THE BLACKSMITHS OF TAMALE: THE DYNAMICS OF SPACE AND TIME IN A GHANAIAN INDUSTRY

In the last twenty years the number of smiths and the range of their activity have greatly increased in Tamale, the principal city of northern Ghana. The evolution of the national economy and the particular situation of Tamale in the geography of Ghana explain this development and the contribution that the city's smiths make to the economy, national as well as local.