Reflections on Nationalism in the Gold Coast, 1944-1951

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Title:	Reflections on Nationalism in the Gold Coast, 1944-1951
Author:	Manu, Yaw
Year:	1975
Periodical:	Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria
Volume:	8
Issue:	1
Period:	December
Pages:	117-131
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	indirect rule nationalism Politics and Government colonialism
Abstract:	The following questions are to be answered in this paper Was the chief, in spite of his traditionally legitimized rule, suited to represent the people on the central political institutions of the country - the Executive and the Legislative organs? What was the position of the colonial government on this issue? What was the response of the elite? And what was the extent of consensus or the lack of it within the nationalist movement - the instrument of the modern elite? Sections: the place of the United Gold Coast Convention - the effect of the Coussey Constitutional Committee. Notes.