Chinese people in Ghana

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Chinese people in Ghana
Ghanaian Chinese-family.jpg
Total population
Various speculative estimates, 7,000 [1] [2] [3] [4]
Regions with significant populations
Accra, [5] Kumasi, Tema, Sekondi-Takoradi
Languages

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ho 2008a, p. 9
  2. 1 2 3 Aosa, Liuying (August 2006), "加纳商界的上海人朱亦念/Zhu Yinian, a Shanghai person in Ghana's world of commerce", Xinhua Monthly Tianxia, retrieved 1 April 2009
  3. "Africa-China Relationship: Gains So Far", ModernGhana.com, 17 November 2009, retrieved 22 June 2012
  4. Kohnert 2010, p. 10
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Ho 2008a, p. 10
  6. 1 2 Ho 2008b , p. 46
  7. Berry 1994 , Ch. 5
  8. 1 2 Ameyaw, Debra (19 April 2008), "China and India conquering Ghana market", Voices of Africa, archived from the original on 1 September 2011, retrieved 6 April 2009
  9. 1 2 Kokutse, Francis (31 July 2008), "Ghana: 'You Have To Speak Up When Competition Destroys You'", Inter Press Service , archived from the original on 21 January 2009, retrieved 6 April 2009
  10. 1 2 Kohnert 2010 , p. 11
  11. UNHCR 2001
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Sources

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 In order to gain Ghanaian citizenship one is required to be able to speak and understand one of the languages of Ghana, predominately Akan language.

Further reading

Chinese people in Ghana
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 加納華人
Simplified Chinese 加纳华人