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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.
  
  
• African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions: African Regional Conference of Vice Chancellors, Provosts, and Deans of Science, Engineering and Technology, 25-27 September 2007, Johannesburg, South Africa (UNESCO Nairobi Office, Kenya)
  --Plus, Report on 2007 Conference, Accra, Ghana. PDF format
  
  
• AITI-KACE: Advanced Information Technology Institute--Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (Accra, Ghana)
  "Our dynamic team works to stimulate the growth of the ICT Sector in ECOWAS. Established in 2003, through a partnership between the Government of Ghana and the Government of India, this state-of the-art facility provides an ideal environment for innovation, teaching and learning as well as practical research on the application of ICT4D in Africa."
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• "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).
  
  
• 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 Cyber Group, Inc. (New York)
  • The website features news about events and activities; plus Ghana links. '[Founded in 1999] GCG has two principal divisions: GCG Investments and Ghana Cyber Group Foundation, a non-profit, incorporated in the United States, which is currently working on: shipping books to Ghanaian universities; The Ghana Digital Project--expanding computer and Internet access at Ghanaian universities; and, Health Project--fundraising for Ghanaian hospitals and environmental protection.'
  • Newsletter, including information about events
  
  
• Ghana. Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (Accra, Ghana)
  
  
• Ghana National Committee on Internet Connectivity (Accra, Ghana)
  General information about the committee's intiatives, including the results of two workshops (in 1998 and 2000) --with online reports.
  
  
• 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, and a few illustrations and sound files.
  
  
• 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 and West Africa (C. Ladzekpo, University of California, Berkeley)
  
  
• 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)
  • 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).
  
  
• Universities of Ghana on the Internet
  • Ashesi University, Accra
    
  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
    See also: KNUST (via Universities of Ghana Overseas Office, London).
  • 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 with a mission to build endogenous African capacity and strengthen national institutions to promote sustainable use of the continent's natural resources for development."
    -- UNU/INRA Publications (Full list)
  • University for Development Studies, Tamale (via Universities of Ghana Overseas Office, London, UK)
    
  • University of Cape Coast (via Universities of Ghana Overseas Office, London, UK)
    
  • University of Education, Winneba
    
  • University of Ghana--Legon Home Page
    See also, the University of Ghana's Balme Library home page.
  
  
• 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.