Begho (Ghana) Revisited: An archaeology of Urbanization, Trade and Craftmanship
Begho, a medieval urban market town in pre-modern Ghana, flourished from around the 14th-15th century to the mid-18th centuries AD. Begho's beginnings and developments are associated to its location, which made it an entrance to the gold, kola nut and ivory from the forest areas to the Middle Niger and beyond. Using a multi-disciplinary approach of oral sources, written documents, archaeological surveys, excavations and the study of artefacts from museums, it is hoped that our knowledge of early urbanization, long distance and craftsmanship in Ghana will be enlightened.
Thesis co-directed by François-Xavier Fauvelle (Collège de France) and Caroline Robion-Brunner (CNRS, Laboratoire TRACES, Toulouse).
French government scholarship (French embassy in Accra).
1st registration in October 2017.
