British colonial administration in ghana pdf

These included sierra leone, the gambia, nigeria with the british cameroons, and the gold coast including gold coast crown colony, the asante. Ghana, country of western africa, situated on the coast of the gulf of guinea. It was concern about asante activities on the coast that had compelled the fante states to sign the bond of 1844. Pdf this paper focuses on the influence of the colonial administration on indigenous medical. Colonial africa in official statistics, 18211953 british. British west africa historical states, africa britannica. They also took over the remaining interests of other european countries, annexing the danish gold coast in 1850 and the dutch gold coast, including fort elmina, in 1872. Colonial rule and the legal factor in ghana and lesotho.

Colonial rule in ghana in several important ways, the british colonial system in west africa differed from the neighbouring french pattern. The impact of colonialism on the development of marketi 1 issn 20550219print, issn 20550227online ng in nigeria. The british administrative legacy in kenya and ghana. This collection of essays on the colonial medical service of africa illustrates the diversity and active collaborations to be found in the untidy reality of government medical provision. The authors present important case studies covering former british colonial dependencies in africa, including kenya, malawi, nigeria, tanzania, uganda and. Ghana achieved independence within the commonwealth on 6 march 1957.

Direct and indirect rule to do 3 min read direct rule is when an imperial or central power takes direct control over the legislature, executive and civil administration of an otherwise largely selfgoverning territory. The british gold coast was formed in 1867 when the british government abolished the african company of merchants and seized privately held lands along the coast. R esponses to the c risis of an institution in french. Local native leaders in nigeria continued to rule their traditional land, collect taxes and implement orders and duties as assigned by the british. A historical narrative of the british colonial administrations clamp down on witch finding shrines among the asante people of the gold coast december 20 project. The results indicate that for ghana, the colonial period of the 20th century was not particularly bad.

The inception of british colonial domination usurped the authority of these traditional. British, french, belgian and portuguese models of colonial. Insofar as it uses british colonial records as evidence, this study attempts to make sense of the ways in which of. First, britain established colonial administration over the territory south of asante, the region that was later called the gold coast colony see map. Their grand plan was to have africans assimilate into european civilization and culture. Metcalfes work consists of selected official documents, correspondence, reports, and minutes of meetings of the colonial administration of the gold coast and of the secretary of state for the colonies and the colonial office in london. Pdf african journal of history and culture british colonial reform. From colonial administration and social developments in middle india. Jan 02, 2018 therefore the british by using indirect rule which was required as a role model in the british colonial administration. Asantehene otumfuo nana opoku ware ii sitting in state to receive homage from his subjects courtesy embassy of ghana, washington. Britains colonial administrations and developments, 1861.

On the other hand, probably because her four territories in west africa were. Tradition and change in the history of akuapem ghana. The gold coast was a british crown colony on the gulf of guinea in west africa from 1867 to. Cd in ghana dates back to 1948, after the second world war when the british colonial regime established the department of social welfare and community development abloh and ameyaw, 1997. In particular, many scholars have suggested that british institutions and culture are more conducive to growth and poverty alleviation than those of france or other colonizers. Pre colonial period by the end of the 16 th century, most ethnic groups constituting the modern ghanaian population had settled in their present locations. The term gold coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the administration of the governor of the gold coast. In 1960 ghana became a republic, with nkrumah as president, and in 1964 a oneparty state, the cpp being. Direct and indirect rule westafrican colonial administration. For about a century, the british colonial masters took full control of the.

British, french, belgian and portuguese models of colonial rule and economic development in africa ngozi caleb kamalu, ph. British colony of the gold coast becomes independent ghana. The colonialism has a lot of advantages and disadvantages which will be explore in this essay but before going to that let know what colonialism is a lot about. Modernday ghana was formed when the british administered part of togoland voted to join the gold coast in an independent state, in a unsupervised plebiscite in may 1956. Labour and land in ghana, 18741939 lse research online. Direct rule is when an imperial or central power takes direct control over the legislature, executive and civil administration of an otherwise largely selfgoverning territory. Colonial institutions are thought to be an important determinate of pos tindependence levels of political stability, economic growth, and public goods provision. The gold coast was a british crown colony on the gulf of guinea in west africa from 1867 to its independence as part of the nation of ghana in 1957. Gold coast british colony, history of ghana 19661979.

When the british officially colonised ghana then the gold coast writes segura 2009. In 1957, when the leaders of the former british colony of the gold coast sought an appropriate name for their newly independent statethe first black african nation to gain its independence from colonial rulethey named their new country after ancient ghana. This was the fanti confederations program which was proposed to the british colonial government in 1871. Pdf a historical narrative of the british colonial. Indirect rule on the other hand is a system of government used by the british and french to control parts of their colonial empires, particularly in africa and asia, through preexisting local. The paramount chief of nakong, kasena people, far northern ghana courtesy life in general brook, rose, and cooper le van. British rule of the gold coast colonial administration economic and social development the growth of nationalism and the end of colonial rule early manifestations of nationalism the politics of the independence movements independent ghana nkrumah, ghana, and africa the growth of opposition to nkrumah the fall of the nkrumah regime. Being contiguous, the entire french west africa were placed under one administration, headed by a governorgeneral at the headquarters in dakar. In the late 1920s, the british colonial administration in ghana introduced formal farmer organizations in the form of cooperatives to improve the quality and marketing of cocoa as well as provide loan facilities to farmers degraftjohnson 1958. Colonialism is the total control or governing influence of nation over a dependent country or people or condition of being colonial. As ghana prepared for postcolonial rule, governor sir charles ardenclarke made the following important statement. Spear 2003, reflected the fact that the relationship between the colonial.

Colonial rule, education has been a high priority on the governments agenda. Shortly after declaring the coastal area a colony, the british moved the colonial capital from cape coast to the former danish castle at christiansborg in accra. Archaeological work also suggests that central ghana north of the forest zone was inhabited as early as 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. In early times when the gold coast now ghana had not been established, the people were hunters and gatherers. The british, however, made no claim to any rights to the land, a circumstance that probably explains the absence of popular resistance. This act brought into british colonial administration in africa a new era of statesponsored social welfare initiatives. On the other hand, british colonial administration was a coven. The british forts and sierra leone remained under common administration for the first. Dr rosaleen smyth, international college, ming chuan university, tehming road, gweishan, taoyuan, taiwan. The role of nana yaa asantewa in asante war of resistance. Gold coast under colonial rule 19021951 ghana schoolsnet. The late nineteenth century scramble for africa saw european colonialist powers carve up the african continent between themselves. Apart from being a return to comparative analyses of the impact of colonial rule on former african colonies, much in vogue in the 1960s, this study is an attempt to modify the emphasis on cleavage and the coercive that has characterised historians approach to the study of colonial law. This is because all the european economic policies were intended to exploit and plunder the resources of nigeria and never geared towards the development of nigeria.

Historical perspective on community development in ghana. British west africa, assortment of widely separated territories in western africa that were administered by great britain during the colonial period. That it be a component to the representative assembly, for the purpose of carrying on the administration of the government, to pass laws, etc. Pdf colonialism, legitimation, and policing in ghana. The policy created a western class of black englishmen who were supposedly british partners in religion, trade and administration. Tradition and change in the history of akuapem ghana chieftaincy during british colonial rule, 18741957 electronic resource ebenezer ayesu. Even though the british colonial rule, in the strict sense, was not established until after the berlin conference of 1884 1885, british power and jurisdiction in the gold coast began to take firm roots from the beginning of the 19th century when george maclean laid the foundations for expansion of british influence. The africans consider the impact of colonization on them to be perhaps the most important factor in understanding the present condition of the african continent and of the african. This colony had been administered by the british under a league of nations mandate. It was basically for the service of the colonial needs. The colonial and postcolonial transformation of african.

Colonialism and colonial administrative system in africa. The growth of cd during the 1950s was one of the most important factors in the social and. Colonial administration ghana table of contents beginning in 1850, the coastal regions increasingly came under control of the governor of the british fortresses, who was assisted by the executive council and the legislative council. Department of marketing, university of calabar, calabar, nigeria. Formal policing in ghana was established in 1831 by british colonial administrators to aid the extraction of agricultural and mineral resources in the gold coast gillespie 1955, tankebe 2008. Introduction one of the factors that influenced the establishment of the chieftaincy institution in ghana was the quest for cooperation, peace, and security. Between 1849 and 1906, west african territories were occupied by several european powers who subjected the peoples to a new type of administration. Colonialism and the african experience chapter 4 introduction colonization of africa by european countries was a monumental milestone in the development of africa. The british in west africa the 19th century british colonial policy in west africa was a policy of assimilation.