Can you tell me some really good and comprehensive general history sites?

My sister was a missionary in Ghana. I will message you her contact information. Maybe she can help you.

From what I understand it was initially the control of malaria carrying mosquitoes that started the trend. That and better health care availability.

Seriously, I would encourage you to visit the Wikipedia page for Ghanaian history and start clicking around, opening new tabs for each new article. You’ll learn a lot and will likely find a ton of good links.

Podcast lecture.The Politics of International Inequality focus on Africa and Ghanas economy from 30mins+

http://oyc.yale.edu/history

These changes in life expectancy are not unusual. Just about every country in the world has seen improvements like this following advances in health care and nutrition. There are some interesting figures in this book relating to Ghana, though it is very old.

Doesn’t that roughly coincide with the end to outright colonialism in the region by Europeans?

@incendiary_dan: It might coincide with the Europeans getting out of other countries, but Britain didn’t leave Ghana until 1957.

I just came across this site for George Washington University.

When you get there, choose “Contents” on the left. You can register for the courses online if you want, but you can find a lot of free material under “World Civilizations: The Learning Modules”