Ashanti (Crown Colony)
Ashanti | |||||||||
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| 1902–1957 | |||||||||
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| Anthem: traditional African religion | |||||||||
| Government | Colonial | ||||||||
| Chief Commissioner | |||||||||
• 1902-1904 | Donald William Stewart | ||||||||
• 1956-1957 | Arthur Colin Russell | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Colony established | 1 January 1902[1] | ||||||||
• Independence as part of the dominion named Ghana | 6 March 1957 | ||||||||
| Currency | Gold Coast ackey British West African pound | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Ghana | ||||||||
| Gold Coast |
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Ashanti was a British
Governor of the Gold Coast.[3] Ashanti was classed as a colony by conquest.[4] The legislation by which this annexation was effected and the administration constituted was the Ashanti Order in Council 1901 made on 26 September 1901.[3][5]
The Ashanti lost their sovereignty but not the essential integrity of their socio-political system. In 1935, limited self-determination for the Ashanti was officially regularized in the formal establishment of the Ashanti Confederacy.[6] Ashanti continued to be administered with the greater Gold Coast but remained, nonetheless, a separate Crown Colony until it became united as part of the new dominion named Ghana under the Ghana Independence Act 1957.[4]
References
- ^ "Ashanti Order in Council, 1901". 26 September 1901.
- ^ JSTOR 218833.
- ^ a b Hertslet, E. The Map of Africa by Treaty (Map). p. 77.
- ^ ISBN 978-0313293665.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 101. United Kingdom: House of Lords. 16 January 1902. col. 57.
- ^ Hoebel, Edward Adamson. The Law of Primitive Man: A Study in Comparative Legal Dynamics. p. 212.