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Twi is spoken by over nine million Asante people as their native language. [1] [2] [3] The Asante people developed the Ashanti Empire, along the Lake Volta and Gulf of Guinea. [4] The empire was founded in 1670, and the capital Kumase was founded in 1680 by Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I on the advice of Okomfo Anokye, his premier. [4]
This episode also led to a consolidation of Yaadom's power and the role of the Asantehemaa. [3] According to Ivor Wilks, Yaadom encouraged a revision of the royal genealogies, removing any reference to Osei Kwame's biological mother Akyaama, who could have potentially been a rival of Yaadom's for the Asantehemaaship.
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]
The Golden Stool on its throne, the hwedom dwa (1935) Flag of the Asante people depicting the Golden Stool in the middle.. The Golden Stool (Ashanti-Twi: Sika dwa; full title, Sika Dwa Kofi "the Golden Stool born on a Friday") is the royal and divine throne of kings of the Asante people and the ultimate symbol of power in Asante. [1]
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]
In October 2023, he announced his intention to contest the seat of the Asante Akyem North Constituency as an independent candidate in the 2024 general elections. [12] He was elected on December 7, 2024 in Ghana's general elections defeating Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi, the incumbent MP. He and the other three independent candidates joined the NDC ...
The Asantehemaa is the queen mother according to West African custom, who rules the Asante people alongside the Asantehene.African queen mothers generally play an important role in local government; they exercise both political and social power.
The Opemso festival is celebrated to mark the events that led to the birth of the first king of the Ashanti people, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I [4] who is credited to have united the seven Akan clans to form the Asante Kingdom.Oral tradition has it that Nana Gyamfua Manu Kutusi, the mother of Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, desperately needed a child but her efforts proved futile after experiencing several ...