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Ashanti
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A·shan·ti 1  (-shnt, -shän-) also A·san·te (-sänt)
n. pl. Ashanti or A·shan·tis also Asante or A·san·tes
1. A member of an Akan people of Ghana, formerly united in the Ashanti kingdom.
2. The Twi language of the Ashanti.
A·shan·ti 2  (-shnt, -shän-)
A region and former kingdom of western Africa in present-day central Ghana. The powerful Ashanti confederation of states, formed in the late 17th century, was defeated by the British in 1896 and annexed to the British Gold Coast colony in 1901.
Ashanti [əˈʃæntɪ]
n
1. (Placename) an administrative region of central Ghana: former native kingdom, suppressed by the British in 1900 after four wars. Capital: Kumasi. Pop.: 2 485 766 (1991 est.). Area: 24 390 sq. km (9417 sq. miles)
2. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ti, -tis a native or inhabitant of Ashanti
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For nine months between March and November 1900, Yaa Asantewaa had led the Asantes to war against the British who, after exiling King Prempeh I and the others to the Seychelles, now arrived in Kumasi to demand the Golden Stool, the embodiment of the soul of the Asante people and empire.
Africans must take their history seriously: the Asantehene, Otumfuo ... by Bosiako, Kingsley Antwi / New African
The real purpose of the festival is to make a political point, namely, that the Asante nation is still united and strong and that even though individuals from Asante might be enrolled as members of diverse political parties; adhere to different religions; or practise a multitude of professions, they are all Asantes who owe allegiance to the Golden Stool of Asante and its custodian, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene.
When the land of gold engages in self-renewal: Cameron Duodu went to ... by Duodu, Cameron / New African
In an earlier war in 1844, the British governor, Sir Charles McCarthy, was beheaded by the Asantes as his defeated troops fled in disarray.
Yaa Asantewaa: a woman of iron by Agyeman-Duah, Ivor; Boateng, Osei / New African
 
 
 
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