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• African Music and Dance (C.K. Ladzekpo, University of California, Berkeley)
  This site offers information (with image, sound, and video files) on the musical traditions of the Ewe of Ghana, and of other West African societies. There are also descriptions of programs at UC--Berkeley.
  
  
• Akan Cultural Symbols Project (George F. Kojo and Robert E. Rowe, Marshall University, West Virginia)
  The site offers examples and explanations of Akan architecture, textiles, metalwork, wood carving, cosmology, and political traditions. "This project is designed as an educational resource to show the relationships between Akan visual arts and Akan verbal genres. It is also to show some aspects of the rich cultural heritage of the Akan of Ghana ... The Project, therefore, comprises this web site - Akan Cultural Symbols Project Online; a series of books and catalogues; photo exhibitions, lectures and workshops; and multi-media CD-ROMs."
  
  
• Ashanti Home Page (Steve Garbrah, Australia)
  A collection of very brief historical summaries on the Ashanti kings & queen mothers, and about the Ashanti people of Ghana, with lots of color photographs; plus links.
  
  
• ASWAD--Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora -- 5th Biennial Conference, August 2-5, 2009, Accra, Ghana: Call for Papers (via New York University, New York)
  The deadline for proposals is December 15, 2008!
  
  
• Albert Adu Boahen, 1932-2006
  • "End of an era, Professor Boahen travels home" (May 29, 2006) Accra daily mail. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: Accra Daily Mail, 2005-
  • "In Memoriam: An appreciation of Professor A. Adu Boahen (1932-2006)" by Kwabena Akurang-Parry, Shippensburg University. Posted May 31, 2006. (H-West Africa Discussion Network, H-Net Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
  • "Tribute to Prof. Albert Kwadwo Adu Boahen" by Kwame Donkoh Fordwor. (June 6, 2006) GhanaHomePage (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  
  
• Cape Coast on the Internet
  • The Cape Coast Archive (The University of Virginia, Charlottesville & US/ICOMOS, Baltimore, Maryland)
    A website showcasing a digital project consisting of searchable image and media databases on the architecture and history of Cape Coast, Ghana, plus a small panoramic image library.
  • "Historic Cape Coast site analysis: utilizing geographical information system (GIS) and aerial imagery analysis technology for integrated planning" (1999) by Douglas C. Comer, Director, US/ICOMOS Cultural Site Analysis Initiative. (Baltimore, Maryland) Presented at the 19th Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Francisco, California.
  
  
• "Chieftaincy in Africa: Culture, Governance, and Development", Accra, Ghana, January 6-10, 2003 Co-sponsored by The Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon and The Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University, UK.
  Conference announcement and contact information only. See also: Events Home Page at Cambridge University.
  
  
• Dagaare--Northern and Southern of West Africa
  • Bibliography of Dagaare studies (2002) (Dr. Adams B. Bodomo, Department of Linguistics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
    
    
  • "The Dagara and their neighbors (Burkina Faso and Ghana)" by Richard Kuba and Carola Lentz (University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Electronic journal of Africana bibliography. (Online) ; vol. 7 (2001).
    
    
  • Journal of Dagaare studies. (Online) -- Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong, 2001- --ISSN 1608-0661
    "[JDS]...strives to publish high quality peer-reviewed research articles in various areas of the Arts and Sciences that bear on the language, culture and society of the Dagaaba of West Africa."
  
  
• Ghana at 50: Official Website for the 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration of Ghana (Accra, Ghana)
  The web site includes brief history of Ghana, biographical information on leaders, news on events around the country, etc.
  
  
• Ghana Center for Democratic Development (Accra, Ghana)
  The website offers general and contact information about the center's research programme; plus abstracts and order information on CDD working papers and briefs. "The Center is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit organization ... dedicated to the promotion of society and government based on the rule of law, appropriate checks on the power of the state, and integrity in public administration."
  
  
• Ghana National Commission on Culture (Accra)
  Created in 1990, the Commission promotes education and cultural awareness of Ghana's cultural and historical heritage. The website features brief summaries of major aspects of Ghana's history and cultures--with small color photos, current news about major cultural events around the country and internationally, and the activities of organizations and contact information, etc.
  
  
• Ghana Studies Council (via Prof. Larry W. Yarak, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas)
  • "The Ghana Studies Council (GSC) is an organization of scholars based in Africa, the United States, Europe, and Asia, whose research interests focus on the peoples of the West African state of Ghana. It is an associate organization of the African Studies Association (ASA) of the USA."
  • Ghana studies: Subscription information and the table of contents of the peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the GSC.
  
  
• Hausa Home Page (University of California, Los Angeles)
  This site offers basic information and links on Hausa language and culture, including an annotated bibliography, a section on Hausa writing, illustrations, audio files, and Hausar Baka Online--Videos for Hausa Language and Culture.
  
  
• K'ofar Hausa: The Online Dictionary (Franz Stoiber et al., Afrikanistik, Universität Wien, Austria)
  A searchable dictionary in Hausa, English or German, with frequent updates. As of October 2001, the authors claim to include about 9000 Hausa key-words.
  
  
• Historical Maps of Ghana, West Africa, and the African Continent Foundation course in African dance drumming. (C. Ladzekpo, University of California, Berkeley)
  
  
• Historical Society of Ghana (Accra)
  • Historical Society of Ghana: 2004 Annual Conference, 14-18 July 2004, University of Ghana, Legon -- "Tradition and Modernity in Ghanaian Urbanization." (via Ghana Studies Council, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas)
    The "call for papers" announcement (PDF format). The deadline for proposals is March 14, 2004.
    -- See also: Historical Society of Ghana 2002 Conference: "History, Our Heritage, and National Development", July 25-28, 2002, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Ghana (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Documents & resources on Ghana (Reports and statistics)
  
  
• "Kente cloth: a selected bibliography (February 1994)" by Ruth A. Hodges, Reference Librarian, Howard University (Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, DC)
  • A lengthy bibliography on Ghanaian kente and other African textiles. See also: "Wrapped in Pride" exhibit at the National Museum of African Art.
  • See also: Republic of Ghana - Gold Coast of Africa: Kente Cloth (Network Computer Systems, Ltd.; via Ghana.Com, Accra, Ghana)
    These web pages have not been updated since 1995: a brief history and discussion of kente cloth, with an entire page of samples and descriptions.
  
  
• Music in Ghana (Osu-Accra, Ghana)
  Promotional news about the current music scene in Ghana and an online catalog of contemporary Ghanaian musical artists.
  
  
• Navrongo and Lawra Home Page (Beverly & Carey Johnston, Virginia).
  This site offers summaries on Northern Ghana history, languages, & music.
  
  
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
  • Documentary Film Network--Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992) UCTV History (USA)
    A British film (45 minutes) about the history of the Volta River Project and Kwame Nkrumah; with selected British, American, and Ghanaian testimonies--mostly very critical of Nkrumah; includes footage of Nkrumah speeches and press conferences; plus, further developments under Rawlings.
    --See also: Documentary Film Network Home Page
    
    
  • Modern History Sourcebook: Kwame Nkrumah: I Speak of Freedom, 1961 (Paul Halsall, Fordham University, New York)
  • Kwame Nkrumah 1965: Neo-colonialism, the last stage of imperialism (Marxists Internet Archive, Freemont, California)
  • Nkrumah InfoSite (Zizwe Mtafuta-Ukweli, R4R Productions)
    A site dedicated to Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, with texts, illustrations, bibliographies of Nkrumah's writings, and downloadable photos (JPGs); plus links to related sites.
  
  
• The politics of reform in Ghana, 1982-1991. By Jeffrey Herbst. -- Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press ; California Digital Library eScholarship program, 2003 (1993).
  
  
• Twi Language on the Internet
  • LangMedia--Resources for World Languages: Twi Language Resources (Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
    The site includes "Beginning Twi Course Guide" (text and audio) -and- LangMedia Twi in Ghana: video and texts for elementary Twi course.
  
  
• Universities of Ghana on the Internet
  • Ashesi University, Accra
    
  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
  • United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Accra
    "The UNU/INRA is one of the five research and training centres of the United Nations University. It was established in 1986..."
  • University for Development Studies, Tamale
    
  • University of Cape Coast
    
  • University of Education, Winneba
    
  • University of Ghana--Legon Home Page
    See also, the University of Ghana's Balme Library Home Page
    and University of Ghana Libraries--Online Catalog.
  
  
• West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (Accra, Ghana)
  The website features information about WAPI 2004 (applications due in early August 2004) and news about the programs in 2002 and 2003. "In 1997, the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI) and the Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding in Virginia, USA, collaborated to conduct five sub-regional capacity building workshops in peacebuilding for Western, Central and Eastern African regions. [Subsequently] We have chosen a sub-regional focus..."
  
  
• "Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity": September 12, 1999 - January 2, 2000, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)
  "Asante strip-woven cloth, or kente, is the most popular and best known of all African textiles. This exhibition is a collaboration between the National Museum of African Art (NMAFA) and the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture. The National Museum of African Art will focus on the history and use of kente in Africa while Anacostia will explore contemporary kente and its manifestations in a display in the Arts and Industries Building." See also, the NMAFA Home Page.