ENGLISH IN GHANA

[...]of its size, Akan could have been officially used as a common language but for the fact that, it being the language of the Asante, speakers of the other languages would resent what they would have perceived as a modern version of the age-old Asante domination.4 There is therefore no single nati...

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Published in:	English studies in Africa 1996-01, Vol.39 (1), p.57-66
Main Author:	DSEAGU, SAMUEL A.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	African history Akan Colonialism Dialects Dialects of the Rest of the World English language Ewe Hausa Languages Maclean, Sir George The English Language
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Summary:	[...]of its size, Akan could have been officially used as a common language but for the fact that, it being the language of the Asante, speakers of the other languages would resent what they would have perceived as a modern version of the age-old Asante domination.4 There is therefore no single native language that is generally accepted as a common language. [...]it has the added advantage of being accessible in a variety of forms, formal *as well as informal, nationwide to a cross-section of the population. [...]of the British intervention in the wars with the Asante Empire as an ally of the coastal states, a climate of goodwill and trust was created between the people of the Gold Coast Colony and Great Britain. [...]far from being perceived by the coastal tribes as an empire-building colonizer, Britain was regarded as a reliable and trustworthy ally and the English language then became associated with peace, progress and development.
ISSN:	0013-8398 1943-8117