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Figures
- Figure 1.
“Diamond occurrences in the Gold Coast.”
Source: PRAAD, Accra.
- Figure 2.
Agreement with S. F. Dare, 1950.
Source: PRAAD, Kumase.
- Figure 3.
Agreement with Alabila Dandi, 1951.
Source: PRAAD, Kumase.
- Figure 4.
Agreement with Sanusi Lagos, 1951.
Source: PRAAD, Kumase.
- Figure 5.
A color-coded map showing diamond mining fields respectively worked, being worked, or to be worked by Africans and European enterprises in the Birim-Pra area, 1949.
Source: PRAAD, Kumase.
Tables
- Table 1.
Statistics of Diamond Prospecting Licenses, Carats Exported, and Their Respective Value, 1939–1951
Year Prospecting Licences Issued Carats (Exported) Value (£) All To Africans Total African Won Total African Won 1939–40 92 54 833,720 36,116 378,488 18,287 1940–41 150 124 1,004,219 38,966 604,967 25,851 1941–42 132 111 291,647 51,448 393,422 31,853 1942–43 113 97 1,025,637 46,987 598,537 29,777 1943–44 119 106 1,458,891 84,113 794,468 54,860 1944–45 100 86 1,042,569 33,800 595,824 24,791 1945–46 111 95 773,222 68,250 459,088 50,606 1946–47 162 99 753,088 35,956 624,718 39,274 1947–48 177 140 765,399 87,808 823,008 106,542 1948–49 255 239 972,976 197,726 1,152,010 264,939 1949–50 N/A N/A 978,384 451,026 1,570,523 762,122 1950–51 N/A N/A 935,627 386,896 2,071,149 916,108 Source: Compiled with data from PRAAD, Kumase and Balme Library, University of Ghana.
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Birim-Pra and Bonsa Diamondiferous Areas
- Diamond Mining in the Gold Coast—A Local Enterprise within Global Marketing and Financial Economies
- Interrogating a Company’s Complaints against African Diamond Diggers, Colonial Response, and the Immediate Aftermath
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- Footnotes
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