The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed some of the
greatest gold mining migrations in history when dreams of bonanza
lured thousands of prospectors and diggers to the far corners of
the earth -- including the Gold Coast of West Africa.
El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of
Ghana in all of its dimensions -- land, labor, capital, traditional
African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of
cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is
crisscrossed by unexpected ironies and paradoxes.
Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom
of 1875-1900 against the background of colonial capitalism. Through
the use of oral data, he also brings to light the expansion of a
parallel "African gold mining frontier", which outpaced the
expatriate mining sector.
African women, kings and chiefs, and the ordinary Akan
farmer/miners, as well as European engineers and speculators, are
the focal points of this study. It probes in depth the productive
and developmental features and the turbulent and shattering effects
of mining capitalism on African societies.
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