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Ghanaian nationality law, the Glossary

Ghanaian nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Ghana, as amended; the Ghana Citizenship Act, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory.^[1]

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Foreign relations of Ghana
Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations
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Accra

Accra (Ga or Gaga; Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Adoption

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents.

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African Company of Merchants

The African Company of Merchants or Company of Merchants Trading to Africa was a British chartered company operating from 1752 to 1821 in the Gold Coast area of modern Ghana, engaged in the Atlantic slave trade.

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African diaspora

The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas.

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Amsterdam University Press

Amsterdam University Press (AUP) is a university press that was founded in 1992 by the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Ankobra River

The Ankobra River is situated in southwest Ghana.

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Asante Empire

The Ashanti Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), sometimes called the Asante Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana.

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Ashanti (Crown Colony)

Ashanti was a British Crown Colony in West Africa from 1902 until its independence as part of the dominion named Ghana in 1957.

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Axim

Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana.

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Badia Fiesolana

The Badia Fiesolana was a medieval and renaissance period Roman Catholic monastery located in the town of Fiesole (in the quarter of San Domenico), northeast of Florence, Italy.

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Belonger status

Belonger status is a legal classification normally associated with British Overseas Territories.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.

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Brandenburg–Prussia

Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preußen) is the historiographic denomination for the early modern realm of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollerns between 1618 and 1701.

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Brandenburger Gold Coast

The Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a part of the Gold Coast.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British Nationality Act 1948

The British Nationality Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on British nationality law which defined British nationality by creating the status of "Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies" (CUKC) as the sole national citizenship of the United Kingdom and all of its colonies.

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British protected person

A British protected person (BPP) is a member of a class of British nationality associated with former protectorates, protected states, and territorial mandates and trusts under British control.

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British protectorate

British protectorates were protectorates—or client states—under protection of the British Empire's armed forces and represented by British diplomats in international arenas, such as the Great Game, in which the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Tibetan Kingdom became protected states for short periods of time.

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British subject

The term "British subject" has several different meanings depending on the time period.

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British Togoland

British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered a union with Ghana, part of which became its Volta Region. Ghanaian nationality law and British Togoland are Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast Castle (Carolusborg) is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa (now Ghana) by European traders.

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Center for Migration Studies of New York

The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) is an educational institute and nonpartisan think tank based in New York City that studies domestic immigration and international migration issues.

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Child abandonment

Child abandonment is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one's offspring in an illegal way, with the intent of never resuming or reasserting guardianship.

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Citizenship

Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state.

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Constitution of Ghana

The Constitution of Ghana is the supreme law of the Republic of Ghana.

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D. P. O'Connell

Daniel Patrick O'Connell (7 July 1924 – 8 June 1979), known as D. P.

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Denaturalization

Denaturalization is the loss of citizenship against the will of the person concerned. Ghanaian nationality law and Denaturalization are nationality law.

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Dominion

A dominion was any of several largely self-governing countries of the British Empire.

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Elmina Castle

Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine Castle), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina (or Feitoria da Mina), in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast.

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European University Institute

The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral research-intensive university and an intergovernmental organisation with juridical personality, established by its founding member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective.

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Fante Confederacy

The Fante Confederacy refers either to the alliance of the Fante states in existence at least since the sixteenth century, or it can also refer to the modern Confederation formed in 1868.

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Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Ghanaian passport

Ghanaian passports are issued exclusively by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to Ghanaians granted citizenship in accordance with the Ghanaian nationality law. Ghanaian nationality law and Ghanaian passport are Foreign relations of Ghana, Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations and law of Ghana.

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Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. Ghanaian nationality law and Gold Coast (British colony) are Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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The Golden Stool (Ashanti-dwa; full title, Sika Dwa Kofi "the Golden Stool born on a Friday") is the royal and divine throne of kings of the Asante people and the ultimate symbol of power in Asante.

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Gonja people

Gonja (also Ghanjawiyyu, endonym Ngbanya) are an ethnic group that live in Ghana.

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Government of Ghana

The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Grotius Society

The Grotius Society was a British society founded in 1915 during World War I. In 1958, it was dissolved on the merger with the Society of Comparative Legislation, founded in 1895, to form the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

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Hausa people

The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (m), Bahaushiya (f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa; Ajami: مُتَنٜىٰنْ هَوْسَا / هَوْسَاوَا) are a native ethnic group in West Africa.

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HeinOnline

HeinOnline (HOL) is a commercial internet database service launched in 2000 by William S. Hein & Co.

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Historical Society of Ghana

The Historical Society of Ghana is a nonprofit organisation based in Accra, Ghana dedicated to the collection, preservation, interpretation and promotion of Ghanaian history and culture.

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History of British nationality law

This article concerns the history of British nationality law.

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Inter caetera

Inter caetera ('Among other ') was a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on the 4 May 1493, which granted to the Catholic Monarchs King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile all lands to the "west and south" of a pole-to-pole line 100 leagues west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde islands.

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Interior minister

An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency management, supervision of regional and local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration (including passport issuance) matters.

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Journal of British Studies

The publication of the North American Conference on British Studies, The Journal of British Studies is an academic journal aimed at scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages through the present.

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Jus sanguinis

Jus sanguinis ('right of blood') is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents. Ghanaian nationality law and Jus sanguinis are nationality law.

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Kingdom of Dagbon

The Kingdom of Dagbon (Dagbaŋ) is the oldest and one of the most organised traditional kingdoms in Ghana founded by the Dagomba people (Dagbamba) in the 15th century.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Kingdom of Wala

The Kingdom of Wala was a polity in what is today Ghana based around Wa.

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League of Nations

The League of Nations (LN or LoN; Société des Nations, SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.

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League of Nations mandate

A League of Nations mandate represented a legal status under international law for specific territories following World War I, involving the transfer of control from one nation to another.

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Modern Law Review

The Modern Law Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of Modern Law Review Ltd.

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Multiple citizenship

Multiple citizenship (or multiple nationality) is a person's legal status in which a person is at the same time recognized by more than one country under its nationality and citizenship law as a national or citizen of that country.

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Nationality

Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or as a group of people who are united on the basis of culture.

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Nationality law

Nationality law is the law of a sovereign state, and of each of its jurisdictions, that defines the legal manner in which a national identity is acquired and how it may be lost.

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Naturalization

Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth.

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Northern Territories of the Gold Coast

The Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, commonly known as the Northern Territories, was a British protectorate in Africa from 1901 until 1957.

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Oath of allegiance

An oath of allegiance is an oath whereby a subject or citizen acknowledges a duty of allegiance and swears loyalty to a monarch or a country.

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Orphan

An orphan (from the orphanós) is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them.

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Osu Castle

Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Papal bull

A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church.

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Parliament of Ghana

The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana. Ghanaian nationality law and Parliament of Ghana are law of Ghana.

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Passport

A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that certifies a person's identity and nationality for international travel.

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Peter Lang (publisher)

Peter Lang is an academic publisher specializing in the humanities and social sciences.

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Pope Alexander VI

Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian")) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown of Aragon (now Spain), Rodrigo studied law at the University of Bologna.

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Pope Nicholas V

Pope Nicholas V (Nicholaus V; Niccolò V; 15 November 1397 – 24 March 1455), born Tommaso Parentucelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 March 1447 until his death, in March 1455.

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Pra River (Ghana)

The Pra River is a river in Ghana, the easternmost and the largest of the three principal rivers that drain the area south of the Volta divide.

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Raymond Atuguba

Raymond Akongburo Atuguba is the Professor of General Jurisprudence and Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law from 2019 to 2025, where he has been a faculty member since 2002.

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Refugee

A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.

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Renunciation of citizenship

Renunciation of citizenship is the voluntary loss of citizenship. Ghanaian nationality law and Renunciation of citizenship are nationality law.

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Right of return

The right of return is a principle in international law which guarantees everyone's right of voluntary return to, or re-entry to, their country of origin or of citizenship. Ghanaian nationality law and right of return are nationality law.

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Romanus Pontifex

Romanus Pontifex (from Latin: "The Roman Pontiff") is the title of at least three papal bulls.

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Royal assent

Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf.

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Shama, Ghana

Shama or Shema is a town with a fishing village, and is the capital of Shama district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana.

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Stadtholder

In the Low Countries, a stadtholder (stadhouder) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a national leader.

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Territory

A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal.

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The British Yearbook of International Law

The British Yearbook of International Law is an annual peer reviewed academic journal of law.

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The Journal of African History

The Journal of African History (JAH) is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghanaian_nationality_law

Also known as History of Ghanaian nationality law.

, Kingdom of Dagbon, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Wala, League of Nations, League of Nations mandate, Modern Law Review, Multiple citizenship, Nationality, Nationality law, Naturalization, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Oath of allegiance, Orphan, Osu Castle, Oxford University Press, Papal bull, Parliament of Ghana, Passport, Peter Lang (publisher), Pope Alexander VI, Pope Nicholas V, Pra River (Ghana), Raymond Atuguba, Refugee, Renunciation of citizenship, Right of return, Romanus Pontifex, Royal assent, Shama, Ghana, Stadtholder, Territory, The British Yearbook of International Law, The Journal of African History, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Nations, United Nations trust territories, University of Amsterdam, University of Chicago Press, University of Michigan Press, Vassal, Westview Press, Wiley-Blackwell, World War I, World War II, 1911 Imperial Conference.

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See also

Foreign relations of Ghana

Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations

Law of Ghana

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