University of Ghana

Water pollution does not just affect one specific group of people, it affects many different demographics. My first source is “Coastal Pollution and Women 's Health in Ada-Foah, Ghana”, published in 2003 by Elaine Tweneboah. In this article, the author goes over the many problems women in Ada-Foah face concerning water pollution. My second source is “Perceptions of farmers on health risks and risk reduction measures in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana”, published in 2008 by Bernard Keraita , Pay Drechsel and Flemming Konradsen. In this article, the authors highlight the issues with farmers using wastewater to irrigate their crops in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. The main points of this analysis for this essay are which article…

Background In Ghana—like it neighbors—mechanisms such as ethnic tensions, religious, political, and social problems persist. Despite these challenges, Ghana’s post-independence era evolved peacefully without a civil war or large scale conflict. In the past three decades, Ghana develops the enhanced capability to manage conflicting and competing social interests, allowing the country to pursue a peaceful economic development trajectory and a deliberative political discourse. In spite of Ghana’s…

examining the impact of climate change on pastoral and farmer conflicts in Ghana. Even a recent study conducted in March 2015 identified that climate change might be having an impact on these disputes, but it rather chose to frame the nomad and farmer conflicts in terms of social and political factors, as well as government policy responses to them (Olaniyan, Francis and Okeke-Uzodike 2015). Additionally, Opoku’s research “found out that, the conflicts between farmers and Fulani pastoralist in…

emerged from the African music and have been a chief role as main instrument. In the middle of 20th century, western musicians had been progressively showing the interest in much non‐western music. It had been gradually opening the possibility to learn to play the non-western music from master musicians who came from original countries in America or abroad. Thereby, the western musicians could embark on approaching non‐Western music as they would their own. After having taken two lessons with…

While Siga worked tirelessly for a merchant to survive,Tiekoro had to fight the battle of putting up good attitude before his Muslim teacher and master so as not to be expelled from the university in which he entered, through the help of his master. Unfortunately, Tiekoro was not able to fulfil his dream of becoming a university graduate due to the trouble he got himself into with his master’s daughter, Ayisha, whom he fell passionately in love with. Out of his frustration, he raped a slave girl…

The Kingdom of Benin Kingdom of Benin, was an independent country located in West Africa, in the fifteenth century, it was the major power of the West Africa, which is the south west of Nigeria currently. It was first discovered by the Portuguese, when the Portuguese traders built some business relationship with the merchants of Benin, and this was the first cultural encounter between Benin and Europe, but how exactly did this cultural encounter influence on the people of Benin? And How Did it…

These companies re responsible for exposing children to dangerous minerals without the proper clothing and materials. These companies are known for the popular technology they make, but Americans are enjoying these privileges at the life of another human being; a child. Children have to go through “narrow manmade tunnels risking permanent lung damage…” (AIC) to retrieve cobalt for technological devices. On another note, chocolate may often remind many Americans of sweet memories and fun times,…

In West Africa once known as the Gold Coast, high-ranking officials within the courts of Akan chiefs carry the gold-covered staffs like this one. The Akan peoples place an enormous emphasis on speech; they are a society that originally had no written tradition. Like most kingdoms spoken word, in the form of stories, is the repository of Akan custom and values, and a complete of proverbial lore, combined with an insightful way of describing it. The staff is considered the mark of intellect of…

Ghana is a small country in West Africa that has a population of approximately 25.5 million people (BBC News, 2017). It is considered one of the nicer countries in Africa because of the abundance of cash crops there. The cash crops and mineral products found in Ghana are used mainly for exports. The national income actually comes from the agricultural and mineral exports (Boateng, Davies, Forge, and Maier, 2017). Without their crops or minerals, they would have no source of income, so it is…

Mali Empire became stronger and took over surrounding kingdoms including the Empire of Ghana” (Ducksters). Sundiata also created a new society with hereditary nobility, which was one of his greatest accomplishments. He expanded the size of Mali, along with its profits of the gold trade for more than 25 years. The great mansa led the Mali to prosperity and wealth, and the empire grew and grew for…