1951 Gold Coast Constitution

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colonial constitution constitutional reform legal instrument

The 1951 Gold Coast Constitution was a landmark constitutional reform that expanded African representation and self-government in the British colony of the Gold Coast, paving the way toward Ghanaian independence.

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Label Occurrences
1951 Gold Coast Constitution canonical 1
1954 Constitution of the Gold Coast 1
Constitutional evolution of the Gold Coast 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial constitution ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
aim expand African representation ⓘ
increase self-government ⓘ
prepare for independence ⓘ
appliesTo Gold Coast Legislative Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
executive authority in the Gold Coast ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
country Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateAdopted 1951 ⓘ
effectiveIn British colony of the Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature expanded elected representation ⓘ
introduced greater African participation in the legislature ⓘ
reduced dominance of appointed colonial officials ⓘ
strengthened internal self-government structures ⓘ
followedBy 1954 Gold Coast Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicScope territory of the Gold Coast colony ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked a major step in decolonisation in West Africa ⓘ
paved the way toward Ghanaian independence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy contributed to the constitutional evolution leading to the creation of Ghana in 1957 ⓘ
legalStatus subordinate to British imperial authority ⓘ
period late colonial period ⓘ
politicalContext British colonial rule in the Gold Coast ⓘ
rise of nationalist movements in the Gold Coast ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
replaced earlier Gold Coast constitutional arrangements ⓘ
typeOfChange constitutional devolution of power ⓘ

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1946 Burns Constitution → replacedBy → 1951 Gold Coast Constitution ⓘ
1951 Constitution → successor → 1951 Gold Coast Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1954 Constitution of the Gold Coast
1954 Constitution → partOf → 1951 Gold Coast Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitutional evolution of the Gold Coast