Edward Wilmot Blyden. The African Personality and Early Intellectual Work in the Gold Coast (Ghana)

There is a commonly held view that African nationalism took shape out of contacts of African intellectuals with twentieth century Pan-African leaders. Yet, this interpretation lacked concrete evidence, as many of these intellectuals owed their ideological formulation to Nineteenth century teachings of Edward Wilmot Blyden. In his writings, Blyden articulated a thorough understanding of African’s strengths and weaknesses. For Blyden, Western civilization intended to make the African a caricature of European society. As a result, the situation of the African became one of chaos as he lived in strict psychological conflicts. A revival of the African personality rested as a solution to the distorted manhood of the African and a path to his future progress. This article examines Blyden’s theory of the African personality as revealed in early intellectual work in the Gold Coast (Ghana). Drawing on Blyden’s African personality theory, the article revealed that these intellectuals begun a vigorous campaign to oppose Europeanization of the African system of life and took an uncompromising stand against ideas of black “inferiority” and “backwardness”.

Some problems and policies in African education in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Towards the end of 1953, formal steps were taken to join Southern and Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland into a political Federation. In this very new country, the policy is to work towards an integrated society with freedom for each one, black and white, to develop his capacities to the full.<br><br>In South Africa, the government is controlled by the Europeans. The Africans, on the other hand, hold the reins of government in the Gold Coast. The Federation is opening doors to the African to enable him to develop into responsible citizenship. As Lord Llewellin, Governor-General of the Federation, has stressed, it is neither a black man's country nor a white man's country. "Africans, Europeans and Indians have an equal right to be there, and have a right, when capable of doing so, to have a say in the Government. We are trying an experiment to see if people cannot make a happy land where people can live together in friendship and peace, whatever the colour of their skins."

Some problems and policies in African education in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Towards the end of 1953, formal steps were taken to join Southern and Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland into a political Federation. In this very new country, the policy is to work towards an integrated society with freedom for each one, black and white, to develop his capacities to the full.<br><br>In South Africa, the government is controlled by the Europeans. The Africans, on the other hand, hold the reins of government in the Gold Coast. The Federation is opening doors to the African to enable him to develop into responsible citizenship. As Lord Llewellin, Governor-General of the Federation, has stressed, it is neither a black man's country nor a white man's country. "Africans, Europeans and Indians have an equal right to be there, and have a right, when capable of doing so, to have a say in the Government. We are trying an experiment to see if people cannot make a happy land where people can live together in friendship and peace, whatever the colour of their skins."

Evaluation of Transportation Infrastructure: A Case Study of Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 1&2

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been increased reliance on new infrastructure projects to counter economic fallout and underpin employment security. Urban and inter-urban transportation projects, such as major road, rail and port facilities, are popular choices for national and state governments in Australia as they provide broad fiscal support across all sectors of the economy. The problem with stimulus is making sure that the quality of the new infrastructure provides collective utility to a community or region. Whether the benefits will be worthwhile and represent best use of resource inputs requires financial, social, ethical and environmental consequences to be evaluated in a comparable format. The aim in this paper is to analyse the Gold Coast Light Rail (GCLR) Stage 1&2 project using a method that is capable of merging tangible and intangible criteria using an ordinal ranking algorithm. While the GCLR case study is undertaken with the benefit of hindsight, normally these types of evaluations are performed in real time as a project progresses from initiation (design) to implementation (deliver) and influence (delight). The method adopted in this study represents a modern form of multi-criteria decision-making, which enables successful projects to be distinguished from unsuccessful ones using a time period from commencement until one full year of operation has occurred. The i3d3 model, developed by a team from Bond University, has the unique benefit of ranking projects from best to worst across an organisational portfolio, geographic region or industry sector. It also supports past project performance to inform new design through application of a continuous improvement process of recording lessons learned. The GCLR case study calculated 100% of the critical success factors in the model to be positive and produced an overall success ranking of 23 (on a scale of -100 to +100). This paper presents the approach taken to evaluate GCLR’s level of success and the calculations that took place to reach this finding. This is the first time i3d3 has been used on an Australian project.

Cocoa Production in Ghana (1879-1976)

Cocoa production has been a major source of income and revenue to many citizens and the governor of Ghana respectively through time. Historically, although attributed to Tetteh Quarshie, records have shown that prior to Tetteh Quarshie’s achievement, the Dutch and Basel Missionaries had experimented with the crop in the Gold Coast. Since its introduction in the country, cocoa production has expanded and spread across all the regions in Ghana. The production of cocoa has affected every facet of development in the country since its inception and has once led Ghana to be world’s major exporter of the beans. Cocoa production in Ghana has gone beyond its agricultural and economic significance with its impacts felt across socio-cultural, religious and political life of Ghanaians. That notwithstanding, scholars have made partial effort at addressing the impact of cocoa production among Ghanaians between 1879 and 1976. Using a qualitative approach rooted in both primary and secondary sources, the current study sought to address the gap aforementioned by tracing the relationship between cocoa production and economics, politics and social-religious practices among Ghanaian between 1879 and 1976. Findings from the discourse revealed that though an agricultural product, cocoa can no longer be said to belong to that sphere alone. The product and its associated gains have permeated the entire life of Ghanaians since its inception.