Gold Coast (Ghana)

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Gold Coast (Ghana) was the British colonial territory on the Gulf of Guinea that later became modern Ghana and served as a major center of the transatlantic slave trade, profoundly shaping African diasporic cultures such as the Gullah.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gold Coast (Ghana) canonical 1
Gold Coast (former name of Ghana) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
capital Accra ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
contains Accra ⓘ
Ashanti Region ⓘ
British Togoland (after union) ⓘ
Cape Coast ⓘ
Kumasi ⓘ
Northern Territories of the Gold Coast ⓘ
Sekondi-Takoradi ⓘ
linked to: Takoradi
currency British West African pound ⓘ
dateDissolved 1957-03-06 ⓘ
earlierColonialPresence Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
Danish-Norwegian realm ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway

Dutch Republic ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
endTime 1957 ⓘ
followedBy Ghana ⓘ
formerColonyType Crown colony ⓘ
governedBy Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Akan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Akan people

Dagomba ⓘ
Ewe ⓘ
Ga-Adangbe ⓘ
Guan peoples ⓘ
Mamprusi ⓘ
linked to: Mamprusi people

Mossi ⓘ
hasFort Cape Coast Castle ⓘ
Elmina Castle ⓘ
Fort Christiansborg (Osu Castle) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Christiansborg

Fort St. Anthony ⓘ
Fort St. Jago ⓘ
importantFor African diaspora history ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceResult creation of Ghana ⓘ
influencedCulture African American culture ⓘ
Caribbean cultures ⓘ
Gullah people ⓘ
linked to: Gullah
languageUsed Akan languages ⓘ
linked to: Akan language

English ⓘ
Ga language ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
majorExport cocoa ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
gold ⓘ
timber ⓘ
notableLeader Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
notableMovement Gold Coast independence movement ⓘ
notablePoliticalParty Convention People's Party ⓘ
United Gold Coast Convention ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
predecessorOf Ghana ⓘ
religion African traditional religions ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
significantFor transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
startTime 1821 ⓘ
wasPartOf British West Africa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gullah → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Gold Coast (Ghana) ⓘ
Saltpond → formerNameOfCountryContext → Gold Coast (former name of Ghana) ⓘ
linked to: Gold Coast (Ghana)