Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa

Date: 27 Jun 1961
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The government of Ghana imposed a total ban on the export of all Ghanaian produce to South Africa and South West Africa, as a protest against apartheid. Ghana was one of the first African states to call on South African government to abolish its apartheid policy. The country gained independence in 1957 from Britain and became the first in

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01BBC, ‘1957: Ghana celebrates independence’, [online], available at https://news.bbc.co.uk (Accessed: 23 May 2013)
02O’Malley, P. ‘1961’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 23 May 2013)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, June 21). Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095952

South African History Online (2013) 'Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa', South African History Online, 21 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095952 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).

South African History Online, Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095952, (accessed 24 September 2026).

"Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa." South African History Online, 21 June 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095952. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa." South African History Online. June 21, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095952.