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Osei Tutu II (born Nana Barima Kwaku Duah; 6 May 1950) is the 16th Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April 1999. [4] By name, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the 17th-century founder of the Ashanti Empire, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I. [4] He is also the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
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 Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Jubilee Hall is a multi-purpose convention centre situated in the Manhyia Palace, named after the current Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II. Commissioned on 15 April 2024, its purpose is to hold meetings, get-togethers, cultural performances, and other traditional functions.
Yiadom was enstooled as the Asantehemaa on 6 February 2017 and was publicly outdoored as by Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II on 6 May 2017, which also marked Otumfuo's 67th birthday at a ceremony at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. [10] [11] [12] At the time 2017 when she ascended the stool she was 83 years old. [13]
Julia Osei Tutu was born as Julia Ama Adwapa Amaning, the last of five children born to Stephen A. Amaning, a retired career diplomat and Ernestina A. Amaning. A daughter of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region, Lady Julia and Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II married in April 2002. She is a member of the Oyoko Dynasty by marriage. [2]
Otumfuo Educational Fund is a non-governmental organization established by the King of Ashanti at the time, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The organization is based in Kumasi, the administrative and traditional capital of the Ashanti Region and Ashanti Kingdom respectively. It is a thematic area of the mother foundation; Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation.
The late Queen mother was laid in state for three days and buried on Thursday, 19 January 2017. A curfew was placed on the citizens of Kumasi, everyone was supposed to stay indoors from 8pm to 4am. This directive was announced by the chief linguist of Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, Nana Nsuase Agyeman Poku Agyemang III on Friday, 6 January 2017. [12]
Caryn is the daughter of Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II King of Asante. She was named after her paternal grandmother Nana Afia Kobi Serwah Ampem II , the Late Asantehemaa. She had her secondary education at St Rose's Senior High School , Akwatia and Headington Girls School , Oxford, ( United Kingdom ).