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The Indo-Aryan peoples and Sindhi, who were the first Indians to arrive in Ghana, initially came as merchants and shopkeepers, and gradually, in the 1950s and 1960s, a few ventures out in the manufacturing industries such as garments, plastics, textiles, insecticides, electronics, pharmaceutical industry, optical goods etc. [2] Some Indians who have lived in Ghana for most of their lives have ...
Ghanaian Indians are Ghanaians and citizens of Indian origin or descent. Many Ghanaian Indians are descendants of those who migrated from India following India's partition in 1947. [ 52 ]
Pages in category "Ghanaian people of Indian descent" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
David Anumle Hansen, Ghana Navy Chief of Naval Staff; Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, lieutenant general; commissioned as a lieutenant in 1954 and seconded to the British army on the Rhine; Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah (born 1930), first Ghanaian policewoman; Jerry Rawlings, former president of the Republic of Ghana and Ghana Air Force fighter pilot
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Ghana" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. ... Ghanaian Indian; Ghanaians; Gold Coast Euro-Africans ...
The Guan are believed to have been the first settlers in modern day southern Ghana, migrating from the Mossi-Dagbon region of modern Ghana [2] and Burkina around 1000 A.D. [3] The Gonja of the Guan are however late settlers in northern Ghana, invading eastern Dagbon in the 1600s, capturing Daboya and many towns. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Using Indigenous names and mascots, like the former Washington Football Team name, extends beyond racial insensitivity; it reinforces colonialism and erases Indigenous identity and land. [1] Such practices maintain the power relationship between the dominant culture and the Indigenous culture, and can be seen as a form of cultural imperialism. [4]
The modern Mfantsefo or Fante ("Fanti" is an older spelling) confederacy is a combination of Akan people and aboriginal Guan people. The Fante people are mainly located in the Central [1] and Western regions [2] of Ghana, occupying the forest and coastal areas.