The aim of the current project is to present the nation of Ghana during the timeframe of 1900-1950. The project depicts demographical data of the Ghana. The chosen period represents the age of the highest peak of the British colonialism. The capital of the colony is London.
The population of the capital of the coastal colony and that is of Ghana differs drastically. Ghana, being the small country in the coastal region of the West Africa has the population of no more than five thousand people at the beginning of 1900. However, the population of the colonized nation increases during the following fifty years of the British rule.
This change is predetermined by the stable influx of the representatives of the British nation and natural increase. Thus, the population of the nation almost doubles. The population of London, the capital city, comprises approximately three million people. London is one of the largest cities that is full of representatives of various classes.
The nation comprises of a variety of ethnic groups that are divided according to their belonging to the particular tribe. The number of representatives in ethnic groups is not large. First, it is necessary to mention the dominant race. Most residents of the nation belong to the African Negroid race. They comprise almost ninety percent of the overall population.
The second race is Caucasian. Representatives of this race form the minority of ten percent. The major ethnic group is tribal inhabitants, and it comprises almost fifty percent of the population. The British form one more ethnic group (no more than ten percent of the population). Tribal inhabitants represent the last ethnic group. Tribal ethnic groups make approximately forty percent of the populace). Muslims represent one more ethnic group.
The majority of the nation is not urbanized. Agriculture and hunting are essential ways of survival for most people. The rural way of life is still predominant although urbanization rates increase due to the development of the industry by the Empire. The literacy rate of the population is below average. Primarily, only colonialist and migrants are literate. Literacy is not developing as far as the nation lacks an adequate system of education.
The nation has several religions. Thus, some tribes still exercise totemism — the form of belief that presupposes that existence of the connection between human spirituality and physical objects. Some groups do not have religion at all, but they believe in magic.
A religious cosmology is widespread in the nation too. A few ethnic groups profess such types of religion that do not have names. Thus, these religions are based on worshiping of various idols. Christianity is becoming more and more important due to its spreading by colonialists. The official religion is Christianity.
The official language is English. No more than twenty percent of the population speak the English Language. Akana, being the major ethnic group, has a developed system of language. Almost seventy percent of the population speak the Akana language.
There is the variation of the Akana language known as the Bazil dialect. Several tribes from the east part of the country speak this dialect. It comprises five percent of the general percentage. Islam exists in the coastal colony too. However, it is not popular among residents and comprises less than five percent. The Portuguese language has the same percentage of spreading. This language exists in the nation due to the trade relations. Slavery is not legal in the state.