Ghana Collection (page 5)

Scouts of the 1st Gold Coast Troop, Ghana, West Africa

Officers of the 1st Ashanti Troop, Gold Coast, West Africa
Officers of the 1st Ashanti Scout Troop, Coomassie (Kumasi), Gold Coast, Ghana, West Africa

Scouts of the 1st Ashanti Troop, Gold Coast, West Africa
Scouts of the 1st Ashanti Troop, Coomassie (Kumasi), Gold Coast, Ghana, West Africa

German Mission in Ghana, Gold Coast, Africa
German Mission in Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa - Bremen Evangelical. circa 1910s

Landon Deathplace
Cape Coast Castle, in present- day Ghana : the last home and deathplace of popular poet and novelist Letitia Elizabeth Landon, wife of the governor George Maclean. Date: 1830S

Young Ghanaian girl learning to draw
Young African girl learning to draw on a slate chalkboard in primary School - Ghana. Note that she has drawn a Union Flag on the flagpole next to the house/building. Date: circa late 1930s

Manganese Mine, Insuta, Gold Coast, Ghana, West Africa. Discovered in 1915 when allies were in dire need of Manganese ore

Two Britten-Norman BN2A Islanders G350 and G351
Two Britten-Norman BN2A Islanders, G350 and G351 of the Ghana Air Force

King Kobina of Elmina and members of tribe, Ghana

Local cooks at Accra, Ghana, West Africa
Local cooks at Accra, Ghana (Gold Coast), West Africa Date: circa 1910s

The Gold Coast (Ghana) - Tarkwa. Headquarters of the Tarkwa Trading Company

Takoradi Harbour
British Empire Marketing Board poster depicting a view of Takoradi Harbour in Ghana, West Africa, showing the industrial harbour and a number of workers carrying goods towards waiting merchant ships

Ghana - Fish Drying Kilns

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Native soldiers surprised
A night alarm during sentry duty during the 2nd Ashanti War. Native soldiers eyes wide with fear tread softly in the direction of danger

The town of Sutah, Gold Coast, 1874
Sutah was one of the towns which the British took on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) Paying a West India regiment
British officers paying soldiers of a West India regiment during the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

Port of Christianborg near Accra, 1873
This former Swedish outpost on the Gold Coast was sold to the British in 1873 when, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

A young boy with British officers in Kumasi, 1874
The last in Kumasi - a young boy eating bananas while a British officer tries to talk to him. In the background, the British troops are marching away

The Ashanti War (1873-74)
The British camp of Mansu on the road to the Prah river during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The Castle of Elmina, Gold Coast, 1873
The Castle of Elmina which both the British and the Ashanti Kings tried to capture sits on the shore of the Gold Coast. In 1873

Accra and its coastline in 1873
Accra sketched in 1873, the year, when after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Panoramic view of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters and garrison of the British on the Gold Coast, West Africa. It has been sketched from the bridge of the steam ship Volta ans shows the coastline

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The battlefield of Abrakrampa
The battlefield of Abrakrampa during the 2nd Ashanti War where trees have been chopped down. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

A village on the river Prah during the 2nd Ashanti War
On their march towards the Ashanti capital of Kumasi, British soldiers watch the peaceful scene of women catching fish and tritons in the river Prah

Sentries of the different lines of troops in Camp at Prahsu
Sentries of the different lines of troops in camp at Prah-su during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The town of Accroful, 1874
Accroful was one of the towns where the British and set up camp on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The camp at Prah-su, 1874
Native artillery crossing the river at the camp at Prah-su, on the river Prah. Native bearers or carriers bring artillery over the bridge

The Camp at Dunquah, Gold Coast, 1874
Dunquah was one of the towns where the British set up camp on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Town of Barracoe, Gold Coast, 1874
Barracoe was one of the towns which the British took on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - The arrival of stores
The arrival of stores carried by native bearers to a British garrison during the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The King of Ashantis bed, 1874
A British soldier looks into the bedchamber of the King of Ashanti which has a raised four poster bed with a canopy. In 1873

Ashanti war drums, 1874
Ashanti war drums by a wall. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

Selling Indian corn on the streets of Cape Coast Castle, 187
Natives selling Indian corn in the streets of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the British on the Gold Coast. This was sketched during the 2nd Ashantee War (1873-74)

The town of Yancomassie-Assin, 1874
Yancommassie-Assin was one of the towns where the British and set up camp on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Water supply to Cape Coast Castle, 1874
The water supply to Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the British in the Gold Coast. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

Market place at Kumasi, 1873
The market place at Kumasi before the arrival of the British forces during the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

Shipping bullocks to Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Shipping bullocks from Sierra Leone for Cape Coast Castle during the British expedition to crush the King of the Ashantis in the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Native carriers crossing mangrov
This shows the difficulties of the native bearers as they tried to cross the mangroves on the river banks of the river Prah

The Queen of Ashantis bed, 1874
A British soldier enters the empty bedchamber of the Queen of Ashanti which has a bed on the floor and is nowhere near as grand an affair as the Kings bedchamber

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The return from Kumasi, 1874
The return of the British and native troops from their expedition to Kumasi. They are seen here crossing a river. This was sketched during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Inner courtyard of King of Ashantis palace, 1874
The inner courtyard of the King of Ashantis palace captured by the British during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

Ghana Elmina
Important trading centre founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century

Ghana Accra
The port viewed from the sea

Ghana / Elmina C1700
Port founded by Portuguese traders in 1482

Ghana / Cape Coast
Two prospects of Cape Coast Castle - above, from the east, below, from the northwest : the British flag flies proudly in the southerly wind

Destruction of Grand Taboo
The British HM Penelope destroys the town of Grand Taboo in Ghana

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