History

Builsa Migration and Community Formation in Accra

Accra, Ghana

A research-led historical topic documenting the movement and social integration of Builsa people in Accra. The draft begins from University of Ghana research on Maamobi and Shukura and should be expanded through oral history…

Creation of the Sandema Paramountcy under Colonial Administration

Builsa Traditional Area

Historical research on Builsa chieftaincy describes a 1911 colonial political integration that elevated Sandema as the seat of a paramountcy within a previously more decentralised landscape of villages, clan heads and chiefs.

Builsa Resistance to Slave Raiding

Builsa territory, including Sandema

Builsa historical memory preserves resistance to slave raiding in the late nineteenth century, including conflict with forces associated with Babatu. Academic work emphasises multiple oral and archival accounts; this draft should be expanded without…

Colonial incorporation and reorganisation of Builsa chieftaincy

British colonial incorporation from 1902 and subsequent administrative reorganisation reshaped chieftaincy and political authority in Builsa.

Builsa resistance during Babatu’s slave-raiding era

A central strand of Builsa historical memory concerns resistance to slave-raiding forces associated with Babatu and Zabarima warriors in the late nineteenth century.