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'''Ga''' was a former [[Districts of Ghana|district]] of [[Greater Accra Region]], [[Ghana]]. It has since been divided into the [[Ga East District]] and the [[Ga West District]]. |
'''Ga''' was a former [[Districts of Ghana|district]] of [[Greater Accra Region]], [[Ghana]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PcxxCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=ga+district+ghana&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjywrLo8erSAhUpCcAKHXKhCy0Q6AEISDAJ#v=onepage&q=ga%20district%20ghana&f=false|title=Private Schooling in Less Economically Developed Countries: Asian and African perspectives|last=Srivastava|first=Prachi|last2=Walford|first2=Geoffrey|date=2007-05-14|publisher=Symposium Books Ltd|year=|isbn=9781873927854|location=|pages=19|language=en}}</ref> It has since been divided into the [[Ga East District]] and the [[Ga West District]]. |
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The Ga District is divided in different sub-areas. |
The Ga District is divided in different sub-areas. The [[Ga people]] are the original citizens of the Ga district/state. |
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Today Ga is a melting pot of different cultural and ethnic groups from all over the world. |
Today Ga is a melting pot of different cultural and ethnic groups from all over the world. |
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==Important historical GaDangmemei== |
==Important historical GaDangmemei== |
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Great GaDangme historical personalities who contributed significantly to the development of the GaDangme people, traditions, and culture, and Ghana (formerly, the Gold Coast) include: |
Great [[Ga-Adangbe people|GaDangme]] historical personalities who contributed significantly to the development of the GaDangme people, traditions, and culture, and Ghana (formerly, the Gold Coast) include: |
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*Dr. [[Ebenezer Ako Adjei]] (1916-2002) |
*Dr. [[Ebenezer Ako Adjei]] (1916-2002) |
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*Dr. [[Benjamin Quartey-Papafio]] (1859-1924) |
*Dr. [[Benjamin Quartey-Papafio]] (1859-1924) |
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*Hon. Dr. [[Frederick Nanka-Bruce]] (1878-1953), physician, journalist and politician |
*Hon. Dr. [[Frederick Nanka-Bruce]] (1878-1953), physician, journalist and politician |
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*[[Tetteh Quarshie]] (1842-1892), father of Ghana's cocoa industry |
*[[Tetteh Quarshie]] (1842-1892), father of Ghana's cocoa industry |
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[[Category:Former districts of Ghana]] |
[[Category:Former districts of Ghana]] |
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[[Category:Greater Accra Region]] |
[[Category:Greater Accra Region]] |
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Ga was a former district of Greater Accra Region, Ghana.[1] It has since been divided into the Ga East District and the Ga West District.
The Ga District is divided in different sub-areas. The Ga people are the original citizens of the Ga district/state. Today Ga is a melting pot of different cultural and ethnic groups from all over the world.
Important historical GaDangmemei
Great GaDangme historical personalities who contributed significantly to the development of the GaDangme people, traditions, and culture, and Ghana (formerly, the Gold Coast) include:
- Dr. Ebenezer Ako Adjei (1916-2002)
- Dr. Benjamin Quartey-Papafio (1859-1924)
- Lt. General Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915-1992), soldier and head of state 1966-69.
- Sir Emmanuel Quist (died 1959), judge and politicisn
- Nene Annorkwei II (born 1900), QMC, GM
- Rev. Carl Christian Reindorf (1834-1917)
- Rev. Samuel Richard Brew Attoh-Ahuma (1863-1921)
- Christian Josiah Reindorf (1868-1937)
- Edmund Bannerman (1832-1903)
- Rev. John Ahoomah Solomon
- George Cleland
- Daniel Quaye Tawiah ("Kwei Nungua")
- Rev. E. A. W. Engmann (1903-1983)
- King Tackie Yaaboi
- Hon. John Glover-Addo (1873-1933), lawyer and politician
- King Tackie Tawiah I
- Hon. Thomas Hutton-Mills, Sr. (1865-1931), lawyer and politician
- Chief John Vanderpuije
- Hon. Sir Nene Azu Mate-Kole
- Hon. Dr. Frederick Nanka-Bruce (1878-1953), physician, journalist and politician
- Tetteh Quarshie (1842-1892), father of Ghana's cocoa industry
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- ^ Srivastava, Prachi; Walford, Geoffrey (2007-05-14). Private Schooling in Less Economically Developed Countries: Asian and African perspectives. Symposium Books Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 9781873927854.