Anokye was a cleric whose spiritual authority over the people aided in his founding of the empire. Anokye politically advised Osei Tutu throughout his adult life. The Ashanti were highly disciplined and powerful people that lived in West Africa. Osei Tutu led an alliance of Ashanti states…

History of Ghanaians in America My ancestors come from Ghana, specifically Cape Coast. There are two main ways in which my ancestors and my people in general have come into this nation. The first was involuntary by means of them becoming slaves and the second way was voluntary. Pertaining to the involuntary conditions that my ancestors faced when coming to this country was very dangerous and scary conditions. My ancestors were brought to this country against their will by…

Ghana is an unusual country to utilize local transitional justice in, to undermining systemic inequality. The Akan are the ethnic majority in Ghana accounting for 31-45% of the population, depending on reports. However they are not a uniform group, containing major sub-divisions based on linguistic divides of the Kwa language. The Asante and Fante are the most prominent sub-divisions of the Akan people. Idiosyncratically, this fragmented ethnic majority has allowed the concept of the oppressed…

Mansa, led his people to gather around the goldfields and together they defeated the Soso, who threatened them. They united into a strong empire. “Over time, the Mali Empire became stronger and took over surrounding kingdoms including the Empire of Ghana” (Ducksters). Sundiata also created a new society with hereditary nobility, which was one of his greatest accomplishments. He expanded the size of Mali, along with its profits of the gold trade for more than 25 years. The great mansa led the…

obstacles when it came to trying to gain their independence such as trying to become unity as one, Violence in Kenya, Sharpsville Massacre in South Africa, and the Congo Crisis. During the era of Decolonization, we see many turn of events take place after Ghana gains their independents from the British in 1957. In addition, we see many Africa Nationalists whom some have good intense while others are a part of the problem.…

Williams, Copper Sun Copper Sun by Sharon Draper is an emotional story. The story is about Amari, a teenage African girl who is kidnapped by slave traders. Amari was put into slavery and forced to work on a rice plantation, but she fought her way out. She was taken from her village and sold to the highest bidder. The only thing Amari hopes for is survival. Amari experiences many different emotions during her journey. The two most powerful emotions are fear and sadness. One day,…