Adepoju (1983) argues that, until the 1960s, Ghana’s relative affluence made the country the “gold coast" for thousands of immigrants from West Africa, particularly Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Togo. This trend continued until the 1970s, when Nigeria, due to a booming oil-based economy, replaced Ghana as the primary destination for migrants in West Africa. In the 1913 population census it was reported that the number of African foreigners working in Ghana was around 4 thousand. By 1931, this figure had increased to almost 300 thousand (Cardinal, 1931), with the vast majority coming from Upper Volta.4 Anarfi and Kwankye (2003) suggest that the people from entire villages in Upper Volta moved to Gold Coast during the second and third decades of the 20th century.