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Pre-Colonial Era
From Ancient Shores to Accra Plains: The Ga-Dangme Migration, Settlement, and the Forging of a Distinct Identity in Pre-Colonial Ghana
- Ga-Dangme
- Ga
- Dangme
- Migration
- Accra
- Ada
- Krobo
- Shai
- Prampram
- Ningo
- Osu
- La
- Teshie
- Nungua
- Tema
- Pre-Colonial Ghana
- Cultural Identity
- West African History
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Chapter 1
The Enigmatic Origins: Tracing the Ga-Dangme Roots
Explores the various theories and oral traditions concerning the ancestral origins of the Ga-Dangme people, including connections to the Niger-Volta basin, Benin (Ile-Ife/Benin City), and early settlements like Teshie and Ayawaso. Examines linguistic and archaeological evidence.
Sources & References
- Reindorf, Carl Christian. History of the Gold Coast and Asante. Basel: Basel Mission Book Depot, 1895.
- Field, Margaret J. Social Organization of the Ga People. London: Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1937.
- Ozanne, P.C. 'Notes on the Early Historic Archaeology of Accra.' Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana 6 (1962): 51-70.
- Ward, W.E.F. A History of Ghana. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948.
- Parker, John. Making the Town: Ga State and Society in Early Colonial Accra. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000 (especially introductory chapters on pre-colonial history).
- Nukunya, G.K. Tradition and Change in Ghana: An Introduction to Sociology. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 1992.
