Author: A. van Dantzig
Publisher: Sedco Publishing
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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The forts and castles of Ghana form a unique memorial to a precolonial period when representatives of European trading companies bartered as equals with African merchants. It was a colourful episode of world history spanning four centuries, from the fifteenth century Portuguese voyages of discovery to the beginings of the imperial epoch. This books traces the history of more than fifty forts, castles and trading posts built on Ghana's coasts by various European nations. Each entry is accompanied by a descriptive guide and black and white illustrations. Albert van Dantzig, originally from Holland, has lived in Ghana since 1963 and is the senior lecturer in history at the University of Ghana, he is the author of two previous books; The Dutch Participation in the Slave Trade and The Dutch on the Guinea Coast, 1680-1740.
Author: James Anquandah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic Coast (Ghana)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Author: Albert van Dantzig
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Author: Ghana Tourist Board
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Kofi Affrifah
Publisher: Ghana University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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In the eighteenth century part of modern day Ghana consisted of the three Akyem states, yet in almost all historical works on Ghana the Akyem are presented as a single homogeneous people. The author, Senior Lecturer of History at the University of Cape Coast examines the three groups and analyses their vital role in the history of Ghana in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Covering the period of 1699-1875, the study relies primarily - though not exclusively - on documentary evidence.
Author: Ghana. Museums and Monuments Board
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Author: Bryan Hugh St. John O'Neil
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Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Author: Isaac S. Ephson
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Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Author: John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319392824
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
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These essays reexamine European forts in West Africa as hubs where different peoples interacted, negotiated and transformed each other socially, politically, culturally, and economically. This collection brings together scholars of history, archaeology, cultural studies, and others to present a nuanced image of fortifications, showing that over time the functions and impacts of the buildings changed as the motives, missions, allegiances, and power dynamics in the region also changed. Focusing on the fortifications of Ghana, the authors discuss how these structures may be interpreted as connecting Ghanaian and West African histories to a multitude of global histories. They also enable greater understanding of the fortifications’ contemporary use as heritage sites, where the Afro-European experience is narrated through guided tours and museums.
