The Asante kingdom was founded by the great King Osei Tutu in the eighteenth century. His fetish priest was Okomfo Anokye, who unified the Asante states through allegiance to the Golden Stool ...

and Ashanti with the colours black, green and yellow enclosing the colours on the national flag and ethnic flag of the Kingdom of Asante and Asante Kotoko's emblem [also represents the national ...

Looted artefacts from the Asante kingdom are finally on display in Ghana, 150 years after British colonisers took them. Ghanaians flocked to the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the capital of ...

With gold, the Asante could buy the best in modern weaponry from Europeans. Opoku Ware, Osei Tutu's successor, carried on expanding the kingdom, so that it covered most of Ghana. The kingdom ...

"Let’s remain united to bring about peace and development in the kingdom." Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Ghana's Asante king, looks on at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ghana, on 8 February 2024 during ...