TRADITIONAL GOLD MINING IN AKYEM ABUAKWA IN GHANA’S EASTERN REGION
: This study examines precolonial gold mining in Akyem Abuakwa in Ghana's Eastern Region. It uses a historiographical approach, combining primary and secondary data and oral interviews to show the mineral processing and metallurgical technology used in mining Abuakwa gol d in the historic peri...
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| description | : This study examines precolonial gold mining in Akyem Abuakwa in Ghana's Eastern Region. It uses a historiographical approach, combining primary
and secondary data and oral interviews to show the mineral processing and metallurgical technology used in mining Abuakwa gol d in the historic period. It also
demonstrates that precolonial gold mining in Akyem Abuakwa was less destructive to the environment , compared to the modern mining . It also highlights the
techniques utilised by native Africans to mine gold, before the advent of Western technology and finance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e81be1b4d8244137996803e8ae80dd682023-12-23T17:02:30ZengUniversity of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”Sustainable Extraction and Processing of Raw Materials Journal2738-71002738-71512023-08-0144586410.58903/u17190832TRADITIONAL GOLD MINING IN AKYEM ABUAKWA IN GHANA’S EASTERN REGIONEmmanuel Ababio Ofosu Mensah0Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, West Africa; E: This study examines precolonial gold mining in Akyem Abuakwa in Ghana's Eastern Region. It uses a historiographical approach, combining primary and secondary data and oral interviews to show the mineral processing and metallurgical technology used in mining Abuakwa gol d in the historic period. It also demonstrates that precolonial gold mining in Akyem Abuakwa was less destructive to the environment , compared to the modern mining . It also highlights the techniques utilised by native Africans to mine gold, before the advent of Western technology and finance.https://seprm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ofosu-MensahTRADITIONAL-GOLD-MINING-ENG-formatted-r.pdf |
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| title | TRADITIONAL GOLD MINING IN AKYEM ABUAKWA IN GHANA’S EASTERN REGION |
| title_full | TRADITIONAL GOLD MINING IN AKYEM ABUAKWA IN GHANA’S EASTERN REGION |
| title_fullStr | TRADITIONAL GOLD MINING IN AKYEM ABUAKWA IN GHANA’S EASTERN REGION |
| title_full_unstemmed | TRADITIONAL GOLD MINING IN AKYEM ABUAKWA IN GHANA’S EASTERN REGION |
| title_short | TRADITIONAL GOLD MINING IN AKYEM ABUAKWA IN GHANA’S EASTERN REGION |
| title_sort | traditional gold mining in akyem abuakwa in ghana s eastern region |
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