History
The hot climate and the high humidity have had an important
influence on the history of the country. Because of these
factors, the white men were deterred from making permanent
settlements in West Africa, as they had done in part of
eastern Africa.
Some authorities have attributed this fortunate feature
of our history to the mosquito and the malaria fever,
but since the use of anti-malaria drugs was spreading
widely by the beginning of the nineteenth century, it
could be argued that west Africa including Ghana became
“the white man’s grave” largely because
of the climate which did not favour permanent settlement
of the territory by white man.
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