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Journal articles on the topic "Ghana – History"

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Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel, Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, Henry Tettey Yartey, Aminu Dramani, and Victor Nii Adoteye. "Nuclear Energy in Ghana? History, Science and Policy." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 8, no. 3 (December 13, 2017): 11–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v8i3.1972.

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This paper discusses the issue of nuclear energy in Ghana, although the country is not operating a nuclear plant, the study focuses on the energy crisis that persistently hit the country and government’s plans to opt for nuclear energy as part of Ghana’s energy’s mix to cater for the shortfalls in Ghana’s electricity generation. Ghana after independence decided to add nuclear energy into its energy mix to promote industrialization and make Ghana an industrial hub and investment destination as well as make it a net exporter of power in Africa. In spite of this plan for a nuclear plant resurfacing within contemporary discourse, there has been a strong opposition against the country going nuclear, citing some safety and security issues which are sometimes fueled by lack of an in depth knowledge of what nuclear energy really entails. Qualitative research approach was employed to investigate Ghana’s drive for attaining its initial plans for a nuclear plant. Data has been retrieved from both primary and secondary sources. The analysis of the data collected revealed that Ghana’s inability to operate a nuclear plant is as a result of fear of a nuclear disaster like it happened at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, USA, Chernobyl in Ukraine and Fukishima Daichi in Japan, as well as the safety of the nuclear plants and the radioactive wastes emitted into the environment. The study revealed that this fear of people regarding nuclear energy is over-emphasized and again the major nuclear disasters that have rocked the world were caused by human error; in most cases security warnings were ignored. The study established that the delay in executing the plans are due to monetary challenges since building a nuclear plant involves a lot of money. This notwithstanding, Ghana has enough skilled nuclear scientists to manage the country’s nuclear plants should any be built.
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Oppong, Seth. "History of psychology in Ghana since 989AD." Psychological Thought 10, no. 1 (April 28, 2017): 7–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i1.195.

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Psychology as taught in Ghanaian universities is largely Eurocentric and imported. Calls have been made to indigenize psychology in Ghana. In response to this call, this paper attempts to construct a history of psychology in Ghana so as to provide a background for the study of the content and process of what psychology would and/or ought to become in Ghana. It does so by going as far back as the University of Sankore, Timbuktu established in 989AD where intellectual development flourished in the ancient Empire of Mali through to the 1700s and 1800s when Black Muslim scholars established Koranic schools, paying particular attention to scholarly works in medicine, theology and philosophy. Attention is then drawn to Anton Wilhelm Amo’s dissertation, De Humanae Mentis “Apatheia” and Disputatio Philosophica Continens Ideam Distinctam (both written in 1734) as well as some 18th and 19th century Ghanaian scholars. Special mention is also made about the contributions by the Department of Psychology at the University of Ghana (established in May 1967) in postcolonial Ghana as one of the first departments of psychology in Anglophone West Africa. The paper also discusses the challenges associated with the application of psychological knowledge in its current form in Ghana and ends by attempting to formulate the form an indigenous Ghanaian psychology could to take.
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Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel, and Akua Adomah Sarkodie. "Medical Tourism in Ghana: A History." Kaleidoscope history 12, no. 25 (2022): 27–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.17107/kh.2022.25.4-2.

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Medical tourism can be defined as the process of travelling outside of an individual’s country to another to seek medical care. The current research studies medical tourism in Ghana historically, focusing on Korle Bu Teaching hospital in Accra and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumase. Using a qualitative research approach, the study provides a historical argument on the continuities and discontinuities of medical tourism in Ghana. Indeed, medical tourism has undergone several transitions over time. To emphasize, the current contribution has thoroughly discussed the evolution of medical tourism in Ghana, the pull and push factors of medical tourism, its impact on the local health systems and the need to further promote it. The study concludes among other things that the improvement of medical facilities, personnel and equipment among other things will enhance the medical tourism prospects of the country.
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Brakohiapa, WO, Edmund K. K. Brakohiapa, SS Asiamah, EA Idun, A. Kaminta, and K. Dzefi-Tettey. "History of Diagnostic Radiology in Ghana." Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 12, no. 1 (March 15, 2023): 23–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.60014/pmjg.v12i1.309.

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The history of Radiology in Ghana which began in 1951 has not been fully documented. The establishment of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, of which the Faculty of Radiology is a part, the West African College of Surgeons, as well as other institutions for radiography training, have played a major role in improving the Radiologist/Population-, Radiologist/Radiographer- and Radiographer/Population ratios in the country. Credence has also been given to a number of aims and objectives of the Faculty of Radiology of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons such as a) The turning out of Radiologists for 9 out of the 16 regions of the country. b) A vast improvement in the quality and quantity of radiological services to the citizenry by the provision of modern radiological equipment, as well as increased manpower for the various diagnostic procedures. c) The establishment of subspecialties such as Interventional radiology, Neuroradiology and Paediatric radiology. The article seeks to highlight some of the major achievements and challenges in the delivery of radiological services to the citizenry of Ghana. Some of the challenges facing the specialty such as inadequate equipment in some public hospitals and the lack of maintenance of same are discussed. There is also inequitable distribution of radiologists across the country. Recommendations in the area of increased number of resident’s slots for postgraduate training by the Ministry of Health, as well as the reestablishment of external exposure for trainers to deepen their knowledge for the training of residents have been mentioned.
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Pratt Morris-Chapman, Daniel John. "ECCLESIA GHANA: REALISING AFRO- CATHOLICISM IN GHANA." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 41, no. 1 (August 3, 2015): 86–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/100.

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What is the essence of the Gospel? Which aspects of the church’s ministry are contingent? The story of the Anglican Church in Ghana offers an opportunity to reflect upon these questions. While the history of this colonial church is fraught with ethnocentrism, it also demonstrates a number of ways in which a rich theological tradition can be realised on Ghanaian soil. This essay explores these possibilities with the hope of identifying an authentic Afro-Catholicism.
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Hayman, David T. S., Nicholas Johnson, Daniel L. Horton, Jessica Hedge, Philip R. Wakeley, Ashley C. Banyard, Shoufeng Zhang, Andy Alhassan, and Anthony R. Fooks. "Evolutionary History of Rabies in Ghana." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5, no. 4 (April 5, 2011): e1001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001001.

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Ignatova, Jacqueline. "The Ghana reader: history, culture, politics." African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal 10, no. 3 (March 2017): 332–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17528631.2017.1293323.

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Talton, Benjamin. "The Northern Factor in Ghana History." Ghana Studies 18, no. 1 (2015): 193–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ghs.2015.0001.

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Danquah, Francis K. "Book Review: The History of Ghana." Journal of Asian and African Studies 42, no. 1 (February 2007): 117–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909606070627.

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Talton, Benjamin. "The Northern Factor in Ghana History." Ghana Studies 18, no. 1 (2015): 193–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/gs.18.1.193.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ghana – History"

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Agyepong, Stephen. "A monetary history of Ghana." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53114.

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The main purpose of the study was to trace the monetary history of Ghana, providing an overall view of how the various monetary regimes in Ghana's history affected the method(s) adopted to finance government budget deficits. The impact of the budget deficits on the money supply process and prices was also analyzed. The study begins with an overview of the various definitions of deficit financing. A brief account of the monetary developments leading to the establishment of the West Africa currency Board in 1912 was given. The study then goes on to show how currency was acquired during the existence of the Currency Board (that is, 1912-57) This led to a discussion of how the Ghana Government financed its budget deficits during this period. The role of the Bank of Ghana in the monetary development after independence was discussed. The persistent Government budget deficits after independence and its effect on the money supply and prices was also discussed. It was found that there is a close connection between changes in the stock of money and changes in prices, and that in Ghana inflation has essentially been a monetary phenomenon. The study concludes with the results of its findings and, their implications for public policy and, topics for further research. A guide to the history of Ghana's currency is provided in appendix A. Appendix B is notes on data used in the study.
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Boachie-Ansah, J. "An archaeological contribution to the history of Wenchi /." Calgary : University of Calgary, 1986. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb356925809.

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Lord, Jack. "The history of childhood in colonial Ghana, c.1900-57." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2015. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/22810/.

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Children in colonial Ghana lived through a unique kind of childhood, very different from anything observed in either pre-colonial Africa or the metropole. In pre-colonial Ghana, despite the importance for adults of child-bearing, children had a low social status, with few rights to balance their onerous obligations to their elders. But the relationship between children and adult society was - at least in theory - redefined by the colonial presence. Colonial modernity was increasingly perceived to be placing children in moral and physical danger. There was a greater imperative for childhoods to incorporate play and education and for the colonial state to safeguard adult society by protecting the welfare of individual children and reforming the delinquent young. The remainder of the thesis focuses on how these shifts were experienced by children themselves. The second part of the thesis examines the intellectual and emotional history of children. Children understood the colonial world very differently from adults. Children began to fear recognisably colonial institutions and authority figures but also to associate comfort and security with metropolitan material culture. Children had a sometimes acute awareness of imperial wealth and power and the relative weakness of the colony. But, simultaneously, children were largely apolitical because of their lack of experience and their intense focus on the present and the self. The final part of the thesis deals with the economics of childhood. Children were a valuable, if vulnerable, part of the colonial workforce. Child labour was used in new ways as economic and technological change created a raft of 'small jobs' for children to undertake. But, in a fundamental reassessment of the social purpose of child labour, the thesis argues that much of the work undertaken by children was 'accumulative' rather than exploitative. It was labour that bridged the gap between economic childhood and adulthood and allowed children to acquire tangible, human and social forms of capital.
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Håkansson, Elias. "Mål och medel i ekonomisk utveckling : Ett institutionellt perspektiv på strukturanpassningar i Ghana." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-453447.

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Terpenning, Steven Tyler Spinner. "Choral Music, Hybridity, and Postcolonial Consciousness in Ghana." Thesis, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10271023.

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Ghanaian choral music emerged from the colonial experience through a process of musical hybridity and became relevant in the post-independent state of Ghana. This dissertation begins by exploring how two distinct musical forms developed from within the Methodist and Presbyterian missions in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These musical forms utilized both European hymn harmony and local musical features. The institutional histories and structures of these missions explain the significance of this hybridity and distinct characteristics of the forms. These local-language choral works spread through these institutions despite the attempts of people in leadership positions to keep local culture separate from Christian schools and churches. The fourth chapter explores the broader social impact of the choral tradition that emerged from the Presbyterian mission, and its implications for the national independence movement through the history of one choral work composed by 1929 by Ephraim Amu. Then, based on a case study of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and its workplace choir, I examine how intellectual leaders such as Kwabena Nketia have, in the context of the post-independent state of Ghana, promoted choral music as an aspect of national development and unity. Ethnographic work at the GBC reveals the sometimes contentious negotiations that are involved in this process. This dissertation is based on both ethnographic and archival research conducted during three research trips to Ghana from 2012 to 2015. This research reveals how Ghanaians have challenged colonial ideology through composing and performing choral music. Peircian semiotics and postcolonial theory provides a framework for exploring how the hybridity of choral music in Ghana has contributed to the development of postcolonial consciousness there.

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Pont, Chafer Maria Jose. "We, the People of the Yam : A History of Crops, Labour and Wealth from the Periphery of Ghana." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020EHES0056.

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Cette thèse porte sur l'histoire de la production et des marchés de l'igname au Ghana du 20e siècle à nos jours. Elle explore les changements dans l'économie du Ghana du point de vue des marchés domestiques ainsi que les différences et les similitudes entre ces marchés et les marchés internationaux. L'histoire de l'igname offre de nouvelles perspectives sur l'histoire de l'agriculture de l'Afrique de l'Ouest par rapport à l'arrivée de cultures vivrières provenant d'autres continents et sur l'histoire du travail et des migrations par rapport au plus important développement des cultures commerciales du continent : le cacao
This thesis addresses the history of yam production and markets in Ghana from the 20th century to the present. It explores the changes in the economy of Ghana from the point of view of domestic markets as well as the differences and similitudes between them and the international markets. The history of yams provides new perspectives on the agricultural history of West Africa in relation to the arrival of food crops from other continents and on the history of labour and migrations in relation to the most important cash-crop revolution of the continent: the development of cocoa
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Couch, David Clarence. "Something is better than nothing the history of Ghana Christian College and Seminary /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Saboro, Emmanuel. "Slavery, memory and orality : analysis of song texts from northern Ghana." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12715.

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This thesis explores memories of slavery and the slave trade among the Bulsa and Kasena of northern Ghana and focuses on late nineteenth century internal slave trafficking. Previous studies on memories of the slave trade in Ghana have focused on the transatlantic slave trade and the trauma of the Middle Passage and have relied on the use of conventional historical methodology such as shipping records, missionary and traveller accounts and the perspectives of colonial officials leaving out the experiences of the descendants of those who were mostly considered as victims. This thesis, by contrasts adopts an interdisciplinary approach and engages with new material from the interior of Africa where most slaves were captured and aims at shifting the focus from the use of conventional historical methodology by seeking to establish the voices of descendants of enslaved communities in northern Ghana through a critical study of their songs. Drawing largely from extensive field work through recording of traditional performances and interviews within these cultures and from a corpus of about 140 with a representative sample of 100 songs, this distinctive body of oral sources aims to contribute to the general body of literature relative to the historiography of slavery and the slave trade in Africa in two significant ways: (1) by the use of the oral tradition and (2) by emphasizing the impact of the emotional and psychological dimension of the slave experience which has often been ignored by historians. A close study of the songs does emphasise the nature of violence that accompanied the enslavement process thereby defeating the prevailing argument that African slavery was benign and less oppressive. The songs also suggest an attempt by these communities who were mostly perceived as victims to rewrite their collective history through songs that celebrate communal valour and triumph over tragedy. The songs also reveal that communities were not just passive victims who acquiesced in the plight of their enslavement, but reflect ways in which communities have also translated what was otherwise a tragic epoch of their history into communal triumph.
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Grimm, Kevin E. "Symbol of Modernity: Ghana, African Americans, and the Eisenhower Administration." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1334240469.

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Wassiuw, Abdul Rahaman. "Price change and households' welfare in Ghana (1991-2013)." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47400/.

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Given the growing world population and income in emerging economies, increased demand for food and feed crops for the production of bio-fuels, and greater frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters in different parts of the world due to climate change, global food prices are expected to increase. Food importing developing countries are vulnerable to these price increases and associated price volatility as poor households would be the most severely affected. While there are extensive empirical studies on the effect of food price increases and volatility on household welfare in developed and developing countries, little is known about African countries. This thesis contributes to the literature on Africa, specifically Ghana using three waves of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) to measure the effect of food price increases on household welfare between 1991 and 2013 and addressing the effect of price volatility with a measure of households’ willingness to pay for price stability. A number of contributions are made in this thesis. First, an application of both a parametric and non-parametric analysis to the GLSS shows that budget share equations require including a higher expenditure term to appropriately explain consumer behaviour; the non-linear Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System expenditure model is the best fit for the GLSS data. Second, an analysis of the consumption patterns of cereal and cereal products shows variation in consumption patterns across time and different groups of households. For example, bread is considered a necessity while maize was a luxury in 1991/92 and 1998/99 but a necessity in 2012/13, showing a case of where a commodity is a luxury at some point and a necessity at another time. Commodity groups such as root, tubers & plantain, meat, fish and oil & fat products are considered luxuries while bread & cereals are considered necessities. Third, welfare effects calculated for three periods of price changes show there are differences in magnitude for each period, and in all periods a higher proportion of poorer household food expenditure is needed to compensate for observed price increases than for non-poor households. However, within poorer households, we find that rural poor households suffered more from price increases than urban poor households. There are also significant regional differences in welfare effects across periods, with households in the Savannah zone suffering more from observed price changes in all periods. Finally, while the average rural household is a net producer of maize and millet but a net purchaser of rice, rural households are more price risk averse with respect to the price of rice. If substitution between the prices of maize, rice and millet are ignored, 13 per cent of income of the average rural household is required to stabilise prices of all three commodities. However, if substitution is allowed for, the average rural household will be willing to pay 9 per cent of income to stabilise the price of all three commodities at the same time. This suggests that ignoring substitution between prices lead to overestimation of household Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) to stabilise prices of maize, rice and millet in Ghana.
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Books on the topic "Ghana – History"

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Rathbone, R. J. A. R. 1942- and University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies., eds. Ghana. London: H.M.S.O. for the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 1992.

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Buah, F. K. A history of Ghana. London: Macmillan, 1998.

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Gadzekpo, Seth Kordzo. History of Ghana: Since pre-history. Accra]: Excellent Pub. and Print., 2005.

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Puy-Denis, Patrick. Le Ghana. Paris: Karthala, 1994.

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Anang, Eric K. My beloved Ghana. [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2007.

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Addae, S. Kojo. A short history of Ghana Armed Forces. [Accra]: Ministry of Defence of Ghana Armed Forces, 2005.

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Armentrout, David. Ghana, Mali, Songhay. Vero Beach, Fla: Rourke Pub., 2004.

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Keelson, Haneef. Early history of Ahmadiyyat in Ghana. Accra, Ghana: Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, 2003.

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Owusu-Ansah, Nana J. V. Concise history of Fomena, Ashanti, Ghana. Kumasi (Ghana): [s.n.], 1992.

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Mahama, Ibrahim. A colonial history of northern Ghana. Tamale [Ghana]: GILLBT Print. Press, 2009.

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Book chapters on the topic "Ghana – History"

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Ward, W. E. F. "Social and Economic History." In A History of Ghana, 393–413. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-16.

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Ward, W. E. F. "Political History, 1874-1938." In A History of Ghana, 313–21. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-13.

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Ward, W. E. F. "Population and Pre-History." In A History of Ghana, 32–50. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-2.

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Lentz, Carola. "Contested identities: the history of ethnicity in northwestern Ghana." In Ethnicity in Ghana, 137–61. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62337-2_7.

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Lang, George. "Ghana and Nigeria." In Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, 108–15. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/chlel.vi.10lan.

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Ward, W. E. F. "Treaties with Ashanti, 1816-31." In A History of Ghana, 162–88. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-8.

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Ward, W. E. F. "The Native States 1600 to 1733." In A History of Ghana, 104–36. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-6.

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Ward, W. E. F. "Towards Independence." In A History of Ghana, 322–50. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-14.

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Ward, W. E. F. "Early European Voyages to the Gold Coast." In A History of Ghana, 64–80. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-4.

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Ward, W. E. F. "Ashanti and Other Native States During the Time of Osei Yaw Akoto and Kwaku Dua, 1824-67." In A History of Ghana, 207–31. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003361572-10.

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Conference papers on the topic "Ghana – History"

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Lo, Bob B. H., and D. H. Pitcher. "A case history on the use of regional aeromagnetic and radiometric data sets for lode gold exploration in Ghana." In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 1996. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.1826712.

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Aminu Sanda, Mohammed. "Workers’ Modes of Self-Expression and Behavioural Manifestations of Loyalty or Exit-Intentions When Engaged in Systemic Structural Activities." In 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2024). AHFE International, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004741.

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The purpose of this paper was to understand how employees’ modes of self-expressions affect their behavioural manifestations of loyalty or exit-intentions, when engaged in systemic strucutural activity and the influence of such activity on a firm’s organizational tolerance. The need for the study was informed by the conception that historicity of an individual’s self-regulation system relates with the individual’s subjective perception of complexity that influence the individual’s activity goal formation, which has implications on the person’s modes of self-expression while involved in a systemic activity as well as on organizational tolerance. Guided by Bedny and Karwowski's well-established knowledge that activities of individuals are realized by goal-directed actions, informed either by mental or motor conscious processes, as objects of the cognitive psychology of skills and performances, an attempt is made to understand the significance of workers mode of self-expressions on organizational tolerance in the different work setting of mining support firms in Ghana. This is based on the premise that the discovery of goals is essential to true activity, and the goals, being discrete elements of activities, can be transformed into contradictions, which may influence employees modes of self-expressions relative to prevailing organizational tolerance, and which contradictions can be expanded and generalized into a qualitatively new organizational activity structure and systemic activity contexts. Thus, building on the notion that an individual’s self-regulation system takes shape and gets transformed over lengthy periods of time, with its problems and potentials being understood only against its own history, the argument that an individual’s mode of self-expression may result in his/her (in)ability to accurately align with an organizational tolerance is explored conversely. Using the survey approach, a questionnaire was developed from standardized measurement scales and used to collect quantitative data from two hundred employees of mining-support firms. The data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. It was found that employees’ active- and passive-constructive voices positively correlated with their behavioural manifestations of loyalties while their active- and passive-destructive voices positively correlated with their behavioural manifestations of exist-intentions. Organizational tolerance moderated the relationships between the employees’ active-constructive and passive-constructive voices, and their job behavioural manifestations of loyalty, but did not moderate the relationship between the employees active-destructive voice and their behavioural manifestations of exist-intentions. This study is the first to be carried out in the mining sector in Ghana and the findings provide useful insight toward improving the management of employees. The insights provided will enable managers in mining-support firms in Ghana develop organizational tolerance for managing all employees’ voice-types effectively to enhance their employees’ happiness and productivities in the work environment.
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Heard, R. G. "The Ultimate Solution: Disposal of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources (DSRS)." In ASME 2010 13th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2010-40029.

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The borehole disposal concept (BDC) was first presented to ICEM by Potier, J-M in 2005 [1]. This paper repeats the basics introduced by Potier and relates further developments. It also documents the history of the development of the BDC. For countries with no access to existing or planned geological disposal facilities for radioactive wastes, the only options for managing high activity or long-lived disused radioactive sources are to store them indefinitely, return them to the supplier or find an alternative method of disposal. Disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS) pose an unacceptable radiological and security risk if not properly managed. Out of control sources have already led to many high-profile incidents or accidents. One needs only to remember the recent accident in India that occurred earlier this year. Countries without solutions in place need to consider the future management of DSRSs urgently. An on-going problem in developing countries is what to do with sources that cannot be returned to the suppliers, sources for which there is no further use, sources that have not been maintained in a working condition and sources that are no longer suitable for their intended purpose. Disposal in boreholes is intended to be simple and effective, meeting the same high standards of long-term radiological safety as any other type of radioactive waste disposal. It is believed that the BDC can be readily deployed with simple, cost-effective technologies. These are appropriate both to the relatively small amounts and activities of the wastes and the resources that can realistically be found in developing countries. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Ltd (Necsa) has carried out project development and demonstration activities since 1996. The project looked into the technical feasibility, safety and economic viability of BDC under the social, economic, environmental and infrastructural conditions currently prevalent in Africa. Implementation is near at hand with work being done in Ghana with support from the IAEA. Here the site selection is complete and studies are being carried out to test the site parameters for inclusion into the safety assessment.
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Reports on the topic "Ghana – History"

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Amanor, Kojo, Joseph Yaro, and Joseph Teye. Long-Term Patterns of Change in the Commercialisation of Cocoa in Ghana: Forest Frontiers and Technological Transformation. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/apra.2021.045.

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The commercialisation of cocoa production in Ghana has a long history dating back to the nineteenth century. The process of commercial development in cocoa is well documented and provides an alternative mode to contemporary models of commercialisation rooted in the adoption of modern technology and integration of farmers into markets. This working paper critically analyses frameworks for agricultural commercialisation in cocoa through intensification based on the uptake of synthetic inputs and hybrid seeds, by placing agricultural development within a broader framework of the historical development of the frontier in Ghana, and the related problems of ecological and economic crises. The study examines access to land, labour and technology, and how the complex interactions of scarcity of access to physical resources and labour influence farmers’ farming strategies and adoption of technology.
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Amanor, Kojo, Joseph Yaro, and Joseph Teye. Long-Term Change, Commercialisation of Cocoa Farming, and Agroecosystems and Forest Rehabilitation in Ghana. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/apra.2022.002.

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Cocoa production has a long history in Ghana, originating in the late nineteenth century. Since then, cocoa production has seen significant changes. Originally, cocoa was cultivated in newly cleared forests in which many forest trees were preserved as shade trees. Cocoa is ideally suited to these conditions and produces high yields with minimum investment in labour and inputs. However, over time, as the forest conditions change, the cost of cultivating cocoa has increased and yields have declined. As long as new forest frontiers exist, farmers have continued to move into these areas, which have displaced older areas of cultivation, since the costs of production are significantly lower in the new frontiers. In recent years, however, new forest frontiers have declined and most cocoa farmers have been forced to rehabilitate and replant cocoa in open land. This study examines the rational of frontier development; changes in land relations, labour relations and use of technology; and the impact of these factors on different categories of farmers, including women and youth. This is developed through two comparative case studies drawn from the older cocoa frontier of the Eastern Region, and the more recent frontier of Western North Region.
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Thorsen, Dorte, and Roy Maconachie. Children’s Work in West African Cocoa Production: Drivers, Contestations and Critical Reflections. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/acha.2021.005.

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Cocoa farming in West Africa has a long history of relying on family labour, including children’s labour. Increasingly, global concern is voiced about the hazardous nature of children’s work, without considering how it contributes to their social development. Using recent research, this paper maps out the tasks undertaken by boys and girls of different ages in Ghana and how their involvement in work considered hazardous has changed. We show that actions to decrease potential harm are increasingly difficult and identify new areas of inquiry.
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May, Julian, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Lídia Cabral, Dominic Glover, Claudia Job Schmitt, Márcio Mattos de Mendonça, and Sérgio Sauer. Connecting Food Inequities Through Relational Territories. Institute of Development Studies, December 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2022.087.

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This paper explores how food inequities manifest at a territorial level, and how food territories are experienced, understood, and navigated by stakeholders to address those inequities. We interpret ‘food territory’ as a relational and transcalar concept, connected through geography, culture, history, and governance. We develop our exploration through four empirical cases: (i) the Cerrado, a disputed Brazilian territory that has been framed and reframed as a place for industrial production of global commodities, to the detriment of local communities and nature; (ii) urban agroecology networks seeking space and recognition to enable food production in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; (iii) informal food networks forming a complex web of intersecting local and global supply chains in Worcester, a secondary South African city; and (iv) periodic food markets in Ghana that synchronise trade systems across space and time to provide limited profit-making opportunities, but nonetheless accessible livelihood options, for poorer people. Examining these four cases, we identify commonalities and differences between them, in terms of the nature of their inequities and how different territories are connected on wider scales. We discuss how territories are perceived and experienced differently by different people and groups. We argue that a territorial perspective offers more than a useful lens to map how food inequities are experienced and interconnected; it also offers a tool for action.
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