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Title: | Some problems of inter-community relations: the case of Apewosika and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
Author: | Aidoo, T.M. |
Year: | 1978 |
Periodical: | Ghana Journal of Sociology |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 89-106 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | social relations rural population universities |
Abstract: | Apewosika is a small Fante village which is about two hundred years old and which, in 1970, had a population of 673. It is situated a few metres to the north of what is called the 'foundation area' in the southern section of the University of Cape Coast. The University was established in October 1962 on the unsettled parts of the village land, and a greater part of the land now occupied by the University originally belonged to the villagers. This situation has had significant effects on relations between the two communities which at present are ambivalent. The essence of these relations seems to be determined by the following sociohistorical factors and episodes: acquisition of village land; provision of social amenities for the village; attempts to fence off the village in 1970/71; and the floods in 1964 and 1967. The author discusses each of these factors and makes proposals for ways of improving certain strained relations between the two communities. Notes, ref., tab. |