ABSTRACT
A number of factors cast doubt on the figures presented in studies and make it difficult to calculate the actual numbers of Fulani in Ghana. The region of Greater Accra is the smallest of the ten regions of Ghana. It is situated in the south-central part of the country. Many individual Fulani in Ghana have migrated there from neighboring states. Although so many Fulani in this study were "made-in-Ghana," almost all members of the second and third generation, however, recognized their parental or grand-parental origins to have been outside Ghana. "Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces in the Society. This question is unavoidable in discussing Fulani society, for it is striking to see how widely dispersed people become in the course of one lifetime. The Fulani in Ghana have long been associated with cattle trade in which they still continue to specialize. According to Rouch, a customs post and veterinary services were established on the borders of Ghana as 1926.
