A connected story

How the Gold Coast Was Made

There was no single moment when all of present-day Ghana became one colony. Britain proclaimed a coastal colony in 1874, annexed Asante in 1901, governed northern areas as a protectorate and later administered part of former German Togoland. These pieces were joined gradually.

How did distinct territories become the state that reached independence in 1957?

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