Cloth marking the independence of Ghana
Detail of the coat-of-arms
Detail of the crossed Ghanaian flags
Detail of Kwame Nkrumah
Cartoon (1)
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Four cartoons from British newspapers about Ghanaian independence and African decolonisation.
Visit the site http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/browse/cartoon_item/anytext=nkrumah?page=2Cartoon (2)
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Visit the site http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/browse/cartoon_item/anytext=ghana?page=11Cartoon (3)
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Visit the site http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/browse/cartoon_item/anytext=nkrumah?page=12Cartoon (4)
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Visit the site http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/browse/cartoon_item/anytext=ghana?page=13BBC video Lost Kingdoms of Africa: Asante
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Brief outline of the Kingdom of Asante (0:00-1:45); explanation of kente cloth: (40:12-43:15); brief overview of British colonisation and 1900s (48:55 to 58:51); Akwasidae Festival (55:30 to 58:51).
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL2Qv_ytdp4&list=PLhzqSO983AmGPdfr8tqExX4GY1CHGr7bX&index=5
BBC news pages from 1957 (1)
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Visit the site http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2524000/2524453.stmBBC news pages from 1957 (2)
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Visit the site http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/6/newsid_2515000/2515459.stmCoin from Ghana (drums and coat of arms)
Two drums on the obverse and the Ghanaian coat-of-arms on the reverse; AD 1991.
Coin from Ghana (cowrie shell)
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Coin from Ghana with the symbol of a cowrie shell on it; the cowrie was used as currency in pre-colonial Africa.
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/africa/the_wealth_of_africa/cowrie_shells_and_the_slave_tr.aspxPost-colonial bank-note from the Republic of Congo; AD 1964
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Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/africa/the_wealth_of_africa/colonialism_and_independence.aspxSouth African Rand
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Bank-notes showing the change in the design of South African rand after the end of apartheid.
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/africa/the_wealth_of_africa/the_end_of_apartheid.aspxWrapped in Pride
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Webpages of an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art about Ghanaian kente; includes how to wear kente and how to design your own.
Visit the siteLetter from Africa: Ghana's uniform lovers
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BBC article on clothing in Ghana with photos showing similar cloths being worn
Visit the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30378181Outside the classroom
World Museum, Liverpool
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Visit the site http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/Visit the Museum of London Docklands
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Visit the site http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands/Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
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Visit the site http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge
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Visit the site http://maa.cam.ac.uk/maa/Horniman Museum, London
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Visit the site http://www.horniman.ac.uk/homePowell Cotton Museum, Kent
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Visit the site https://powell-cottonmuseum.org/British Museum
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