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The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), also known as the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. [6] It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana and also parts of Ivory Coast and Togo .
The Asantehene is the title for the monarch of the historical Ashanti Empire as well as the ceremonial ruler of the Ashanti people today. The Ashanti royal house traces its line to the Oyoko (an Abusua, or "clan") Abohyen Dynasty of Nana Twum and the Oyoko Dynasty of Osei Tutu Opemsoo, who formed the Empire of Ashanti in 1701 and was crowned Asantehene (King of all Asante). [1]
1701 - The Battle of Feyiase marks the rise of the Ashanti Empire; A street in Kumasi, c. 1820. 1874 - the British declare coastal area of the Gold Coast as a colony as British Gold coast. [6] 1946 - First legislative council elections take place. [6] 1951- Kwame Nkrumah won the Gold coast Legislative elections for 1952 Gold coast Legislative ...
Osei Bonsu (born 1779 [11] – 21 January 1824) [12] [13] also known as Osei Tutu Kwame [8] was the Asantehene (King of the Ashanti). [14] He reigned either from 1800 to 1824 or from 1804 to 1824.
The Asante exiles in Seychelles lived in "Ashanti Town", on an old sugar plantation, Le Rocher, on the main island Mahé, overlooking the ocean and surrounded by coconut, mango, breadfruit, orange ...
The Asante Empire was governed by an elected monarch with its political power centralised. The entire government was a federation. By the 19th century, the Empire had a total population of 3 million. [1] The Asante society was matrilineal as most families were extended and were headed by a
Grand Chiefs of the Ashanti Empire, c. 1873, Visual Art by Jules Gros. The Ashanti Empire was created from a confederacy of several chiefdoms and united as a single state under the Golden stool. The Asantehene was the highest form of authority in the empire where most of Ashanti's power centered upon. [2] [1] He did not enjoy absolute rule.
In 1723-24 Opoku oversaw the invasion of the Bono state which made Bono a part of the empire. [7] [3] In 1726, Ashanti invaded Wassa [8] forcing Wassa King Ntsiful I to move his capital to Abrade near the coast until the 19th century. [3] In 1732, the Ashanti Empire invaded Western Gonja and Gyaman as well as Banda in 1740. [3]