British Gold Coast

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1821 – 1957 · up to 1,195 thousand km² · Africa

Capital: Accra (1877–…)

The Colony of the Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence as Ghana in 1957. The term Gold Coast may also refer collectively to the four separate jurisdictions administered by the Governor of the Gold Coast: the colony proper, Ashanti, the Northern Territories, and British Togoland. The name derives from the region's abundant gold resources, which attracted European traders, including the British.

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Predecessors: Gold Coast

Successors: Ghana

Events on its territory

• 1897 The British sack Benin City
• 1957 Independence of Ghana
• 1958 Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
• 1960 Year of Africa