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First posted in April 2002, last revised on September 29th 2007







Ghana since Independence

Gold Coast 1939-1957
Gold Coast 1919-1939
Gold Coast 1874-1918
Gold Coast 1815-1874

On the Gold Coast : Portuguese .. Dutch .. British .. Danes .. Brandenburgers .. Swedes
Ashanti


Timeline : Gold Coast / Ghana
Historical Atlas, British West Africa Page
see also History of British West Africa


Students' Paper : Lee, Yeonhwa, Comparative History of Education in West Africa : (British) Gold Coast / Ghana and (French) Cote d'Ivoire (2009)
Students' Paper : Kim, Ji Yang, Demographic History of West Africa (2009)
Students' Papers : Kim, Jiwan, The European View of West Africa and Colonialism as expressed in Historic Encyclopedias (2009)






WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook; BBC Country Profiles; World Desk Reference; Index Mundi, Nations Encyclopedia
Article : Ghana, from Wikipedia
Country Profile : Ghana, from ISS
Links, General from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford; from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL
Category : Ghana, from Wikipedia
Links, on History Category : History of Ghana, from Wikipedia
Timelines from timelines.ws; from BBC News
Accounts of History from Wikipedia; from Ghana Home Page
Encyclopedia Entries Articles Gold Coast, Accra, Elmina, Ashanti, Fanti, Kumasi, Sekondi, Cape Coast, from EB 1911
Article Goldküste, Akkra, Elmina, Aschanti, Fanti, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Article Goldküste, Akkra, Aschanti, Fanti, from Brockhaus Konversationslexikon 1894-1896, in German
The Gold Coast, Ashanti and the Northern Territories pp.342-343 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB
Politics Politics of Ghana, from Wikipedia; Political Resources on the Net : Ghana; For the Record : Ghana, from UN Human Rights System
Governments on the WWW : Ghana
Military Wars of Ghana 1800-1999, from ACED
Ghana, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
Economy & Finances Entry Ghana, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor; Currency Boards and Dollarization by Kurt Schuler; click for Ghana
Article Economy of Ghana, from Wikipedia
Category : Economy of Ghana, from Wikipedia
National Labour Law Profile : Ghana, from ILO
Global Integrity : Ghana 2004, Ghana 2006
Ethnography Category Languages of Ghana, from Wikipedia
Languages of Ghana (79), from Ethnologue
Migration Information Source : Ghana
Ghana : Ashanti, Ewe, Mossi-Dagomba, from Minorities at Risk
Art and Life in Africa : Ghana
Migration, Globalisation & Poverty, has numerous pdf files on Ghana
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Ghana
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Ghana, from Kirken i Norge
Category : Religion in Ghana, from Wikipedia
History of Regions Regions of Ghana, from www.statoids.com
Districts of Ghana, from www.statoids.com
History of Cities List of Cities in Ghana, from Wikipedia
History of Accra, of Kumasi, Elmina, from Wikipedia
Institutions Ghana, Gold Coast, from Airline History
Biographies List of Ghanaians, from Wikipedia
Chinese Ambassadors to Ghana, from PRC MOFA
African Women Bibliographic Database
Ghana Index, from Dictionary of African Christian Biographies
Bibliographies R. Kuba and C. Lentz, The Dagara and their Neighbors (Burkina Faso and Ghana) from Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography 2001
Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on Sub-Saharan Africa
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel), from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated); Political Leaders, from ZPC
Regnal Chronologies : Eastern Africa, scroll down for Akim, Akwamu, Asante, Bono, Dagomba, Denkyira
Lists of Ambassadors Previous French Ambassadors, from Ambafrance
Population Figures from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer)
Document Collections List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Ghana, from ILO, 46 docs. since 1957
Truth Commissions : Ghana, from United States Institute of Peace
Ghana - a People, Life Jan. 18th 1960 pp.80-91, GB
Online Newspapers Newspapers and News Media : Ghana, from ABYZ; from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers (links)
Election Results from Psephos, since 2000; from IFES Election Guide, since 2000; from African Elections Database, since 1951
Archives, Musea, Libraries Kenya National Archives, from UNESCO Archives Portal
Academic and Research Libraries - Africa, from UNESCO Libraries Portal
Libraries in Ghana, from LibDex
Museums in Ghana, from International Council of African Museums
National Symbols Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
National Anthem, from David's National Anthem Reference Page
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Ghana, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money, from World Currency Museum
Ghanaan coins from Collections of Coins, bilingual Russian and English page; from World Coin Gallery
Stamps Rare Gold Coast Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery; Stamps Gold Coast 1875-1928, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920
Others License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World
Passport, from World Passports
Airline Timetable Images : Ghana

BIBLIOGRAPHY
On Africa, East Africa
General Histories Richard Burton, To the Gold Coast for Gold, 1883; online book posted by authorama
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.29, pp.876-884 Article Western Africa : Ghana. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.29
Economic History Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Goldküste, pp.29-32
Historical Dictionaries Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1985 [G]
Articles : Ashantiland pp.41-43, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G]