The clash of two cultures: A historical analysis of social changes in the gold coast in the twentieth century (original) (raw)

Throughout history there had existed clashes of cultures of different regions. Whenever there is a clash of cultures the superior culture tends to exert its supremacy on the weaker. The Gold Coast now Ghana is not an exception of this phenomenon. With the Gold Coast contact with the Europeans certain changes occurred in the way of life of the people of the Gold Coast this changes made most Gold Coasters turn away from their traditional way of doing things to adopt the alien culture that was introduced to them. The adoption of the alien culture by some Gold Coasters resulted in a conflict between the traditional order and the new order as most people who adopted the new order were made to segregate themselves from the traditional order and regard it as barbaric. With this insight, this paper presents content and context information on the various social changes that took place in country in the twentieth century.