The coastal people, primarily some of the Fante and the inhabitants of the new town of Accra, who were chiefly Ga, came to rely on British protection against Asante incursions, but the merchant companies had limited ability to provide such security.

The British were able to defeat an Asante invasion of the coast in 1826 with a combined force of British and local forces, including the Fante and the people of Accra.

Shortly after declaring the coastal area a colony, the British moved the colonial capital from Cape Coast to the former Danish castle at Christiansborg in Accra.

Change that would place real power in African hands was not a priority among British leaders until after rioting and looting in Accra and other towns and cities in early 1948 over issues of pensions for ex-servicemen, the dominant role of foreigners in the economy, the shortage of housing, and other economic and political grievances.

In 1974 he became the First Secretary at the British High Commission in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and then in 1978 he was posted to Accra, Ghana.

and its leaders were forced to go into exile in Kumba in the British Southern Cameroons, then in Cairo, Conakry, Accra and Beijing.

It was originally planned to be sited at Accra because the British Government had by 1870 decided to move the capital of the Gold Coast from Cape Coast to Accra.

Accra was followed by a visit to Funchal on the Portuguese colony of Madeira ; they would spend most of the next nine years on the island, only returning to England for three or four months in the summer.

From there, they then went on to Accra in the Gold Coast ( modern Ghana ).

* February 3 – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan makes the Wind of Change speech to the South African Parliament in Cape Town ( although he had first made the speech, to little publicity, in Accra, Gold Coast – now Ghana – on January 10 ).

In 1948, the unpressurised Yorks were still operating passenger services as far afield as Nairobi ( Kenya ), Accra ( Gold Coast, later Ghana ), Delhi and Calcutta ( India ), and the type continued to operate freight schedules until late 1957.

In late March a small number of Waco gliders arrived at Accra on the Gold Coast, but pilots sent to ferry them to North Africa found that they were in a poor condition.

The core of the magazine consists of 5-10 articles on subjects related to philately, ranging from highly technical subjects such as " Accra overprints on Gold Coast stamps ", to the fictional stamps and envelopes that have been used as movie props.

Wharton was born in Jamestown, Gold Coast ( now Accra, Ghana ), his father was half-Grenadian and half-Scottish, and his mother was a member of the Fante Akan royalty.

In 1943, he went on a two-month, 35, 000-mile tour, giving concerts for military personnel in Belém and Natal, Brazil ; Accra, Gold Coast ; Aden ; Asmara, Eritrea ; Cairo ( where he met King Farouk ); Teheran, Iran ; Casablanca ; and the Azores.

While working in Accra, Gold Coast ( modern-day Ghana ) he died from yellow fever on May 21, 1928, his last words being " I don't understand.

In 1902, Nathan imported into the Gold Coast a £ 543 French Gardner-Serpollet, paraffin-fired, steam-driven car for his use on the roads around Accra.

From the time of Nkrumah's return to the Gold Coast in 1947 to lead the independence movement there, Padmore advised him in long detailed letters, wrote dozens of articles for Nkrumah's newspaper, the Accra Evening News, wrote a history of The Gold Coast Revolution ( 1953 ), and, with Dorothy Pizer, encouraged Nkrumah to write his own autobiography, which he did, publishing it in 1957, the year the Gold Coast became independent Ghana.

In 1947, he became a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention ( UGCC ) and was one of the " Big Six " detained after disturbances in Accra.

Returning to the Gold Coast as a merchant, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace and was Civil Commandant of Christiansborg, Accra from 1850 to 1857.

Hearts of Oak won their first major match in 1922 when Sir Gordon Guggisberg, governor of the Gold Coast, founded the Accra Football League.

Nii Amaa Ollennu was one of the Accra representatives in the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly during the early 1950s.

He entered the Colonial Service and was sent to Accra on the Gold Coast.

After 1900 three chiefs and three other Africans were added to the Legislative Council, these being chosen from the Europeanized communities of Accra, Cape Coast, and Sekondi.

There are five medical schools in Ghana: The University of Ghana Medical School in Accra, the KNUST School of Medical Sciences in Kumasi, University for Development Studies School of Medicine in Tamale, University of Cape Coast Medical School and the University of Allied Health Sciences in Ho, Volta Region.

These included the ports of Accra, Elmina, and Cape Coast Castle.

His services were accepted, and in September 1873 he landed at Cape Coast, and, after forming a small trustworthy force of Hausa, marched to Accra.

As the popularity of the game grew, other clubs along the coast, namely: Accra Hearts of Oak, Cape Coast Venomous Vipers, Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs, Sekondi Hasaacas and Sekondi Eleven Wise all amateur clubs were formed.

In 1657, Swedish merchants founded Cape Coast in modern Ghana, but were soon displaced by the Danish, who founded Fort Christiansborg near modern day Accra.

The distribution of vehicles was skewed, however, because, by 1988, more than half of all vehicles were in Accra, which contained approximately 7 percent of the country's population.

In July 2002, members of some 40 African social movements, trade unions, youth and women's organizations, NGOs, religious organizations and others endorsed the African Civil Society Declaration on NEPAD rejecting NEPAD ; a similar hostile view was taken by African scholars and activist intellectuals in the 2002 Accra Declaration on Africa's Development Challenges.

* A mausoleum was built for Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah on the coast of the capital city, Accra.

In 1971, the Soul to Soul music festival was held in Accra.

With the exception of Mexican-American Santana, these American superstars were all black, and their presence in Accra was seen as legitimizing Ghanaian music.

In 1962 her relationship with Make ended, and she and Guy moved to Accra, Ghana, he to attend college, where he was seriously injured in an automobile accident.

Two planes inherited from Syrian Airways were written off between 1959 and 1961: the Douglas DC-4-1009 which was ditched in the Congo River as it was carrying cargo from Accra to Leopoldville on September 1, 1960, and a Dakota which crashed on its final approach of Kamishly on a domestic flight from Aleppo on May 6, 1961.

Born as Odenke Abbey to Ghanaian parents, Marcel had his name changed when his mother married the head of the French Consulate in Accra who adopted all the children ( the former professional footballer Seth Adonkor, seven years his elder, was a half-brother of his ).

Simon Burns was educated at Christ the King School, Accra, Ghana ; Stamford School ; and Worcester College, Oxford, where he obtained a BA Honours Degree in Modern History ( third class honours, resulting in the nickname ' third degree burns ') in 1975.

Ghana Airways Limited was the national airline of the Republic of Ghana with its main base of operation, and hub, at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

When the company was founded, a seven year agreement between the airline and BOAC was also signed, which saw BOAC personnel being seconded to Accra, and Ghanaian personnel being trained in order for them to take over management and operations of the airline.

After having initially expected to be delivered on 20 November, the first two of six Il-18s was delivered to Accra on 3 December, and were initially crewed and maintained by Soviet personnel while Ghanaian personnel were trained.

A weekly flight from Accra to Kumasi, Tamale, Ouagadougou, Mopti, Ségou and Bamako was inaugurated on 4 July 1962 utilising Douglas DC-3 equipment.

The pool arrangement with BOAC was terminated in November 1962, some three years before its expected July 1985 expiry, after Ghana Airways signed a pool agreement with Alitalia covering flights between Accra and Rome.

By this time, the airline was operating domestic flights from Accra to Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale, with regional flights being operated to Abidjan, Bamako, Bathurst, Conakry, Dakar, Freetown, Lagos and Monrovia.

The first VC10 was delivered to Accra on 18 December 1964, and initially conducted proving and training flights, before entering service on 15 February 1965 on the route to London.

It was reported in April 2005 that Ethiopian Airlines was negotiating with the government in Accra to help keep Ghana Airways afloat, in a deal which would have seen the government keeping a 25 % share in the airline, with 40 % being sold off to the Ethiopian national airline and Ghana International Airlines.

The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Kotoka Airport, Accra.