The British council’s role in colonial west African educational development: the case of the gold coast

Abstract EN

Although education in the Gold Coast was the concern of the Colonial Government, the role the British Council played in the educational development of this British African colony was very important to preserve British interests.

Indeed, the Council succeeded to plant the appropriate seeds for more support for Britain - which was in most need of it after the Second World War - during the Colonial era and for more welcomed British presence in this strategic West African area after independence