KWASI BOAKYE (AQUASI BOACHI): THE FIRST BLACK MINING ENGINEER
Kwasi Boakye (24 April 1827 – 9 June 1904), sometimes archaically spelt as Aquasi Boachi, was an African-Dutch mining engineer who was born a Prince...
Category : CULTURE AND HISTORY
Extracts from Bulsa History: Sandema Chiefs before Azantilow
The first Sandemnaab appearing in written sources available to me is Anaankum, whose name was spelled Naku or Nakon in early documents. His reign was...
The Plight Of The North
Problem investigated and the issuesGhana’s post adjustment growth and poverty reduction performance has been hailed asimpressive, albeit with spatial disparities in the distribution of welfare,...
The Life Story Of Abdul-Rauf Tanko Ibrahim
Abdul-Rauf Tanko Ibrahim is a Ghanaian politician, a Development Planner/Architect, Quantity Surveyor and member of the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Yagaba-Kubori Constituency...
History Of The Fare-Fare People Of Ghana
The Frafra are a subset of the Gurunsi peoples living in northern Ghana. The preferred name for the group is Fare-Fare. The adopted name Frafra...
The History And Culture Of The Kokomba People
The Konkomba people are a Gur ethnic group residing mainly in the Northern, Brong Ahafo, Volta, Eastern and Greater Accra Regions of Ghana. Saboba, Chereponi...
The History Of The Upper Region, Now Upper East.
Background of the region Historically, the Upper East Region is part of what used to be the Upper Region (Upper East and Upper West), which...
The Story of Princess Yennenga, Mother of the Mossi People in Burkina Faso
Yennenga, the only daughter of Na Gbewa, was said to very beautiful (as all Mole-Dagbani women are, even today) and beloved princess who from the...
The Story of How Supt. Salifu Dagarti, a Dagaaba Security guard, took a bullet for Kwame Nkrumah at the Flagstaff House
Jan 2, 1964. Nkrumah walks the grounds of Flagstaff House with personal guards and ‘trusted’ cops aplenty. An assassin squeezes off a bullet and misses....
The Dagbon Conference of 1930
The Dagbon Conference of 1930 opened on November 24. Though the primary reason for the conference, from the point of view of the colonial government,...