ABSTRACT
The Ghana Population Census of 1960 recorded 574,000 people in the country as having been born elsewhere. Most of these were Africans who for over half a century had come to play a vital role in the economic development of the nation. For while most Ghanaians feel reluctant to serve in some of these capacities, the migrant workers from parts of the Republic of Togo, Upper Volta, Niger, Mali, and so on, cared less about taking up some of these 'odd' jobs, provided they could make a living out of them. The chapter examines the effects of the order on the cocoa industry. One of the areas of the economy where the effects of the expulsion were strongly felt immediately was the cocoa industry. Cocoa, as is often repeated to the point of tedium, is the life-blood of Ghana's economy and the major foreign exchange earner for the country.
