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Nana (chief) Kas-tziden ("Broken Foot") or Haškɛnadɨltla ("Angry, He is Agitated"), more widely known by his Mexican-Spanish appellation Nana ("grandma" or "lullaby") (c. 1810 – May 19, 1896), was a warrior and chief of the Chihenne band (better known as Warm Springs Apache) of the Chiricahua Apache. A trusted lieutenant to Cuchillo Negro ...
Akan chieftaincy. In many parts of West Africa, there is an old chieftaincy tradition, and the Akan people have developed their own hierarchy, which exists alongside the democratic structure of the country. The Akan word for the ruler or one of his various courtiers is " Nana " (English pronunciation / ˈnænə /).
Chief Nana supposedly called it that when he first warned the Adams party before the attack. As previously mentioned, J. Frank Dobie devoted half of his book "Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver" (now in its ninth printing) to the story of the Lost Adams Diggings and considered it to be the greatest "lost mine" story of US history. The amount of mail ...
The Abotakyi Accord of 1773 was permanently replaced with the Larteh Accord on 8 May 1994. The new Accord, which was signed by Nana Asiedu Okoo Ababio III, Otutu Ababio IV and Nana Gyan Kwasi II, created the following autonomous Akuapem Paramountcies: Akuapem Guan – with Paramount Chief, Osabarima Asiedu Okoo Ababio III, in Larteh.
Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong, CV (born 11 August 1938) is a Ghanaian traditional ruler, politician and lawyer. He is the paramount chief or Omanhene of the Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He served as Secretary for Health (Minister for Health), Secretary for Internal Affairs (Minister for the Interior) and Secretary for Chieftaincy ...
Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II. 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 ...
1852. Died. 1916 (aged 63–64) Occupation (s) Itsekiri chief, merchant. Known for. Fighting against Colonial Nigeria. Nana Olomu (also spelled Olumu) (1852–1916) was an Itsekiri chief and palm oil merchant from the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. He was the fourth Itsekiri chief to hold the position of Governor of Benin River.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born in Swalaba, a suburb of Accra, Ghana, on 29 March 1944, to the prominent Ofori-Atta family as the son of Adeline and Edward Akufo-Addo. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] His father Edward Akufo-Addo from Akropong-Akuapem was Ghana's third Chief Justice from 1966 to 1970, chairman of the 1967–68 Constitutional Commission and ...