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The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
The Togoland Campaign (9–26 August 1914) was a French and British invasion of the German colony of Togoland in West Africa (which became Togo and the Volta Region of Ghana after independence) during the First World War. The colony was invaded on 6 August, by French forces from Dahomey to the east and on 9 August by British forces from Gold ...
A postage stamp of Gold Coast overprinted for Ghanaian independence in 1957. Ghana gained independence from the British on 6 March 1957. [1] It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. [2] The country became a republic on July 1, 1960. [3]
The Political history of Ghana recounts the history of varying political systems that existed in Ghana during pre-colonial times, the colonial era and after independence.. Pre-colonial Ghana was made up of several states and ethnic groups whose political system was categorized by 3 main administrative models; Centralized, Non-centralized and Theocratic stat
The part under British administration united with Ghana upon its independence in 1957; French Togoland gained independence in 1960 as the Togolese Republic. [38] The surrender of Togoland marked the beginning of the end for the German colonial empire , which lost all of its overseas possessions by conquest during the war or under Article 22.
The Scramble for Africa [a] was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Ghana was the first African country colonised by European powers to achieve independence under majority rule. During the first three years after independence, from 1957 to 1960, Ghana was a Commonwealth realm [1] with a Westminster system of government and Elizabeth II, the British monarch, served as Queen of Ghana.
The Anlo State became part of Southern Ghana when the British proclaimed the territory as a Crown Colony in 1874. Much of the other Ewelands were annexed by Germany following the Berlin Conference . In 1921, these areas were taken over by Britain as a mandated colony of the League of Nations .