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Pivotal catalyst: the seven years’ war and Anglo-French scramble for West Africa up to 1900
No full textThe Seven Years\u27 War which was fought between Britain and France mainly as a result of struggle for territory in North America had immense impacts on West Africa. This article explores the place of West Africa in the Seven Years\u27 War and the impact of the war on the sub-region from 1763 to the end ofthe nineteenth century. Although West Africa was not a major theater of conflict during the war, it, nevertheless, featured in the strategic calculations of Britain and France, partly because of its geographical location along the Atlantic coast and its importance as a gateway, in addition to the region\u27s immense economic potentials. The defeat of France and loss of territory after the war made her tofocus more attention on West Africa. It is concluded that the Seven Years\u27 War set the tone for the scramblefor Africa by European powers in the nineteenth century.
Impact of import liberalization on aggregate imports and tariff revenue in Ghana: Impact of import liberalization on aggregate imports and tariff revenue in Ghana
No full textIn contributing to the ongoing debate on the impact of trade liberalization, this paper investigates the quantitative effect of import liberalization on imports and tariff revenue in Ghana. The Johansen cointegration and error correction technique was employed to determine the impact of import liberalization on aggregate imports, and inferred from the estimated results, how liberalization affects import tariff revenue. The findings of the study indicate that import liberalization has been in conflict with the revenue objective of economic reforms in Ghana. It has been suggested that public policy should focus on the identification of the major sources of duty revenue leakage and also focus on complementary measures such as tax replacement, for example substituting sales taxes for tariffs
The perception of students on abortion: A survey of senior high schools in the Sunyani Municipality of Ghana
No full textThis study sought to find out the perceptions of the students in Senior High schools in the Sunyani Municipality in Ghana on abortion. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. With the simple random sampling procedure, 364 students were selected from a total of 6,824 to participate in the study. The study found out that the students perceived abortion to be morally unacceptable. A significant majority of the students disagreed with arguments that are in favour of abortion. The majority of the students can be described as anti-abortionists. What influenced their perceptions and how they will react, when they find themselves in an unwanted pregnancy situation, are not known. The study also found out that there was no significant difference between the perceptions of male and female students on abortion. In relation to the findings, the study recommended that issues on abortion, and others related to human sexuality, should be taught in Senior High Schools. This will put the students in a better position to make right ethical decisions on abortion
Does access and use of financial service smoothen household food consumption? Does access and use of financial service smoothen household food consumption?
No full textThe study relies on Ghana\u27s Living Standard Measurement Survey to test the hypothesis of no relationship between credit and household food consumption expenditure. Albeit the plausibility of endogeneity problems, we use single stage and pooled least squares, given the non-availability of national panel data in Ghana and lack of better instruments in the Living Standard data. The is does not provide enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis. This suggests that access to credit does not contribute to the smoothening of household consumption. This observation cuts across different sub-samples based on socio-economic classification. We recommend circumspection in propagating the ability of credit in smoothening consumption.
Islam, Politics and Development: Negotiating the Future of Dagbon in Ghana
No full textDagbon is the territory that is inhabited by the Dagombapeople. The Dagomba are part of the Mole-Dagbani speaking people, having descended from a common ancestor with the Mossi, Mamprusis andNanumba. Dagbon is in the Northern Region of Ghana, lying between latitudes nine and ten and has an area of 9,611 square miles. Dagbon is the largest of the ethnic kingdoms in Northern Ghana. Communal violence erupted in the capital of the Dagomba people on March 25, 2002. This continued for three days, resulting in the death of their king, Ya Na Yakubu Andani on March 27, 2002. The remote cause of this three-day war was a long-standing dispute, relating to the succession to the Dagbon skin. The Dagbon crisis has become a complex web of power play among family members, political manipulation or interference and the politics of justice. But these did not begin in 2002. They have their historical antecedents. Since 1953, nearly all governments have intervened in this dispute in one way or another. But this political involvement has only deepened the rift and accentuated the disagreements. This paper posits that, there can be no political solution to the Dagbon crisis. Since the Dagomba people are predominantly Muslims -and have a huge developmental deficit, this paper advocates a combination of Islamic, traditional and development-based solutions
Christian missions and socio-cultural change: Baptists and the polygamy question among the Yoruba people of Southwestern Nigeria, 1850-2001
No full textThe traditional Yoruba society in the south-western part of Nigeria is essentially polygamous. Even though oral traditions of the people indicate that in the earliest times, the Yoruba cherished monogamy, by the time of the advent of the Christian Missions in general, and Baptist Mission in particular, the social custom of polygamy had been well- rooted in the people\u27s cultural life. The impression is often carried that the Baptist denomination in Nigeria is less strict on certain Christian religious observances such as the prohibition of polygamy when compared with some of its counterpart Protestant Churches. The evidence at our disposal reveals that this is an erroneous impression. Even though polygamists do attend Baptist Churches, as is the case in many other Christian churches, the Baptists did try to insist on monogamy, yet polygamy remained a very hard nut to crack. At any rate, the insistence of the Mission on maintaining its stand on monogamy was to effect a chink in the armour of Baptist expansion and growth in the Yoruba country
Freedom of speech and the discourse of flaming in Ghana: Evidence from radio panel discussions
No full textFollowing the liberalisation of the airwaves in Ghana in the mid-1990s, the right to freedom of speech has been guaranteed although not without abuses. This freedom is evident in the activities of radio networks that urge listeners to participate in radio panel discussions (RPDs) through making interactive telephone calls or by posting text messages. In this paper, I explore the discourse of flaming on the panel discussions of Joy FM and Peace FM, two popular private radio stations. Grounded in Herring\u27s (2004) computer-mediated discourse analysis, the Judy shows that listeners of RPDs use SMS to deprecate other selves. The study also reveals that flaming is precipitated by such technological affordances of mobile telephony as anonymity, pseudonymy and facelessness. The analysis further shows that social dissatisfactions were more frequent on RPDs than political complaints. Based on these findings, the study recommends that media houses educate the public on the face threatening potential of the SMS technology, given that derisive messages undermine the social, cultural and national cohesion
Survival of the Ayensu starch processing company: A technical efficiency evaluation: Survival of the Ayensu starch processing company: A technical efficiency evaluation
No full textThe cultivation of cassava is vital for the production of industrial starch by the Ayensu Starch Processing Company in Ghana. The main constraint for starch production has been the unreliability of cassava supply to the factory. This paper estimates technical efficiency of out-growers under the Ayensu Starch Processing Company and identifies sources of efficiency using plot-level data. Stochastic frontier production function was used to estimate the efficiency indices while an econometric analysis of factors affecting the efficiency indices is conducted using the parametric two-step point method. We find that farmers producing cassava are inefficient, with a mean efficiency score of 58% across farms ranging from 2% to 99%. On the basis of the OLS estimation of the determinants of Technical Efficiency, plot size, farm distance and club membership were noted to be negatively significantly related to efficiency while years of farming experience, adoption of hybrid cassava and mono-cropping turned out positively significant. The study recommends that management of the company should negotiate lease of laud for the farmers, the road infrastructure should be improved to allow easy access of the farmers to the factory, the out-growers should be encouraged to practise mono-cropping of cassava, the farmers should be given improved varieties of the cassava and the company finds incentives that will attract and retain young and experienced farmers to boost the supply of cassava to the factory
Peri-urban agriculture and land tenure dynamics in Southern Ghana: Peri-urban agriculture and land tenure dynamics in Southern Ghana
No full textPeri-urban zones are characterised by strong urban influences including increased possibilities for marketing of farm produce, provision of inputs and services, and non-farm employment but also exacerbated competition for land, inequalities in its distribution and risks from pollution. In developing countries, the positive elements generally are less than the negative influences. Peri-urban areas - lying in the interface between the urban and the rural - therefore tend to experience the development problems associated with \u27both worlds\u27. Rural problems of inadequate social facilities still occur at the same time that land pressures and poor environmental health problems associated with growing urban areas create typical urban problems. This study used structured interview schedules to collect primary data from 504 randomly selected households in 50 randomly selected peri-urban communities. These communities were sampled from five purposively selected districts, namely Cape Coast, Ho, Sunyani, Koforidua and Accra. The issues examined related to agriculture in the context of the increasing tendency towards freehold land titling. It was concluded that all the zones are facing severe land shortage, which is affecting agricultural production, given the deficiencies in agri-support services. Women tended to have even smaller farm sizes. The trend towards land title registration is putting women in disadvantaged positions as landholders bequeath their lands to sons, even in matrilineal societies. It is therefore recommended that any policy on land, especially the LAP project, should consider the interests of women and the periurban poor.
Sports tourists\u27 satisfaction with the CAN 2008 continental sporting event in Ghana: Sports tourists\u27 satisfaction with the CAN 2008 continental sporting event in Ghana
No full textSatisfaction is essential for the successful marketing of events, yet most studies on events have been restricted to measuring economic impact. This study examined sports tourists\u27 satisfaction with the African Cup of Nations (CAN 2008) tournament in Ghana as well as identified some of the factors that influenced their satisfaction. A total of 428 sports tourists from participating countries were purposively sampled and given questionnaires to self-administer. Secondary data on the performance of the various participating teams was obtained from internet sources. The results of the study suggest that respondents were generally satisfied with the event though they were more satisfied with the sociological aspects of the event. Ticketing, pricing and dissemination of information had the lowest ratings. The study has implications for both the management of future events and for research.