ABOUT THE BOOK KNOW GHANA BETTER WRITTEN BY HUNIAH TETTEH

 

HOW THE BOOK CAME ABOUT

The 2007 edition of the Flamingo social studies book inspired me a lot to come up with this book. I was then in J.H.S 1 when we were being taught the history of our beloved country Ghana; I felt the history was not complete so I decided to investigate more into the stories I had read from the book. When I began the research work, a whole lot became clearer hence, making the production of this book possible. It took a lot of time, dedication and research to produce this book to be accurate enough and for the information within to be authentic.

I had to dedicate most of my time interacting with people in order to gain more information for the book. Though it looks complete now, there are still other parts of Ghanaian history that need to be documented and I earnestly seek to achieve the task quickly. Nevertheless, it was with the help of God that all this was possible.

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Then again, most Ghanaian tribal histories are orally transmitted from generation to generation. That is to say that they have not been fully documented and this is causing our heritage, culture and rich history to be lost and corrupted over time. A fraction of our youth are embracing and studying the history of the whites and abandoning ours. As they embrace the culture of the whites; more harm than good is being caused and thus, the inspiration to go in-depth and seek more knowledge about the Ghanaian tribes and languages which eventually revealed a lot of things to me. The research began in the year 2007 when I was in J.H.S 1 and even though the book has been consequently published, more work needs to be done thus, in subsequent volumes, there will be subsequent additions.

Certain elements are worth knowing from this book and those words are boldly highlighted and serious notice or emphasis should be stressed on these. The book is history based with comprehensible grammar so that the reader could enjoy the histories. This book is not limited to just higher level of African Heritage Studies but to all and sundry.

The histories covered within the book are principally from oral sources so the author is not in any way siding with certain tribes against the other. The histories in the book have been carefully analysed over 12years period so the oral histories covered are in the positive sense meant to portray our histories without favour or prejudice. Where written documents are referred to, citations could be found at the end of the book with the usual topic LIST OF REFERRENCES. It would be good to note that this book is over 92% purely oral sources.

Then again the histories of all the tribes documented in this book are interwoven such that should you read the history of let us say the Guans, it would not just end there. You could further go on to find more information on the Guans when you read about the Ga-Dangmes or perhaps the Akans. Therefore, in conclusion, you cannot read the history of just a tribe and conclude you know their history because another part of their history continues with a different tribe.

Before you begin reading this book, I would want you to know that although the history covered are basically Ghanaian; some African facts are also covered. As you continue to read the book, words that you may not be familiar with bear an asterisk (*), and the definitions for these words can be found in the WORD POOL. Most of the definitions are virtually based on linguistics and the definitions are very simple to understand. The book also offers basic words of courtesy, numerical and pronominal system in some selected languages and dialects for the language lovers and to also clarify points and facts for the reader.