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British Colonization
in Ghana
British Government
“ The natives of the Gold Coast and West Africa have a system of laws and customs which it would be better to guide, modify, and amend, rather than to destroy by ordinances and force. So they have their Chiefs and Court form, their own customs and mode of living which will not be improved by ridicule or forced abolition.” - James Marshall, The Gold Coast Independent December 2 1922 (pg.30)
What were the aims of British indirect rule?
African Experiences
“We fear, Sir, that you have no real regard for public opinion… Under the guise of supporting Native Institutions you merely support those chiefs who can lend themselves as tools in carrying out your pet schemes.” - “An Open Letter to his Excellency Brigadier-General F.G. Guggisberg” December 17, 1921 (pg. 31)
"The European merchant is my shepherd, And I am in want, He maketh me lie down in cocoa farms; He leadeth me beside the waters of great need...I walk in the valleys of starvation...My expense runs over my income. Surely unemployment and poverty will follow me...And I will dwell in a rented house for ever!" - "A Psalm 23, by an African Laborer" The African Morning Post, Accra, Ghana, September 2, 1945
Ghanaian Independence
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