Kete Krachi under German Rule: 1894-1920, In; Wazi Apoh, Bea Lundt (Eds), Germany and Its West African Colonies, 'Excavations' of German Colonialism in Post-Colonial Times.

Abstract

This article deals with the convoluted history of Kete and Krachi, two Guan towns that have fused and are now a single metropolis in the eastern region. In particular Aniegye detailed and sketched the origin and legacy of German presence in the area, as well as the existence of the Dente shrine. Central to this was the sacking of Salaga and the introduction of a German banking system in Kete-Krachi. A development that suited Hausa traders who transferred themselves and their households to German territory. At the same time the Dente shrine remained, and remains to this day, central to Kete-Krachi.