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The State of Ghana came into existence on 6 March 1957 when the former Colony of the Gold Coast and the Trusteeship Territory of Togoland attained Dominion status. The name of the country recalls a powerful monarchy which from the 4th to the 13th century A.D. ruled the region of the middle Niger.
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Ghana. Official Handbook. Annual
Carmichael, J., Profile of Ghana. London, 1992.—African Eldorado: Ghana from Gold Coast to Independence. London, 1993
Davidson, B., Black Star. London, 1973
Herbst, J., The Politics of Reform in Ghana, 1982–1991. California Univ. Press, 1993
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Petchenkine, Y., Ghana in Search of Stability, 1957–1992. New York, 1992
Ray, D. I., Ghana: Politics, Economics and Society. London, 1986
Rimtner, D., Staying Poor: Ghana’s Political Economy, 1950–1990. Oxford, 1993
Rothchild, D., (ed.): Ghana: the Political Economy of Recovery. Boulder. (Colo.), 1991
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Hunter, B. (1994). Ghana. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271234_71
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