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Pre-Colonial Era
The Fante Confederacy: West Africa's Early Experiment in Democratic Governance (1868-1873)
- Fante Confederacy
- Gold Coast
- Ashanti Empire
- British Colonialism
- Indigenous Governance
- Mankessim Constitution
- Pre-Colonial Ghana
- West African History
- Akan People
- Robert Ghartey IV
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Chapter 1
The Gold Coast on the Eve of the Confederacy: Pressures and Precursors
Explores the geopolitical landscape of the Gold Coast in the mid-19th century, detailing the rising threats from the Ashanti Empire, the increasing British presence, and the fragmented nature of the Fante states that necessitated a unified response. Examines earlier Fante military alliances and their limitations.
Sources & References
- Kimble, D. (1963). A Political History of Ghana, 1850-1928. Oxford University Press.
- Shumway, R. (2011). The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. University of Rochester Press.
- Kea, R.A. (2000). 'Settlements, Trade, and Politics in the Seventeenth-Century Gold Coast.' Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Casely Hayford, J.E. (1903). Gold Coast Native Institutions. Sweet and Maxwell.
- Daaku, K.Y. (1970). Trade and Politics on the Gold Coast, 1600-1720. Oxford University Press.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1998). Fante Confederacy. britannica.com.
