TH SOCIAL CONDITIONS O GOLD MINERS IN THE TARKWA GOLDFIELDS : 1957 1987

This is a study of the social conditions of gold miners (in terms of safety and health in the mines, and living conditions in the mine compounds) in Ghana's oldest modern gold mine, the Tarkwa Goldfields Limited (î.G.L.) from 1957 to l b/. Thsteudy shows that little regard has been given in official circles since the attainment of formal political independence to the repercussions of the social conditions of the mine labour force on levels of production in the mines. Attention seems to have been focused.