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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 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 Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), also known as the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. [6] It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana and also parts of Ivory Coast and Togo .
Ashanti and her husband Nelly are celebrating the arrival of their first bundle of joy together. ... Kareem Kenkaide Haynes, on July 18, a rep for the couple confirmed to People on Wednesday.
Ashanti and Nelly are married -- and they have been for six months, according to public records in Missouri. The marriage date is listed as Dec. 27, 2023 in Nelly's hometown of St. Louis County ...
Ashanti and Nelly found their way back to each other in 2023 after a series of ups and downs. The twosome sparked romance speculation in early 2003 after connecting at a Grammys event. Although ...
Ashanti shared her double dose of big news on Wednesday. She and Nelly, 49, first hinted at their baby news in December in a video that made its way around the internet from Nelly's 11th Black and ...
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