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Traditional Gold Mining in Akyem Abuakwa in Ghana’s Eastern Region

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: 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 gold 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.

Source: SUSTAINABLE EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING OF RAW MATERIALS

DOI: 10.58903/u17190832

Author: Emmanuel Ababio Ofosu-Mensah

Language: English

Topic: Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4385724045

FWCI: 0.729

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