Talk:History of Ghana

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Fun Facts: in the early 1950's the united states invaded ghana for its unusually high amounts of a rare element called glicocilium methanol. This element was a key factor in the building of the first rocket launched by the united states. glicocilium methanol was the main souce of feul for the ship. (see www.geocities.com/overlorddavid/s.html for other facts.) See also: Ghana

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Accra Riots Should be mentioned on this page - and can someone expand please. As a key event in the beginning of decolonisation a case can be made for a separate page. Jackiespeel 22:42, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Independent Ghana[edit]

In the section 'independent Ghana' there's something wrong with the second paragraph. I have no knowledge of the subject to be able to fix it. Also, I guess that the fourth paragraph is unintentionally formatted. Joelemaltais (talk) 06:50, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Prior to Ashanti[edit]

Why is there barely any mention of Ghana's history prior to the arrival of the Ashanti? Was it largely uninhabited or what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.122.254 (talk • contribs) 01:42, 18 April 2007

By no means. See http://timelines.ws/countries/GHANA.HTML and http://www.niica.on.ca/Ghana/History.aspx Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 06:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Colonial History[edit]

Who wrote this article? The richest part of Ghanaian history has been left out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alcosgrove (talk • contribs) 17:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikify[edit]

Apart from the overall length, there is a lot of detail in the introduction which should be in the appropriate lower section (or even in Gold Coast (British Colony)!!). And the introduction is not fully in chronological order. Hugo999 (talk) 22:24, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment of IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA YAJALALA[edit]

Mr. IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA YAJALALA wrote a comment in the end of the article, which is reasonable but belongs to the discussion page and not in the main page. This is the comment (literally):

i really like to empahsise the role of shiekh ibrahim Nyass of senegal and the essence he played in buiklding of akosombo dam, any one with more details can educate me so i know more of that,by IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA YAJALALA.

I would be glad to help but unfortunately I do not know enough about the subject. I only know that this kind of comments must be here, in the discussion pages. If anyone can help Mr. IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA YAJALALA about the matter of the Akosombo Dam and Ibrahum Nyass, please do.

--MoredanKantose (talk) 16:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One source?[edit]

This article uses essentially just one source as a reference: Ghana: A Country Study by the Library of Congress' Federal Research Division. Adding more sources is highly desirable, IMHO. 79.6.46.120 (talk) 23:21, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Call for editors to join African history Wikiproject[edit]

Any editors with a specific interest in African history are welcome to check out a new project proposal: African history. This is not meant as a substitute for the Africa Wikiproject. Instead it would rank 'Africa' as a parent project, but editors would concentrate specifically on improving African history on Wikipedia. Click here for more details: African history. Ackees (talk) 15:10, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Revision to Introduction on the Name[edit]

I am planning to remove much of the material that speculates on a direct connection between the Ghana Empire and modern Ghana. First, it is too long to squeeze in the introduction, and the history of the emmpire should be in the empire's entry. Second, no one actually claimed that Ghana and ancient Ghana were really connected, when Nkrumah decided on the name, he chose to call it Ghana because it was the first state in colonial West African to gain independence, and Ghana was the first known state (in those days) in West Africa. I will make these changes in a few days to allow protests, and then will remove a good deal of material Beepsie (talk) 18:05, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pervasive misleading edits made by MarkMysoe[edit]

I think this whole article needs serious assessment especially in relation the undue weight problems favoring Akan content. I've already spent several months dealing with MarkMysoe's Akan-Dominace edits on Ghana related articles such as Ghana, Kingdom of Dagbon (Northern Territories) and History of Ghana but I cant do it alone. I'm glad Omo Obatalá is helping out on such issues.

Indeed. I cleaned up and corrected most of Kingdom of Dagbon, and I will work on History of Ghana as well. Omo Obatalá ^(talk) 12:14, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Who is John Cena?[edit]

I'm sorry, but who is this "John Cena" the article refers to? I don't see any other mention of his name but in this passage: "After 1900 three chiefs and three other Africans were added to the Legislative Council, though the inclusion of John Cena from Ashanti and the Northern Territories did not take place until much later." Maybe it's a vandal. —Aɴᴀɴᴛᴀɢɪᴛᴀ ☍ / 07:15, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed it. It seems that the addition of "John Cena" was really a vandal, because I could not find mentions of him anywhere else in the article, and also a Google search brought up nothing regarding a potentially historical person named "John Cena" and the wrestler. Oldid 880086757 —Aɴᴀɴᴛᴀɢɪᴛᴀ ☍ / 07:24, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Seemingly inappropriate citations[edit]

In the Since 1966 section and National Redemption Council years, 1972–79 subsection, citations 232, 233 and 234 seem to be inappropriate sources for the text as their information seem to be unrelated to the Wikipedia text. I suggest that these citations ought to be removed. Any objections and further recommendations? Factthinker (talk) 22:31, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

Rise of Ghana empire — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.57.95.25 (talk) 21:48, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]