http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1032 2026-04-14T23:09:13Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12229 Statecraft, Chieftaincy and Local Government in Anlo State, 1560s to 1990s Segbafah, Elikplim This thesis traces the origins of the Awoame and Kaklaku stools and establishes their significance to the creation and consolidation of the Anlo State. It then reconstructs the socio-economic and political history of the state up to 1999 when the last descendant of the Bate royal clan, Togbi Adeladza II, ruled over Anlo. It highlights the fact that the lawlessness and moral decadence which characterised the formative years of the Anlo state were brought to an end with the enstoolment of Awoamefia, Togbi Sri I, whose wise counsels became the guiding principles for the indigenes of Anlo. The promulgation of capital punishment and banishment system (nyikoƒoƒo) by Awoamefia, Togbi Nditsi, also guided the people of Anlo on the path of moral uprightness. Using archival sources, other primary sources as well as secondary documents and oral interviews for information on the history of the Anlo state through qualitative method, the thesis argues that the successes achieved by the rulers of Anlo, particularly during the pre-colonial times were attributable to the legitimacy and authority they derived from the Awoame and Kaklaku stools. The advent of missionaries and later British colonial rule changed the course of the history of the administration of the Anlo state. These events served to promote the development of the state by virtue of the preparedness of the paramount chiefs of Anlo to collaborate with the missionaries and British colonial officials. The study contributes to the understanding of Anlo state under the umbrella of the Europeans – Danes and British – and its subsequent effects on the political, social and economic lives in Anlo. This study adds to the historical knowledge of students, traditional rulers, opinion leaders, historians, readers and the general public about the history of the Anlo state. x, 208p:, ill. 2025-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11382 Cooperation and conflict: a history of the judiciary in ghana, 1853-1966 Osafo, Bruno This thesis situates the judiciary in Ghana in a historical perspective from 1853, when the first Supreme Court for the Gold Coast was established, signifying the establishment of British judicial system, to the end of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s reign in 1966 when he had, a little earlier, dismissed the first Ghanaian Chief Justice of independent Ghana. Using a qualitative approach, and utilizing both primary and secondary data, the study analyses the processes leading to the establishment and operations of British-styled courts in the Gold Coast and the relationship that existed between the judiciary and the executive arm of the colonial administration on the one hand, and between the British courts and the previously existing chiefs’ courts, on the other. The study highlights the fact that some chiefs and people of the colony negatively reacted to the British courts, largely because the powers of the chiefs were encroached upon and gradually eroded. Some chiefs were arrested, imprisoned, and even exiled for challenging the activities of the colonial administration and the rulings of the British courts. The study also discusses the passage of ordinances that set up courts run by Ghanaians which augmented the activities of the understaffed British courts and further regulated, almost to their extinction, the operations of the chiefs’ courts. The study argues that there existed a cordial relationship between the British-styled courts and the officials of the colonial administration while the relationship between the chiefs’ courts and the same administration remained frosty. The relationship between the Local Courts and the Convention People’s Party government that ruled the country from 1951 to 1966 deteriorated over the years as did the relationship between the executive and the judiciary. Xii,374p. : ill 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11293 Ghana private road transport union (GPRTU): a pioneer trade union of the trade union congress of Ghana 1941-1987 Lawani, Suleman From 1900 the Gold Coast colonial government invested enormously in railway infrastructure and established the government railways. As the colonial government focused on the railways, motor transportation developed quickly through the effort of private individuals, and the colonial government belatedly, from 1925, begun passing ordinances to regulate motor transportation. To better operate within the limits of these ordinances, commercial motor drivers formed trade unions in the Gold Coast from the 1930s. The thesis offers the argument that, in forming trade unions, drivers were not only interested in negotiating colonial motor transport policies that affected their trade but were also concerned about the ruinous competition amongst themselves for both passengers and goods. As such, through unionization the GPRTU streamlined the operations of its members by defining routes and setting standardized fares throughout the country. The thesis gives an account of the development of trade unionism in the Gold Coast. Interrogating the period from 1941 to 1987, it focuses on the evolution and work of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), a pioneer trade union, representing commercial drivers and commercial vehicle owners in Ghana. It explains why the GPRTU, made up of both employers and employees, has not received serious scholarly attention within the historiography of Ghana, unlike the Railway Workers’ Union and the Mine Workers’ Union of Ghana, on which extensive studies has been undertaken. The thesis challenges, implicitly, the view that trade unionism was a phenomenon that was solely associated with wage labour. Using the Gold Coast example, the thesis contributes to the understanding that trade unions in African societies have developed their own character, as a result of unique conditions in Africa during the colonial and post-colonial periods. To this extent, the thesis projects the significance of trade union mobilization in the informal sector. xi, 293p,; ill. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11015 Making the Wheels Count: Railway Policies and Politics in the Gold Coast, 1874-1957 Ankomahene, Emmanuel The development of railways played a significant role in the British colonial enterprise in the Gold Coast. Even though railways were an efficient infrastructure meant to address transportation issues in the last decade of the nineteenth century, they were also central to the economic development of the colony in the twentieth century. The development of railways did not only occasion internal and external trade, economic growth and development, and the exploitation of resources but also contributed immensely to colonial politics in the Gold Coast during this period. The construction of railways was a way of entrenching colonial rule and to further control administration in the Gold Coast. In this regard, this thesis employs relevant primary and secondary sources to examine how the construction of railways impacted the politics of the Gold Coast between 1874 and 1957. The study argues that railway policies and construction were very impactful on the establishment and consolidation of British colonial power in the Gold Coast. It helped to entrench and consolidate the government’s control over the interior of the colony. Whereas the railways initially helped to consolidate colonial rule, they later became an instrument of decolonisation after the Second World War. The thesis shows that railways were crucial to the nationalist political movements in the Gold Coast and went a long way to expedite the independence struggle of the country. The study provides significant insights into the dynamics of colonialism in the Gold Coast. i, viii; 149p 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z