Talk:Dominion of Ghana

Page rewritten - needs new title
Ghana never had the status of "Dominion", which was a status within the British Empire that ceased to exist on 1 January 1949. Ghana remained "within Her Majesty's dominions" after independence (according to the Ghana Independence Act), but the sources cited below are not correct. I have rewritten the page to be accurate, but it needs a new title or, preferably, should be moved to a new entry on the constitutional history of Ghana.

I have left the list of external sources, but they should probably be deleted - or the original author could make them citations for the relevant information. Africa annotator (talk) 16:41, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

there are plenty of reasons not to delete this article:
i.there are just as many articles detailing various colonies, protectorates, mandates, etc., that are far less significant than this polity, as well as many less significant independent states. ii.the commonwealth realm of ghana is distinct from the modern republic iii.not all of the information contained here is on the history page
 * Your first and second objections aren't really relevant to an A10 speedy deletion, but your third definitely is: the point of criterion A10 is to get rid of essentially duplicate articles or articles that contain nothing significant beyond what the established article provides. This article provides an infobox and political information that doesn't appear the "Independent Ghana" section of History of Ghana, so it doesn't qualify for A10.  Be aware that the article can still be proposed for merger with History of Ghana; if it is, your first and second objections will definitely be relevant.  Nyttend (talk) 14:58, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Name of Ghana between 1957 and 1960
Ghana was also known as the Dominion of Ghana, not the Commonwealth Realm of Ghana. - (203.211.71.211 (talk) 23:36, 9 October 2013 (UTC))

No; the official name of Ghana between 1957 and 1960 was simply 'Ghana' with no qualifying adjective. It was never called 'the Commonwealth Realm of Ghana'; it was simply called 'Ghana' and just happened to be a commonwealth realm.JWULTRABLIZZARD (talk) 18:09, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Requested move 26 December 2017

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The result of the move request was: page moved (non-admin closure)  sami  talk 23:54, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Ghana (Commonwealth realm) → Dominion of Ghana – Natural disambiguation using the common name. The only sources that call Ghana a Commonwealth realm are Wikipedia mirrors, blogs and other unreliable websites. Books calling the country the "Dominion of Ghana" include:
 * "The dominion of Ghana had a governor-general representing the queen of England as the titular head of state" The African Experience, page 171, by Professor Vincent Khapoya (2015)
 * "the commonwealth dominion of Ghana acting as host" The Decolonization Of Africa, page 21 by Professor David Birmingham (2008)
 * "On July 1, 1960, the Dominion of Ghana became a republic." The Yearbook of World Polity: The New Nations in International Law and Diplomacy, page 133 by William Vincent O'Brien (1965)
 * "The Dominion of Ghana was born on 6th March, 1957" Ghana National Democracy: Constitutionalism in the Emergent Nations with Republican Bicameral Legislature of Freedom and Justice for New States, page 19 by L. K. Crah (1970)
 * Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent "presented to the Prime Minister the constitutional instruments establishing the new Dominion of Ghana" The Colonial Review Volume 10, issues 1-4, page 33 (1957)
 * "I feel that this is no time for this country to cut off anything in the shape of friendly aid which we can give to the new Dominion of Ghana." Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster quoted in The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) for 31 January 1957
 * "The statement that the new Dominion of Ghana (Gold Coast) will issue stamps bearing the portrait of Dr. Nkrumah, the Prime Minister, is most disturbing." Norman Pannell quoted in Building the Ghanaian Nation-State: Kwame Nkrumah's Symbolic Nationalism by Professor Harcourt Fuller (2014)
 * "those great qualities of tolerance, vigour, good humour and common sense which cannot fail in God's good time to bring to ample fruition the great promise of this young, self-reliant and self-governing Dominion of Ghana." Ghana Today, Volumes 1-2, page 61 (1957) DrKay (talk) 20:06, 26 December 2017 (UTC)


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