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African Affairs 51:319-323 (1952)
© The Royal African Society

A Note on the Origins of Ghana

EVA L. R. MEYEROWITZ

We are to-day in the presence of a contemporary myth, the belief of Gold Coast patriots that they descend from the ancient Ghana kingdom, which was disrupted nine centuries ago. Certain leaders, like Dr. J. B. Danquah, go further, and declare that the names Akan and Ghana derive from the Sumerian Akkad, buttressing this assertion with many recondite linguistic parallels, and cultural resemblances like the seven-day week. Mrs. Meyerowitx is one of the leading authorities on the early history of the Gold Coast, and she was invited to write a short note on the subject in the light of modern research notably by R. Mauny, who thinks that there are only the slightest chances of the link between Akan and Ghana, whose true descendants are the Sarakold or Soninkd, first in the Macina, then at Djenne.


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