The spider-shaped sword ornament was created in Ghana in the 19th century and was passed down in a Texas family for ...

A Ghanaian historian has shed light on a little-known chapter in West African history, revealing how the Gold Coast’s ...

In 1957, when the Ghana emerged from the colonial identity of the Gold Coast, the name itself told a story — a land globally ...

Who Makes History? -- The Atlantic Slave Trade -- Summary of Chapters -- pt. ONE TEXTS -- ch. One Hans Lykke of Osu -- Hermeneutics -- A Death-Wish -- Writing Hans Lykke -- History Continues -- ...

GHANA - From the rich gold mines that earned Ghana the nickname "Gold Coast," the Ashanti people once built an empire so wealthy that gold became both currency and power.

Cocoa became the backbone of the Gold Coast economy in the early 20th century. Railways accelerated its expansion by linking farming zones to ports. Farmers along rail corridors enjoyed better market ...

Opening Proclamation mdash; In the Name of E?e uk? On 6 March, the state now known as Ghana commemorates the historic Ghanaian Independence, when the former Gold Coast and British Togoland were ...

Before dawn the recorded radio beat of tom-toms sounded out across the cocoa plantations and straw-hut villages of the Gold Coast, awakening hundreds of African officials and thousands of voters, the ...

This dissertation is a social history of dance band highlife music and masculinities in twentieth century urban Gold Coast/Ghana. It draws on a variety of sources collected in Ghana and the United ...