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The Origins of Legalized Discrimination against Local Goldsmiths in Ghana
Ishaq Akmey Alhassan
Ghana Studies January 2015, 18 121-135; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/gs.18.1.121
Ishaq Akmey Alhassan
University of Ghana

References
Archival Sources
- Public Records and Archives Administration Department, Accra-Ghana [hereafter GH/PRAAD] CSO 19/2/3, A Bill Intituled: An Ordinance to Amend the Gold Coast Mining Products Protection Ordinance by Prescribing Fees for Goldsmiths and Hawking Licences, November 5, 1931.
- GH/PRAAD ADM 4/1/24, The Concessions Ordinance, 1900 (No. 14 of 1900).
- GH/PRAAD ADM 4/1/38, The Gold Mining Products Protection Ordinance, 1909 (No. 1 of 1909).
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/11, A Bill Intituled: An Ordinance to Amend the Gold Mining Products Protection Ordinance.
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/11, Legal Report on the Gold Coast Mining Products Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 1938.
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/11, Letter No. 332/30 S.F. 14 of March 16, 1938.
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/11, The Gold Mining Products Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 1938 (No. 15 of 1938).
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/3, Document No. 332/30 S.F. 1/16.
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/3, Enclosure 3. “Report on an Ordinance of the Gold Coast Colony Shortly Entitled The Gold Mining Products Protection (Licence fees) Ordinance, 1932, No. 3 of 1932.”
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/3, The Gold Mining Products Protection (Licence Fees) Ordinance, 1932 (No. 3 of 1932).
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/4, Minutes by the DC of Accra on A Letter to the District Commissioner of Accra, April 30, 1932.
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/4, “Notes of an Interview at the S.N.A’s Office, Accra, on Monday the 2nd May, 1932.”
- GH/PRAAD CSO 19/2/5, Letter No. 332/30/S.3/16.
Published Works
- Anquandah, J.
- Charle Jr., E. G.
- Crowder, M.
- Dumett, R. E.
- Hilson, G.
- Holsti, O. R
- Kotoku, W.
- Mayring, P.
- Smalberger, J. M.
- Webster, J. B.,
- A. A. Boahen with
- M. Tidy
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Our Resource, Others’ Wealth
Ishaq Akmey Alhassan
Ghana Studies Jan 2015, 18 (1) 121-135; DOI: 10.3368/gs.18.1.121
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- Article
- Introduction
- Regulating African Economies under Colonial Rule
- The 1909 Ordinance and African Responses
- The 1932 Ordinance and African Responses
- Triumph of the Powerful
- The 1938 Ordinance and African Responses
- Rationale for Laws on Mining Products in the Cold Coast
- The Impacts of the 1909, 1932, and 1938 Laws on Goldsmiths
- Conclusion
- Footnotes
- References
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