HIST 311 — History of Ghana up to 1800
History · University of Ghana
This is a basic course on the early history of Ghana. It studies the people of Ghana, their origins, migration and cultures. The geographical background, the early states of Ghana, the rise and spread of Islam, the traditional economy, pre-European trade and the decline of the Trans Saharan Trade, the arrival of the Europeans and the rise and development of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade will be discussed, as will the expansion of Denkyera, Akwamu, Akyem, Fante and Asante. Social and economic developments in the 17th and the 18th centuries will also be dealt with.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- HIST 313 — History of Africa up to 1500
- HIST 315 — The Black Diaspora
- HIST 317 — Economic History of West Africa: 1700 to 1890
- HIST 319 — Aspects of Early Modern European History
- HIST 321 — Islam and Christianity in Africa
- HIST 323 — Colonial and Modern India Studies
- HIST 326 — History of Africa up to 1800
- HIST 332 — The History of Western Medicine in Ghana
- HIST 334 — Women in History
- HIST 336 — History of Pan-Africanism
- HIST 111 — Earliest Civilizations
- HIST 112 — Selected Topics in World History
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).