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Pre-Colonial Era
Echoes from the Kpeshi Lagoon: The Ga-Dangme Saga – Origins, Migrations, Homowo, and the Coastal States of Pre-Colonial Accra
- Ga-Dangme
- Homowo
- Accra
- Kpeshi
- Origins
- Migration
- Coastal States
- Pre-Colonial Ghana
- Indigenous Festivals
- Traditional Governance
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Chapter 1
The Ancestral Roots: Tracing Ga-Dangme Origins and Linguistic Kinship
Explores the linguistic ties of the Ga-Dangme people to other Kwa languages, examines oral traditions concerning their eastern origins (e.g., Ile Ife, Benin, Togo), and discusses the early dispersal patterns that set the stage for their eventual migrations.
Sources & References
- Azu, N.A. (1929). Adangbe History. Gold Coast Government Printer.
- Amartey, A.A. (1991). Gamεi Ashikwέi (Origin of the Ga). Tema: Ghana Publishing Corporation.
- Odotei, Irene K. (2003). Migration and Cultural Identity: The Ga Family. Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
- Parker, John. (2000). Making the Town: Ga State and Society in Early Colonial Accra. James Currey.
- Field, M.J. (1940). Social Organization of the Ga People. Crown Agents for the Colonies.
- Kropp Dakubu, M.E. (1997). Korle Meets the Sea: A Sociolinguistic History of Accra. Oxford University Press.
- Akyeampong, Emmanuel. (2001). Between the Sea and the Lagoon: An Eco-Social History of the Anlo of Southeastern Ghana. Ohio University Press.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2025). Ga People. britannica.com.
