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Obuasi is a town in the southern Ashanti Region and is the capital of Obuasi Municipal, a district lying south of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. [3] Obuasi is the second-largest urban settlement in the Ashanti Region and the eighth-most populous settlement in terms of population, [ 4 ] with a population of 168,641 people, according to Ghana's ...
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]
The people of the town called the new design, (Kenten-Nwin-Ntoma), a woven-basket-cloth. It was later corrupted to Kente. The new King of the Asantes called Otumfuo Okatakyie Opoku Ware created a Kente-stool for the two brothers after they reported the improved design to him in 1721.
Akosua is an Akan given name to a female child born on Sunday (Kwasiada). [1] [2] Although some might believe it is mostly practised by the Ashanti people, it is actually practised by all Akan (i.e Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Fante) people who follow traditional customs.
In 1701, the Ashanti army conquered Denkyira, giving the Ashanti access to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean coastal trade with Europeans, notably the Dutch. [9] The economy of the Asante Empire was mainly based on the trade of gold and agricultural exports [12] as well as slave trading, craft work and trade with markets further north. [5]
That Ashanti’s name, referencing the Ashanti empire of Ghana, means “woman of strength” should come as no surprise to anyone who’s worked with the singer-songwriter. With a career spanning ...
It is celebrated to mark the appearance of the first seven Asante ancestors who were claimed to have come from a huge hole in the ground, marking the Ashanti origin. [1] [5] It was also claimed it happened on a Monday night and they were followed by a dog and a lion.
Densinkran [1] is the hairstyle worn by queen mothers and women of the Ashanti people in Ghana. [2] It is a short cut and the edges of the head and hair are dyed with charcoal or black dye. History