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HISTORY


HISTORY

  Strand 2: My country Ghana
  Sub-strand 4:Major Historical Locations.

   I. Ghana has the most colonial forts and castles in Africa.
  II. The Europeans came in their numbers and they needed a place to stay and trade.
  III. Since most of the trading activities are done along the coast.
  IV. They built many forts and castles there.
 — A castle is a large building which is protected for the safety of a King or an official.

 — A fort is a building which is occupied by soldiers as their permanent post to offer protection.

 — While the European officials and governors lived in the castles.

 — They built the forts for their soldiers to offer protection.

   Examples of castles 
   Castles             Location         Built by 
Elmina castle           Elmina       Portuguese(1482)

 Cape coast castle       Cape coast     Swedes (1653)

 Osu castle             Osu       Denmark-Norway(1660)
Examples of forts 
  Forts.             Location.          Built by 

 Usher fort           Accra          Dutch (1642)

 Fort James          Accra          British (1673)
Fort St. Jago        Elmina        Portuguese (1558)

 Fort Friederichsburg  Princetown      Germans (1682)

 Fort Williams       Anomabo         Dutch (1640)

   Castles/Fort.                   other names 
  ●Elmina castle.                 Sao Jorge da Mina 

   ●Cape Coast castle                  Carolusborg 

   ●Osu castle                       Fort Christiansborg

   ●Ussher fort.                       Crevecoeur 

   ●Fort James.                        Jamestown 
  ● The Cape Coast castle was built by Hendrik Caeloff.
  
  ● The Carolusborg castle was named after King Charles X

   ● Fort St. was built to serve as a Church 

   ●Elmina Castle is now a world Heritage site according to UNESCO.

       NB:
   UNESCO stands for :United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

WEEK 8 NOTES
History 
     
Strand 2 : My country Ghana
Sub-Strand 5 : Some selected Individuals 

 An entrepreneur is a person who organises and controls a business with the aim of making profit.

 An entrepreneur puts resources together to produce goods for the purpose of making profit.

 These are some Ghanaian entrepreneurs who have helped in the development of the nation.

 Winfred Tete-Ansa

 Tete-Ansa was a Ghanaian businessman who lived In Nigeria and Gold Coast .
He helped farmers in Gold Coast to sell their cocoa beans outside the country.
He also set up a bank to offer financial support to businesses owned by Africans .
He supported local businesses such as timber ,palm oil and other local raw material producers.
He did so because European banks were not giving financial support to African-owned businesses.
By this ,cocoa farmers were able to sell their cocoa beans outside the country.
Esther Ocloo

 She was born as Esther Afua Nkulenu.
She is a Ghanaian Entrepreneur who introduced the program of making small loans available to businesses.
She is one of the founders of the Women World Banking.
Even though she came from a poor family background.
She gained a scholarship to study in Achimota School.
After school, she started a Food Processing business 
This was the first formal food processing business in Gold Coast .
She produced marmalade and orange juice and supplied to Achimota School.
The business grew to be known as Nkulenu industries.
B . A . Mensah .

 Mr. Benjamin Amponsah Mensah was born in Kumawu on 13th September,1924.
He started working as a houseboy in Kumasi at the age of  12.
He was later employed as a clerk with John Holt Ltd.
He also worked at the Rubber Production sector in the Agriculture Department as a Civil servant.
He enrolled in the Gold Coast Police Force after he lost his job in the Civil Service 
He left the Police Service after being injured in the 1948 riots
He worked for GB Ollivant for a short period after which he resigned to set up his own company.
He set up B.A Mensah and Co. in 1951 as an import and export company.
B.A Mensah set up Textile Spinning Work Ltd ,a company which produced Asante Kente yarns.

B.A Mensah also set up International Tobacco Ghana (ITC) in 1976.








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