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THE GHANAIAN FACTORY WORKER:
INDUSTRIAL MAN IN AFRICA
AFRICAN STUDIES SERIES
General Editor: D R J . R . GOODY
CAMBRIDGE
ATTHE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1972
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi
Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York
www.cambridge.org
Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521082969
© Cambridge University Press 1972
A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library
2 The factories 2
3
3 Occupations
4 Job satisfaction 81
5 Migration 126
vi
List of tables
4.7 Suggested occupations for educated and uneducated young men 115
4.8 The ranking of occupations 118
5.1 Origin of workers 128
5.2 Direction of first migration of urban male workers 130
5.3 Direction of second and later moves of urban male workers 132
5.4 Rural-urban and interregional migration of urban male workers 133
5.5 First move of migrant urban male workers by place of origin and
education 136
5.6 Type of first move by year of first migration, urban males
originating in Ghana 137
5.7 Career migration by origin of worker and location of firm, migrant
urban male workers 140
5.8 Career migration by present age and age and year of arrival,
migrant urban males 141
5.9 Prospective migrants' contacts at their destinations 145
6.1 Migrants' positive and negative feelings about the place in which
they are living 151
6.2 Consumer price index for selected towns and rural areas 1965-8 152
6.3 Rural workers' reactions to the possibility of moving to Accra 156
6.4 Host and time spent sharing accommodation on first arrival in town 164
6.5 Housing density, single rooms, size of household and rent 165
6.6 Workers with relatives or townsmen in the same firm 169
6.7 Percent of workers who see workmates away from the firm and
relationship to these mates 172
6.8 Choice of workmates as friends by occupation, urban male workers 174
6.9 Amount of education desired for children 179
6.10 Percent of parents sending school-age children to school 180
6.11 Choice of location for retirement 185
7.1 Marriage by age 191
7.2 Inter-ethnic and polygynous marriage by location and ethnicity 192
7.3 Marriage homogeneity by region and size of place of origin 194
7.4 Mean number of living children of urban males by age and occupation 196
7.5 Guardianship, location and age of children not living with their
fathers 198
7.6 Age and location of children not living with their fathers by
guardian 199
7.7 Household composition by size of household and age and ethnicity
of worker 201
7.8 Visits by relatives 204
7.9 Relatives to whom money was sent and amount sent 208
7.10 Median amount sent and proportion sending money home by
occupation and wage 210
7.11 Frequency of visits home by location of firm and of home, workers
not living in their hometowns 213
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2 Greater Accra 158
3 Tema 160
4 Kumasi 161
5 Sekondi/Takoradi 162
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
In 1957, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African nation to obtain her
independence from colonial rule. She has long been known as the world's
foremost producer of cocoa and exports sizeable quantities of gold, timber,
manganese and industrial diamonds, but, like most new nations, she aspires
to industrialize her economy. Although the country is small by world
standards, its eight million people can support moderately sized industries
producing relatively inexpensive consumer goods. These provide employ-
ment for a gradually increasing number of workers, mostly in urban areas.
Per capita income was £85 in 1961, which is high for tropical Africa. Ghana
is second only to Ivory Coast among the countries in West Africa in the
proportion of the population engaged in wage labour (about thirty-five per
thousand).
According to the i960 Population Census, there were over 2.5 million
persons aged fifteen or above in the labour force. Of these, 62 % were in
agriculture, fishing or lumbering, 14% in commerce, and 6% in services.
Only 9% of the working population (233,947 people) were engaged in
manufacturing. The majority of these are self-employed, small-scale crafts-
men (and women) who provide for local needs as carpenters, tailors,
fitters etc. Many are part-time farmers, practicing their trade in the
dry season or whenever there is a demand for their services. Participation
in manufacturing in the conventional sense is limited to less than a quarter
of the total.
Factory workers are thus a very small proportion of the total population,
but they are important to the future development of the country. In addition,
the study of Ghanaian factory workers provides useful information on the
adaptation to industrial employment of workers in countries at a similar
stage of development. This book is designed to provide a well-rounded view
of the lives of Ghanaian workers on and off the job so that their situation and
responses can be compared with those of workers elsewhere. This chapter
will provide a brief introduction to Ghana for those who are unfamiliar with
it, though broader background reading would help the reader to understand
Introduction
those aspects of the industrial situation which are unique to Ghana (see
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