Africa, Its Geography, People and Products and Africa-Its Place in Modern History (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois) by Du Bois W. E. B.; Gates Henry Louis; Akyeampong Emmanuel

Author:Du Bois, W. E. B.; Gates, Henry Louis; Akyeampong, Emmanuel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

THE GOLD COAST. The Gold Coast was discovered by the Portuguese in the 14th Century, and Dutch and English slave traders frequented the Coast in the 17th Century. In 1871, the Gold Coast was transferred to the English by the Dutch and Ashanti was added in 1896, and the Northern territories in 1901, through war and intrigue. The total area of all these colonies is about 80,000 square miles, with 2,078,000 inhabitants, including 2,165 Europeans. The chief products are cocoa, palm oil, coconuts, palm kernels, lumber, rubber, manganese, gold, diamonds, livestock and dried fish.

The Gold Coast is the greatest cocoa-raising area in the world at present. In 1926, the exports amounted to $60,000,000, of which $45,000,000 represented the value of the cocoa. There is a public debt of nearly $60,000,000. There are 22 government schools and 221 assisted schools, with 29,332 pupils. The government expenditure for education is $530,000 a year.

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