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The Gold & Now Oil Coast … Ghana, Africa
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Akwaaba (Welcome) G&G Readers,
They call it the "Golden Stool."
Legend has it that this gold-covered bench descended from the heavens to land in the lap of the first king. Wars have been fought over it. No one is allowed to sit on it... New kings are designated by lowering and raising them over the stool without touching it. Few people have even seen the original. Only the king and a few advisors know where it is kept. Instead, the leaders use replicas in public.
The most sacred relic of the ancient Ashanti Empire, the 18" x 24" x 12" golden seat symbolizes the extraordinary wealth and power gold mines bestowed on this West African tribe.
In the 15th century, Scavengers searching for a sea route to India stumbled across this small stretch of land in Africa... For nearly 500 years, up until the mid-20th century, they fought over it as one of the world's great "trophy" assets.
The Portuguese got there first... From 1430 to 1480, Portuguese explorers felt their way south around West Africa. Storms lashed the ships along the treacherous coastline. Simple trips inland for fresh water and food proved fatal. After one strong storm, a group of sailors observed something remarkable... women and children of the village combing the beaches not for shells, but for grains of gold washed out of the rivers.
Confronted with a river that literally ran with gold... the Portuguese traders took the next logical step: They settled in to get rich. They chose an area between the Ankobra and Volta Rivers. In 1482, they built Fort Sao Jorge da Mina de Ouro (which means Saint George of the Gold Mine). The Portuguese named their castle after a mine because the area held gold ... the richest mines in Africa at the time.
The arrival of these Scavengers brought centuries of war over this land and its gold. Wherever the scavengers went throughout history war surely will follow. The British, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the Danish, and the Ashanti were among the groups who battled for control of the land... which grew to be known as the "Gold Coast." It took the Europeans a long, long time to subjugate the Ashanti Empire. Naturally, the Ashanti were partial to keeping their land instead of abandoning it to raiders. The winner in the battle for the Gold Coast, like many of Africa's richest resources, was the British Empire. Have you ever wondered how a country with no natural resources ever became so wealthy? I'll discuss that at a later date…
The British used the area around the fort as a base to export gold, iron ore, diamonds, and agricultural products. Despite centuries of production, the Gold Coast's mines are far from exhausted. To this day, this area, now known as Ghana, Africa is one of the greatest gold stories on the planet. This tiny African nation ranks in the top 10 of global gold producers.
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