Schets van de twee achtereenvolgende staatsgrepen uitgevoerd door kapitein Jerry Rawlings op 4 juni 1979 en op oudejaarsdag 1981, waarbij wordt gekeken naar welke resultaten er zijn bereikt, hoe... Show moreSchets van de twee achtereenvolgende staatsgrepen uitgevoerd door kapitein Jerry Rawlings op 4 juni 1979 en op oudejaarsdag 1981, waarbij wordt gekeken naar welke resultaten er zijn bereikt, hoe de bevolking tegenover het "revolutionair" proces van bijna twee jaar staat, en in hoeverre er verschillen zijn aan te wijzen tussen de eerste en de tweede coup. Show less
The recent introduction of capitalist rice farming in the Gbedembilisi Valley (a river valley located in the south-east of the Builsa Traditional Area in the upper Region of Ghana) has given rise... Show moreThe recent introduction of capitalist rice farming in the Gbedembilisi Valley (a river valley located in the south-east of the Builsa Traditional Area in the upper Region of Ghana) has given rise to the emergence of a small class of mainly stranger and partly absentee farmers within local peasant communities. This class of capitalist rice farmers has been highly dependent on local peasant communities for the allocation of land and for the supply of labor. This article shows that land allocation has resulted in: 1) various abuses of "customary" land law by both local chiefs and stranger farmers; 2) a protracted conflict between. local peasant communities, on the one hand, and stranger farmers and the state, on the other, about control over Builsa lands, the so-called Gbedembilisi Valley Dispute; and 3) and attempt by the Builsa Traditional Council to effect changes in the "customary" land law in order to "regulate" land allocation to capitalist rice farmers. Notes. Show less
This medium-sized irrigation project was one of the schemes undertaken to bring about structural changes in the colonial export economy and to bridge regional inequalities. The paper aims to... Show moreThis medium-sized irrigation project was one of the schemes undertaken to bring about structural changes in the colonial export economy and to bridge regional inequalities. The paper aims to demonstrate first why producers of use-values and migrant labourers should be transformed into producers of commodities and how this transformation was achieved. It then tries to explain the reasons for the consequent various changes in the organisation of cash crop production in the project and to analyse the various ways peasants' labour is controlled and exploited. Finally it shows reaction and action of peasants on the loss of control over the means of production, the production process and the terms of exchange. Show less
Bijdrage tot het debat over het proces van klassevorming onder de Afrikaanse arbeiders in de grote buitenlandse bedrijven en staatsondernemingen die aan het industrialisatie-proces in Afrika ten... Show moreBijdrage tot het debat over het proces van klassevorming onder de Afrikaanse arbeiders in de grote buitenlandse bedrijven en staatsondernemingen die aan het industrialisatie-proces in Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara gestalte geven, aan de hand van een studie van de arbeiders in dienst van de Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC) te Obuasi, Ghana - de opvattingen van de mijnwerkers over hun positie in het productiesysteem, hun opvattingen over hun klasse-positie in de Ghanese samenleving, en de organisatie en actie van de mijnwerkers. De onderzoeksgegevens berusten op veldwerk gedaan door de auteur te Obuasi in 1975. Show less
What is the political consciousness of Ghanaian workers in large-scale foreign and state enterprises and what action have they engaged in? The present study, based on fieldwork in Ghana in 1975,... Show moreWhat is the political consciousness of Ghanaian workers in large-scale foreign and state enterprises and what action have they engaged in? The present study, based on fieldwork in Ghana in 1975, attempts to answer these questions with regard to answer these questions with regard to industrial workers in a multi-national corporation at Tema, Valco (Volta Aluminium Company). Show less
