From Bond to Colony: How the Gold Coast Became a Laboratory of Empire

African History and its Discontents by Dr Christopher Appiah-Thompson

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Episode notes

This episode aims to reveal how a patchwork of treaties and conquests turned the Gold Coast into a formal Crown Colony.

Show why British officials saw the territory as a testing ground for new ideas about ruling African societies.

Keywords
African History, Oral Stories, Narratives, People, Places
What place this episode is about
Country
Australia, Australia
Where this episode is made
Suburb
Newcastle, Newcastle-Maitland, New South Wales, 2300, Australia