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The population of Ashanti: a geographical analysis

Geographical journal111-112 • Published In 1948 • Pages: 64-77

By: Steel, R. W..

Abstract
This is an analysis of demographic trends in Ashanti during the first half of the twentieth century. Population distribution and density, settlement patterns, and land use are discussed, and maps and charts illustrating the textual data are provided. Steel lists the main reasons advanced for the increase in Ashanti population in the 1940s, and cites the influence of the cocoa and gold mining industries, immigration and internal migration, and highway construction on population trends and urban development in Ashanti. The author, a lecturer in colonial geography at Oxford University, travelled in Ashanti during 1945-46 as a member of the Ashanti Social Survey (see document no. 7 for additional information on the nature of this Survey and geographical data contributed by Steel).
Subjects
Composition of population
Land use
Settlement patterns
culture
Akan
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Western Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Types
Natural
Physical Scientist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Mary L. Bartlett ; 1953
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
ca. 1900-1950
Coverage Place
Ashanti; Ghana
Notes
by R. W. Steel
LCSH
Akan (African peoples)