A Historical Geography of Ghana

A Historical Geography of Ghana

Author: Kwamina B. Dickson

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9780521071024

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Originally published in 1969, this book presents a historical geography of Ghana from the earliest times onwards. It describes the people and their social organization, migrations, agriculture, artefacts, manufacturing and history. Numerous illustrative figures, appendices and a detailed bibliography are also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ghana and the development of historical geography.


Bulletin

Bulletin

Author: African Studies Association of the West Indies

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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Strangers and Traders

Strangers and Traders

Author: Eades Jeremy Eades

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2019-07-29

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1474467946

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In the inter-war years, groups of enterprising Yoruba traders from a few towns in Western Nigeria established a successful trading network throughout the Gold Coast (Ghana). Then, in 1969, they were abruptly ordered to leave the country. At the time of the exodus, Jerry Eades followed the traders back to Nigeria. There, on the basis of extensive interviews and archival sources, he reconstructed the history of the migration from four Yorubu towns to northern Ghana. The result is one of the fullest and most detailed accounts of chain migration and its implications for economic development ever written.


Contesting Forestry in West Africa

Contesting Forestry in West Africa

Author: Reginald Cline-Cole

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-30

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1351724568

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This title was first published in 2000. This study looks at the contestation of forestry in West Africa, taking into account historical considerations, cultural negotiations and environmental issues.


Fertility Decline in Developing Countries, 1960-1997

Fertility Decline in Developing Countries, 1960-1997

Author: Samuel Agyei-Mensah

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-04-30

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 0313387680

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With the emergence of fertility declines in the greater part of the developing world, study of the phenomenon has increased profoundly over the last three decades, and a voluminous amount of literature has emerged. Yet our knowledge of the decline is scattered in numerous publications, making sources difficult to find. This bibliography provides a guide to the literature on fertility decline in Latin America, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It will be an invaluable asset for population experts and students wishing to do research on fertility decline. Covering the literature from 1960 to 1997, the book draws on extensive sources including books, articles in leading population journals, research papers, and dissertations. The opening chapter covers the literature on theories and concepts underlying fertility decline. The next three chapters are devoted to the major geographical areas—Latin America, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa—and the final chapter looks at general literature on fertility declines in developing countries.


An Economic History of West Africa

An Economic History of West Africa

Author: A. G. Hopkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1317868935

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This is the standard account of the economic history of the vast area conventionally known as West Africa. Ranging from prehistoric time to independence it covers the former French as well as British colonies.


Reframing Deforestation

Reframing Deforestation

Author: James Fairhead

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1134665172

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This study reviews how West African deforestation is represented and the evidence which informs deforestation orthodoxy. On a country by country basis (covering Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin), and using historical and social anthropological evidence the authors evaluate this orthodox critically. Reframing Deforestation suggests that the scale of deforestation wrought by West African farmers during the twentieth century has been vastly exaggerated. The authors argue that global analyses have unfairly stigmatised West Africa and obscured its more sustainable, even landscape-enriching practices. Stessing that dominant policy approaches in forestry and conservation require major rethinking worldwide, Reframing Deforestation illustrates that more realistic assessments of forest cover change, and more respectful attention to local knowledge and practices, are necessary bases for effective and appropriate environmental policies.


Children's Rights in Ghana

Children's Rights in Ghana

Author: Robert Kwame Ame

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0739148001

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This book examines Ghana's implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ghana's commitment to the Convention which she was the first country to ratify is explored in a series of studies and analyses on child rights promulgations and programs. The book further discusses the challenges the country faces in her efforts of protecting children's rights while providing an insight into future directions for continued support of children's rights.