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Kumasi [a] is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] : 1, 3 It is the second largest city in the country, [ 10 ] : 9 with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. [ 3 ]
The Muslim community in Kumasi was documented by Dupuis to have numbered around 1000 in 1820. [19] The first Islamic schools of the empire were founded in Kumasi within the early 19th century. [20] A street leading to the Palace engraved by James Wyld I in 1824. Mid-19th century accounts of the city recognized its neatness and architectural style.
The Manhyia Palace Museum is a historical museum located in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana and situated within the Manhyia Palace.First established in 1925 as a private residence for Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (who had been returning from almost three decades of exile), the Museum currently provides fair insight into the culture of Ashantiland and Ghana's cultural legacy from before its colonization ...
The palace was built in 1925 by the British after they had demolished the Aban Palace built by Ashanti Empire. [2] The British were said to have been impressed by the size of the original palace and the scope of its contents, which included "rows of books in many languages", [3] but during the War of the Golden Stool, the British demolished the royal palace with explosives. [4]
The church has built a new state of the art cathedral with a seating capacity of 3,000. [8] It also owns an 18-unit two-storey primary school block comprising 12 classrooms, an information, communications and technology (ICT) centre, a library, an office and a multi-purpose hall.
Mensa Bonsu was the son of Afua Kobi. [2] He became Asantehene (king of the Asante) after his elder brother Kofi Kakari was deposed in September 1874. Mensa Bonsu tried to restore the fortunes of Kumasi after its destruction in the 1873-4 Anglo-Asante war. [3]
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.
Kusi Obodom banned the practice of human sacrifice during his reign. [4] [5] [6] Although sacrifices would continue in Ashanti after his era. [7]The King restored the "full constitutional powers" of the chiefs which had been limited by the previous Asantehene, Opoku Ware I. [4] In addition, Kusi introduced the policy of atitodee, which was a fine paid by individuals charged with a death ...