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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 Ashanti Empire and Gold Coast on a map from 1896. The Asante Traditional Buildings are a collection of 10 traditionally built buildings from the time of the Ashanti Empire in the area near Kumasi. [1] These buildings served as fetish houses and shrines during the 18th and 19th centuries, during the golden age of the Ashanti Empire. [1]
On 27 April, a peace treaty was signed in the Great Hall of the Cape Coast Castle, by which the Ashanti were to hand over 600 ounces of gold and to surrender two members of their royal family as hostages. These securities were to be returned after six years. The Ashanti recognized the kingdoms of Denkyira, Akyim and Assin as independent.
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]
Wilks adds that destruction of the Aban and the sack of Kumasi possibly led to the elimination of Ashanti's Muslim annals on the ruling Oyoko dynasty. [17] The stone remains of the palace were used to construct a British fort in 1896 but it was destroyed in an armed rebellion against the British until another fort was built as a replacement by ...
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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]