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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asante_diaspora" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asante_diaspora"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Asante diaspora</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asante_diaspora-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Fanti_(xalq)" title="Aşanti (xalq) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aşanti (xalq)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Ашанти – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ашанти" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aixanti" title="Aixanti – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aixanti" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%A1antov%C3%A9" title="Ašantové – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ašantové" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti" title="Ashanti – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aschanti_(Volk)" title="Aschanti (Volk) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aschanti (Volk)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_asante" title="Pueblo asante – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pueblo asante" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Dantioj" title="Aŝantioj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aŝantioj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_(etnia)" title="Ashanti (etnia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ashanti (etnia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashantis" title="Ashantis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ashantis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pobo_ashanti" title="Pobo ashanti – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Pobo ashanti" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%83%A8%ED%8B%B0%EC%9D%B8" title="아샨티인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아샨티인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutanen_Ashanti" title="Mutanen Ashanti – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Mutanen Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%A1anti" title="Ašanti – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ašanti" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suku_Ashanti" title="Suku Ashanti – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Suku Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_(popolo)" title="Ashanti (popolo) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ashanti (popolo)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99_(%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA)" title="אשנטי (קבוצה אתנית) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אשנטי (קבוצה אתנית)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Ашантилар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ашантилар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti" title="Ashanti – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asantik" title="Asantik – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Asantik" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Ашанти – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ашанти" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asanty_(vahoaka)" title="Asanty (vahoaka) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Asanty (vahoaka)" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_(volk)" title="Ashanti (volk) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ashanti (volk)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti" title="Ashanti – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti" title="Ashanti – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="اشانتی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="اشانتی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aszanti" title="Aszanti – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Aszanti" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axantes" title="Axantes – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Axantes" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8_(%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4)" title="Ашанти (народ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ашанти (народ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti" title="Ashanti – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Ашанти – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ашанти" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%A1anti" title="Ašanti – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ašanti" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%A1antit" title="Ašantit – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ašantit" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti" title="Ashanti – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%96" title="Ашанті – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ашанті" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti" title="Ashanti – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Ashanti" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" 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href="/wiki/Fante_people" title="Fante people">Fante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kwahu" title="Kwahu">Kwahu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wassa" class="mw-redirect" title="Wassa">Wassa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sefwi_people" title="Sefwi people">Sefwi</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Asante</b>, also known as <b>Ashanti</b> in English (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel 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Asantes are the last group to emerge out of the various Akan civilisations. <a href="/wiki/Twi" title="Twi">Twi</a> is spoken by over nine million Asante people as their native language.<sup id="cite_ref-Asante-Asante_Twi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asante-Asante_Twi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asante_»_Asante_Twi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asante_»_Asante_Twi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asante_Warlike_Meaning_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asante_Warlike_Meaning-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Asante people developed the <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti Empire">Ashanti Empire</a>, along the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Volta" title="Lake Volta">Lake Volta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The empire was founded in 1670, and the capital <a href="/wiki/Kumasi" title="Kumasi">Kumase</a> was founded in 1680 by <a href="/wiki/Asantehene" class="mw-redirect" title="Asantehene">Asantehene</a> <a href="/wiki/Osei_Kofi_Tutu_I" title="Osei Kofi Tutu I">Osei Kofi Tutu I</a> on the advice of <a href="/wiki/Okomfo_Anokye" title="Okomfo Anokye">Okomfo Anokye</a>, his <a href="/wiki/Premier" title="Premier">premier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sited at the crossroads of the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Saharan_trade" title="Trans-Saharan trade">Trans-Saharan trade</a>, Kumase's strategic location contributed significantly to its growth.<sup id="cite_ref-History_Of_The_Asante_Confederay_»_Restoration_Of_The_Asante_Confederacy_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Of_The_Asante_Confederay_»_Restoration_Of_The_Asante_Confederacy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the duration of the Kumase metropolis' existence, a number of peculiar factors have combined to transform the Kumase metropolis into a <a href="/wiki/Financial_centre" title="Financial centre">financial centre</a> and political capital.<sup id="cite_ref-History_Of_The_Asante_Confederay_»_Restoration_Of_The_Asante_Confederacy_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Of_The_Asante_Confederay_»_Restoration_Of_The_Asante_Confederacy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main causal factors included the unquestioning loyalty to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Asante" title="List of rulers of Asante">Asante rulers</a> and the Kumase metropolis' growing wealth, derived in part from the capital's lucrative <a href="/wiki/Domestic_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic trade">domestic-trade</a> in items such as gold, slaves, and <a href="/wiki/Bullion" title="Bullion">bullion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-History_Of_The_Asante_Confederay_»_Restoration_Of_The_Asante_Confederacy_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Of_The_Asante_Confederay_»_Restoration_Of_The_Asante_Confederacy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="background:#fff6d9"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#fee8ab">People</th><td class="infobox-data">Asantefoɔ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#fee8ab">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Asante Twi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#fee8ab">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Asanteman</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Asante_dialect" title="Asante dialect">Asante dialect</a> of Twi, <i>Asantefo</i>; singular masculine: <i>Asantenibarima</i>, singular feminine: <i>Asantenibaa</i>. The name <i>Asante</i> "warlike" is traditionally asserted by scholars to derive from the 1670s as the Asante went from being a <a href="/wiki/Tributary_state" title="Tributary state">tributary state</a> to a centralized hierarchical kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HW_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Asantehene</i> Osei Tutu I, military leader and head of the Asante Oyoko clan, founded the Asante Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HW_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Osei Tutu I obtained the support of other clan chiefs and, using Kumase as the central base, subdued surrounding <a href="/wiki/Akan_people" title="Akan people">Akan</a> states.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HW_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Osei Tutu challenged and eventually defeated <a href="/wiki/Denkyira" title="Denkyira">Denkyira</a> in 1701,<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HW_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this is the asserted modern origin of the name.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style>The <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Region" title="Ashanti Region">Ashanti Region</a> has a variable terrain: coasts and <a href="/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountains</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife sanctuary">wildlife sanctuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strict_nature_reserve" title="Strict nature reserve">strict nature reserve</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national parks</a>; <a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grasslands</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Issues_Of_Tropical_Forest_Transformation_in_Ashanti_Region_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Issues_Of_Tropical_Forest_Transformation_in_Ashanti_Region-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lush <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a> areas;<sup id="cite_ref-Meet-the-Press:_Ashanti_Region_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meet-the-Press:_Ashanti_Region-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and near <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savannas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Issues_Of_Tropical_Forest_Transformation_in_Ashanti_Region_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Issues_Of_Tropical_Forest_Transformation_in_Ashanti_Region-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> enriched with vast deposits of <a href="/wiki/Industrial_minerals" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial minerals">industrial minerals</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Meet-the-Press:_Ashanti_Region_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meet-the-Press:_Ashanti_Region-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most notably vast deposits of <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gold_Mining_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gold_Mining-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The territory Asante people settled is home to a <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_crater_lake" title="Volcanic crater lake">volcanic crater lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Bosumtwi" title="Lake Bosumtwi">Lake Bosumtwi</a>, and Asante is bordered westerly to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Volta" title="Lake Volta">Lake Volta</a> within the central part of present-day Ghana.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Region" title="Ashanti Region">Asante</a> (Kingdom of Asante) territory is densely forested, mostly fertile and to some extent mountainous.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are two seasons—the <a href="/wiki/Rainy_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainy season">rainy season</a> (April to November) and the <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a> (December to March).<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The land has several <a href="/wiki/Streams" class="mw-redirect" title="Streams">streams</a>; the dry season, however is extremely desiccated.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashanti Region is hot year round.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_Region_Executive_Summary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today Asante people number upwards of 10 million. Asante Twi, the majority language, is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Tano_languages" title="Central Tano languages">Central Tano languages</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Kwa_languages" title="Kwa languages">Kwa languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Asante-Asante_Twi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asante-Asante_Twi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_»_Asante_Twi_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_»_Asante_Twi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asante political power combines Asantehene <a href="/wiki/Otumfuo_Nana_Osei_Tutu_II" title="Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II">Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II</a> as the political head of the Asantes and the Ashanti Region,<sup id="cite_ref-Kings_Of_Asante_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kings_Of_Asante-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Asantehene_Personality_Profile_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Asantehene_Personality_Profile-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Asante semi-<a href="/wiki/One-party_state" title="One-party state">one-party state</a> representative <a href="/wiki/New_Patriotic_Party" title="New Patriotic Party">New Patriotic Party</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kumasi_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kumasi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and since the Ashanti Region (and the Kingdom of Asante) <a href="/wiki/Political_union" title="Political union">state political union</a> with Ghana,<sup id="cite_ref-1956:_Gold_Coast_to_get_independence_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1956:_Gold_Coast_to_get_independence-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Asante remain largely influential.<sup id="cite_ref-Seventy_Five_Years_After_The_Restoration_of_Asanteman_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seventy_Five_Years_After_The_Restoration_of_Asanteman-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asantes reside in Asante and Brong Ahafo Regions in Ghana.<sup id="cite_ref-Seventy_Five_Years_After_The_Restoration_of_Asanteman_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seventy_Five_Years_After_The_Restoration_of_Asanteman-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kumase metropolis, the capital of Asante (Kingdom of Asante), has also been the historic capital of the Asante Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-Seventy_Five_Years_After_The_Restoration_of_Asanteman_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seventy_Five_Years_After_The_Restoration_of_Asanteman-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ashanti Region currently has a population of 11 million (11,000,000). </p><p>Today, as in the past, the Ashanti Region continues to make significant contributions to Ghana's economy.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Historic_And_Present_Importance_Of_Asante-_Its_Culture_And_Economy_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Historic_And_Present_Importance_Of_Asante-_Its_Culture_And_Economy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asante is richly endowed with industrial minerals and agricultural implements, <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Region" title="Ashanti Region">Asante</a> is responsible for much of Ghana's domestic food production and for the foreign exchange Ghana earns from cocoa, agricultural implements, gold, bauxite, manganese, various other industrial minerals, and timber.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Historic_And_Present_Importance_Of_Asante-_Its_Culture_And_Economy_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Historic_And_Present_Importance_Of_Asante-_Its_Culture_And_Economy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kumase metropolis and Ashanti Region produces 96% of Ghana's exports.<sup id="cite_ref-Meet-the-Press:_Ashanti_Region_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meet-the-Press:_Ashanti_Region-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gold_Mining_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gold_Mining-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asante_Empire">Asante Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Asante Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti Empire">Ashanti Empire</a></div> <p>In the 1670s the Ashanti went from being a <a href="/wiki/Tributary_state" title="Tributary state">tributary state</a> to the centralized hierarchical <a href="/wiki/Denkyira" title="Denkyira">Denkyira</a> kingdom. Asantehene <a href="/wiki/Osei_Kofi_Tutu_I" title="Osei Kofi Tutu I">Osei Kofi Tutu I</a>, military leader and head of the Oyoko clan, founded the Asante kingdom. Osei Tutu obtained the support of other clan chiefs and using Kumase as the central base, subdued surrounding states.<sup id="cite_ref-HW_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Osei Tutu challenged and eventually defeated Denkyira in 1701,<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HW_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and presumptuously from this, the name <i>Asante</i> came to be.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HW_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Realizing the weakness of a loose confederation of Akan states, Osei Tutu strengthened centralization of the surrounding Akan groups and expanded the powers judiciary system within the centralized government.<sup id="cite_ref-AW_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AW-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, this loose confederation of small city-states grew into a kingdom or empire looking to expand its land.<sup id="cite_ref-AW_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AW-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newly conquered areas had the option of joining the empire or becoming tributary states.<sup id="cite_ref-AW_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AW-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Opoku_Ware_I" title="Opoku Ware I">Opoku Ware I</a>, Osei Tutu's successor, extended the borders.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sovereignty_and_independence">Sovereignty and independence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sovereignty and independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashanti_Yam_Ceremony_1817.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ashanti_Yam_Ceremony_1817.jpg/310px-Ashanti_Yam_Ceremony_1817.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ashanti_Yam_Ceremony_1817.jpg/465px-Ashanti_Yam_Ceremony_1817.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ashanti_Yam_Ceremony_1817.jpg/620px-Ashanti_Yam_Ceremony_1817.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1186" data-file-height="794" /></a><figcaption>Asante yam ceremony, 19th century by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edward_Bowdich" title="Thomas Edward Bowdich">Thomas Edward Bowdich</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Because of the long history of mutual interaction between Asante and European powers, the Asante have the greatest amount of <a href="/wiki/Historiography" title="Historiography">historiography</a> in all of <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">sub-Saharan Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1920s the British catalogued Asante religion, familial, and legal systems in works such as <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sutherland_Rattray" title="Robert Sutherland Rattray">R. S. Rattray</a>'s <i>Asante Law and Constitution</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_War_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_War-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asante state strongly resisted attempts by <a href="/wiki/European_ethnic_groups" class="mw-redirect" title="European ethnic groups">Europeans</a>, mainly the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a>, to conquer them.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_War_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_War-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asante limited British influence in the Asante State,<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_War_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_War-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">Britain</a> annexed neighbouring areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_War_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_War-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asante were described as a fierce organized people whose king "can bring 200,000 men into the field and whose warriors are evidently not cowed by Snider rifles and 7-pounder guns".<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_War_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_War-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ashanti Empire was one of the few African states that seriously resisted <a href="/wiki/Colonisation_of_Africa" title="Colonisation of Africa">European colonization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_War_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_War-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1823 and 1896, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> fought four wars against the Asante kings: the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Ashanti_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Ashanti Wars">Anglo-Asante Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_War_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_War-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1901, the British finally defeated the state following the 1900 <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Golden_Stool" title="War of the Golden Stool">War of the Golden Stool</a> and the Ashanti Empire was made <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Protectorate" title="Ashanti Protectorate">a British protectorate</a>, in 1902, and the office of Asantehene was discontinued with the Asante capital Kumasi annexed into the British empire; however, the Asante still largely governed themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Exile_of_Prempeh_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Exile_of_Prempeh-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asantehene_visits_Seychelles_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asantehene_visits_Seychelles-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asante gave little to no deference to colonial authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Exile_of_Prempeh_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Exile_of_Prempeh-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asantehene_visits_Seychelles_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asantehene_visits_Seychelles-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1926, the British permitted the repatriation of Asantehene <a href="/wiki/Prempeh_I" title="Prempeh I">Prempeh I</a> – whom they had exiled to the Seychelles in 1896<sup id="cite_ref-The_Exile_of_Prempeh_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Exile_of_Prempeh-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Asantehene_visits_Seychelles_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asantehene_visits_Seychelles-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and allowed him to adopt the title Kumasehene, but not Asantehene. However, in 1935, the British finally granted the Asante self-rule <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereignty</a> as Kingdom of Asante, and the Asante King title of Asantehene was revived.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_traditions">Culture and traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Culture and traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about modern Ashanti culture. For information on pre-colonial Ashanti culture, see <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Ashanti_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of the Ashanti Empire">Culture of the Ashanti Empire</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akwasidae_Celebration_in_Manhyia_Palace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Akwasidae_Celebration_in_Manhyia_Palace.jpg/220px-Akwasidae_Celebration_in_Manhyia_Palace.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Akwasidae_Celebration_in_Manhyia_Palace.jpg/330px-Akwasidae_Celebration_in_Manhyia_Palace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Akwasidae_Celebration_in_Manhyia_Palace.jpg/440px-Akwasidae_Celebration_in_Manhyia_Palace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Akwasidae_Festival" title="Akwasidae Festival">Akwasidae Celebration</a> in Manhyia Palace in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_Ashanti_funeral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/An_Ashanti_funeral.jpg/220px-An_Ashanti_funeral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/An_Ashanti_funeral.jpg/330px-An_Ashanti_funeral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/An_Ashanti_funeral.jpg/440px-An_Ashanti_funeral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="390" /></a><figcaption>An Asante funeral in 2020.</figcaption></figure> <p>Asante culture celebrates <a href="/wiki/Adae_Festival" title="Adae Festival">Adae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adae_Kese_Festival" title="Adae Kese Festival">Adae Kese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akwasidae_Festival" title="Akwasidae Festival">Akwasidae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Awukudae_Festival" title="Awukudae Festival">Awukudae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Yam_Festival" title="Ashanti Yam Festival">Asante Yam festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Adae_Kese_Festival_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Adae_Kese_Festival-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Seperewa" title="Seperewa">Seperewa</a>, a 10-14 stringed harp-lute, as well as the <i><a href="/wiki/Fontomfrom" title="Fontomfrom">Fontomfrom</a></i> drums are originally from the Bono Akan people. Kente clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-Peres_hosts_Ashanti_king_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peres_hosts_Ashanti_king-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Society_and_Customs">Society and Customs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Society and Customs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Asante are a <a href="/wiki/Matrilineal" class="mw-redirect" title="Matrilineal">matrilineal</a> society where line of descent is traced through the female.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, this mother progeny relationship determined <a href="/wiki/Land_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Land rights">land rights</a>, inheritance of property, offices and titles.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also true that the Asante inherit property from the paternal side of the family.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashanti_soulwasher_by_Claire_H.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ashanti_soulwasher_by_Claire_H.jpg/270px-Ashanti_soulwasher_by_Claire_H.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ashanti_soulwasher_by_Claire_H.jpg/405px-Ashanti_soulwasher_by_Claire_H.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ashanti_soulwasher_by_Claire_H.jpg/540px-Ashanti_soulwasher_by_Claire_H.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Asante soulwasher <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ashanti <a href="/wiki/Sunsum" title="Sunsum">Sunsum</a> Washer)</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Though not considered as important as the <a href="/wiki/Mother" title="Mother">mother</a>, the male interaction continues in the place of birth after marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, an Asante girl was betrothed with a golden ring called "<i>petia</i>" (I love you), if not in childhood, immediately after the <a href="/wiki/Puberty" title="Puberty">puberty</a> ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They did not regard <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">marriage</a> "<i>awade</i>" as an important <a href="/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">ritual</a> event, but as a state that follows soon and normally after the puberty ritual.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The puberty rite was and is important as it signifies passage from childhood to adulthood in that <a href="/wiki/Chastity" title="Chastity">chastity</a> is encouraged before marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asante required that various goods be given by the boy's family to that of the girl, not as a 'bride price', but to signify an agreement between the two families.<sup id="cite_ref-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family_Life_Among_the_Ashanti-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Asante_Womanhood">Asante Womanhood</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Asante Womanhood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Asante culture, <a href="/wiki/Womanhood" class="mw-redirect" title="Womanhood">Womanhood</a> is marked by <a href="/wiki/Puberty" title="Puberty">Puberty</a> rites termed "<a href="/wiki/Bragoro" title="Bragoro">bragoro</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bragoro is a ceremony that is conducted for girls in the community from the ages of 13 to 20.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The precursor to <i>bragoro</i> puberty rites is onset by the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Menstruation" title="Menstruation">Menstruation</a> in a girl's life.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The purpose of <i>bragoro</i> rites is to enable women to get married, showcase them to society, teach them how to be wives and mothers, and signify the coming of age of girls.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cultural symbolism in the ceremony represents the meaning of womanhood in Asante. </p><p>In the <i>bragoro</i> puberty rites, girls' heads are shaved and dyed black.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every day during the rites, young girls in the community feed the chosen girls boiled eggs, fish, and <a href="/wiki/Etor" title="Etor">eto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside, the older women in the community, called <i>mmerewa</i>, teach the girls about <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">marriage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motherhood" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherhood">motherhood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Morality" title="Morality">morality</a>. The <i>merewa</i> bathe the girls in a neighboring stream.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, the <i>mmerewa</i> dress the young ladies in white cloth (<i>ntoma</i>) and gold jewelry.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterward, the girls are showcased to the entire community with songs, dances, and praises.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the Asante, every color and object has cultural significance meaning, which reflects the meaning of womanhood in Asante culture. </p><p><b>Ntoma/Cloth</b> </p><p>The white color of the <i>ntoma</i>/cloth that the girls are dressed in signifies vitality, sanctity, victory, and purity.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Gold Jewelry</b> </p><p>The gold/yellow color of the jewelry that the girls are adorned with signifies royalty, continuous life, and wealth.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is related to the <a href="/wiki/Matrilineality" title="Matrilineality">matrilineal</a> system of the Asante.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The matrilineal system of the Asante culturally gives women a sense of authority, continuity, and the right to become a breadwinner and make money.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is displayed in the roles of adult women in society, <i>obaapanin</i> (female elder), and the <i>ohemaa</i> (queen) stool, which ranks higher than the male counterpart.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Fish</b> </p><p>In the bragoro rites, eating fish signifies the obtaining of wisdom and knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wisdom and Knowledge are seen as a keen part of womanhood for Asantes.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti Empire">Asante royalty</a>, the Asantehemaa (queen mother) is seen as the advisor of the Asantehene (king), full of wisdom and knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This thought is carried through Asante culture and society to characterize the everyday woman, and convey a key aspect of Asante womanhood–being an advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_and_legal_system">Law and legal system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Law and legal system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Empire#Legal_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti Empire">Ashanti law and legal system</a></div> <p>In the cataloguing of Asante familial and legal systems in <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sutherland_Rattray" title="Robert Sutherland Rattray">R.S. Rattray</a>'s <i>Asante Law and Constitution</i> Asante law specifies that sexual relations between a man and certain women are forbidden, even though not related by blood.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The punishment for offense is death, although it does not carry quite the same stigma to an Asante clan as incest.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sexual relations between a man and any one of the following women is forbidden:<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>A half-sister by one father, but by a different clan mother;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A father's brother's daughter;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A woman of the same father;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A brother's wife;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A son's wife;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A wife's mother;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>An uncle's wife;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A wife of any man of the same "company";<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A wife of any man of the same guild or trade;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A wife of one's own slave;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A father's other wife from a different clan.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ashanti_Legal_System_20-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ashanti_Legal_System-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akan_Greetings_(Akwaba_%E2%80%93_Welcome;_Ete_sen_%E2%80%93_Hello).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Akan_Greetings_%28Akwaba_%E2%80%93_Welcome%3B_Ete_sen_%E2%80%93_Hello%29.JPG/280px-Akan_Greetings_%28Akwaba_%E2%80%93_Welcome%3B_Ete_sen_%E2%80%93_Hello%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="280" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Akan_Greetings_%28Akwaba_%E2%80%93_Welcome%3B_Ete_sen_%E2%80%93_Hello%29.JPG/420px-Akan_Greetings_%28Akwaba_%E2%80%93_Welcome%3B_Ete_sen_%E2%80%93_Hello%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Akan_Greetings_%28Akwaba_%E2%80%93_Welcome%3B_Ete_sen_%E2%80%93_Hello%29.JPG/560px-Akan_Greetings_%28Akwaba_%E2%80%93_Welcome%3B_Ete_sen_%E2%80%93_Hello%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Asante_dialect" title="Asante dialect">Asante Twi</a> greeting phrases; "<i>akwaba</i>" (welcome) and "<i>ɛte sɛn</i>" (how are you).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm/220px--WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="104" data-mwtitle="WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm/WIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWIKITONGUES-_Raphael_speaking_Twi.webm&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>An Asante Twi speaker.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Asante_dialect" title="Asante dialect">Asante dialect</a></div> <p>The Asante people speak Asante Twi, which is the <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official language</a> of the Ashanti Region and the main language spoken in Asante and by the Asante people.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_(Twi)_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_(Twi)-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Multilingual_Settings_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multilingual_Settings-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asante language is spoken by over 9 million ethnic Asante people as a first or second language.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asante language is the official language utilized for literacy in Asante, at the primary and elementary educational stage (Primary 1–3) K–12 (education) level, and studied at university as a bachelor's degree or master's degree program in Asante.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_(Twi)_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_(Twi)-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Multilingual_Settings_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multilingual_Settings-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Asante language and Asante Twi have some unique linguistic features like <a href="/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)" title="Tone (linguistics)">tone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vowel_harmony" title="Vowel harmony">vowel harmony</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nasalization" title="Nasalization">nasalization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti-Ashanti_Twi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_»_Ashanti_Twi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashanti_(Twi)_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashanti_(Twi)-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Multilingual_Settings_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multilingual_Settings-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Asante follow <a href="/wiki/Akan_religion" title="Akan religion">Akan religion</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Asase_Ya" class="mw-redirect" title="Asase Ya">Asante religion</a> (a traditional religion which seems to be dying slowly but is revived only on major special occasions—yet is undergoing a global revival across the diaspora), followed by Christianity (<a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asante people received the religion of Islamic North Africa within their talismanic tradition, making amulets with Quranic citations, name of the Arabic angels or <a href="/wiki/Jinn" title="Jinn">Jinn</a>. Amulets were also set in the corners of houses or soaked in water to produce liquids for drinking and for washing that were believed to have <a href="/wiki/Thaumaturgy#Islam" title="Thaumaturgy">thaumaturgical</a> properties.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asante_diaspora">Asante diaspora</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Asante diaspora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Asante_people" title="Special:EditPage/Asante people">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Asante live in the Ashanti Region, specifically in the capital of <a href="/wiki/Kumasi" title="Kumasi">Kumasi</a>, and, due to the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade" title="Atlantic slave trade">Atlantic slave trade</a>, a known diaspora of Asante exists in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>. Slaves captured and sold to the European slave traders along the coasts were sent to the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a>, particularly Jamaica, <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>, etc. Asante were known to be very opposed to both the <a href="/wiki/Fante_Confederacy" title="Fante Confederacy">Fante Confederacy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a>, as the Asante only traded with the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch</a> in times of their ascension to becoming a hegemony of most of the area of present-day Ghana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_People_of_Asante_Origin">Notable People of Asante Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable People of Asante Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Coromantee" title="Coromantee">Coromantee</a>, the English-language term for enslaved Akan people, came from the original name of the Dutch slave fort of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Amsterdam,_Ghana" title="Fort Amsterdam, Ghana">Fort Amsterdam</a> (Fort Kormantse). This was despite this fort being primarily occupied by the Dutch during its history and having no records of trade to Jamaica while being under Dutch ownership.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence of <a href="/wiki/Akan_names" title="Akan names">Asante and Akan-day names and Asante and Akan-surnames</a> (but mispronounced by the English), <a href="/wiki/Adinkra_symbols" title="Adinkra symbols">Adinkra symbols</a> on houses, <a href="/wiki/Anansi" title="Anansi">Anansi</a> stories and the dialect of <a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Patois" title="Jamaican Patois">Jamaican Patois</a> being heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/Twi" title="Twi">Twi</a>, can all be found on the island of Jamaica. White planter <a href="/wiki/Edward_Long_(colonial_administrator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Long (colonial administrator)">Edward Long</a>, like other planters before him, described "Coromantees" the same way that the British in the Gold Coast would the "Asantes", which was to be "warlike". Edward Long states that others around "Asantes" and "Coromantees" feared them the same way as they were feared in Jamaica and from the hinterlands of the Gold Coast.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/BioMed_Central" title="BioMed Central">BioMed Central</a> (BMC biology) in 2012, the average Jamaican has 60% of Asante matrilineal DNA and, today Asante is the only <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">ethnic group</a> by name known to contemporary Jamaicans.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Famous Jamaican individuals such as: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Garvey" title="Marcus Garvey">Marcus Garvey</a> and his first wife, <a href="/wiki/Amy_Ashwood_Garvey" title="Amy Ashwood Garvey">Amy Ashwood Garvey</a>, are of Asante descent. It is commonplace for many Jamaicans to have this descent.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also are Jamaican freedom fighters during slavery: <a href="/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroons" title="Nanny of the Maroons">Nanny of the Maroons</a> (now a Jamaican National Heroine), <a href="/wiki/Tacky%27s_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tacky's War">Tacky</a> and Jack Mansong or Three-finger Jack. The names Nanny and Tacky are English corruptions of Asante words and names: "Nanny" is a corruption of the Asante word <i>Nana</i>, meaning "king/queen/grandparent", the name Tacky is a corruption of the Asante surname <i>Takyi</i>, and Mansong is a corruption of the Asante surname <i>Manso</i>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerycaption">Ashanti cultural artifacts, regalia and other forms of symbolism</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashanti_Empire_Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashanti National Emblem of the Ashanti Region"><img alt="Ashanti National Emblem of the Ashanti Region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ashanti_Empire_Emblem.svg/120px-Ashanti_Empire_Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ashanti_Empire_Emblem.svg/180px-Ashanti_Empire_Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ashanti_Empire_Emblem.svg/240px-Ashanti_Empire_Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="230" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ashanti <a href="/wiki/National_emblem" title="National emblem">National Emblem</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Region" title="Ashanti Region">Ashanti Region</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fontomfrom-Orchester_EthnM_Berlin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fontomfrom (Ashanti talking drum and drums)"><img alt="Fontomfrom (Ashanti talking drum and drums)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fontomfrom-Orchester_EthnM_Berlin.jpg/120px-Fontomfrom-Orchester_EthnM_Berlin.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fontomfrom-Orchester_EthnM_Berlin.jpg/180px-Fontomfrom-Orchester_EthnM_Berlin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fontomfrom-Orchester_EthnM_Berlin.jpg/240px-Fontomfrom-Orchester_EthnM_Berlin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1803" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Fontomfrom" title="Fontomfrom">Fontomfrom</a> (Ashanti <a href="/wiki/Talking_drum" title="Talking drum">talking drum</a> and drums)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_74.218.18_Weight.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashanti Blowing Horn"><img alt="Ashanti Blowing Horn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Brooklyn_Museum_74.218.18_Weight.jpg/53px-Brooklyn_Museum_74.218.18_Weight.jpg" decoding="async" width="53" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Brooklyn_Museum_74.218.18_Weight.jpg/80px-Brooklyn_Museum_74.218.18_Weight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Brooklyn_Museum_74.218.18_Weight.jpg/107px-Brooklyn_Museum_74.218.18_Weight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="686" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ashanti <a href="/wiki/Blowing_horn" title="Blowing horn">Blowing Horn</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Zetel_van_een_hoofd_met_ceremoniele_en_rituele_betekenis_TMnr_2526-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashanti Stool Dwa"><img alt="Ashanti Stool Dwa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Zetel_van_een_hoofd_met_ceremoniele_en_rituele_betekenis_TMnr_2526-1.jpg/120px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Zetel_van_een_hoofd_met_ceremoniele_en_rituele_betekenis_TMnr_2526-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Zetel_van_een_hoofd_met_ceremoniele_en_rituele_betekenis_TMnr_2526-1.jpg/180px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Zetel_van_een_hoofd_met_ceremoniele_en_rituele_betekenis_TMnr_2526-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Zetel_van_een_hoofd_met_ceremoniele_en_rituele_betekenis_TMnr_2526-1.jpg/240px-COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Zetel_van_een_hoofd_met_ceremoniele_en_rituele_betekenis_TMnr_2526-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="465" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ashanti <a href="/wiki/Golden_Stool" title="Golden Stool">Stool</a> Dwa</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sprecherst%C3%A4be_der_Ashanti.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashanti Regalia (Asante Gold plated spokesman rod and Asante combat stick)"><img alt="Ashanti Regalia (Asante Gold plated spokesman rod and Asante combat stick)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sprecherst%C3%A4be_der_Ashanti.jpg/46px-Sprecherst%C3%A4be_der_Ashanti.jpg" decoding="async" width="46" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sprecherst%C3%A4be_der_Ashanti.jpg/70px-Sprecherst%C3%A4be_der_Ashanti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sprecherst%C3%A4be_der_Ashanti.jpg/93px-Sprecherst%C3%A4be_der_Ashanti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1157" data-file-height="2979" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ashanti <a href="/wiki/Regalia" title="Regalia">Regalia</a> (Asante <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">Gold</a> plated <a href="/wiki/Spokesman" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokesman">spokesman</a> rod and Asante <a href="/wiki/Stick_fighting" class="mw-redirect" title="Stick fighting">combat stick</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="20th Century Asante Akrafena (Ashanti Sword with Gold-ring pommel)"><img alt="20th Century Asante Akrafena (Ashanti Sword with Gold-ring pommel)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG/120px-State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG/180px-State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG/240px-State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4400" data-file-height="3200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">20th Century Asante <a href="/wiki/Akrafena" title="Akrafena">Akrafena</a> (Ashanti <a href="/wiki/Sword" title="Sword">Sword</a> with <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">Gold</a>-ring <a href="/wiki/Hilt#Pommel" title="Hilt">pommel</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_81.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashanti Gold plated Shield"><img alt="Ashanti Gold plated Shield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_81.JPG/120px-Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_81.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_81.JPG/180px-Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_81.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_81.JPG/240px-Afrikaabteilung_in_Ethnological_Museum_Berlin_81.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ashanti <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">Gold</a> plated <a href="/wiki/Shield" title="Shield">Shield</a></div> </li> </ul> <div 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Edgerton, 1995, <i>The Fall of the Asante Empire. The Hundred-Year War for Africa's Gold Coast.</i> New York, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-02-908926-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-02-908926-3">0-02-908926-3</a></li> <li>Ernest E. Obeng, 1986, <i>Ancient Asante Chieftaincy</i>, Ghana Publishing Corporation, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9964-1-0329-8" title="Special:BookSources/9964-1-0329-8">9964-1-0329-8</a></li> <li>Alan Lloyd, 1964, <i>The Drums of Kumase</i>, London: Panther</li> <li>Alfred Kofi Quarcoo, 1972, 1994, <i>The Language of Adinkra Symbols</i> Legon, Ghana: Sebewie Ventures (Publications), PO Box 222, Legon. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9988-7533-0-6" title="Special:BookSources/9988-7533-0-6">9988-7533-0-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Shillington" title="Kevin Shillington">Kevin Shillington</a>, 1995 (1989), <i>History of Africa,</i> New York: St. Martin's Press,</li> <li>N. Kyeremateng, K. Nkansa, 1996, <i>The Akans of Ghana: their history & culture</i>, Accra: Sebewie Publishers</li> <li>Dennis M. Warren 1986, <i>The Akan of Ghana: An Overview of the Ethnographic Literature</i>, Accra: Pointer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asante_people&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output 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<li><a href="/wiki/Owabi_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary">Owabi Forest Reserve and Bird Sanctuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi" title="Kumasi">Kumasi Metropolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Asante" title="List of rulers of Asante">Ashanti Asantehene</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Otumfuo_Nana_Osei_Tutu_II" title="Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II">Emperor-King Osei Tutu II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_Palace" title="Manhyia Palace">Manhyia Palace</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Districts_of_the_Ashanti_Region_(2012).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Ashanti Region District"><img alt="Location of Ashanti Region District" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Districts_of_the_Ashanti_Region_%282012%29.svg/210px-Districts_of_the_Ashanti_Region_%282012%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Districts_of_the_Ashanti_Region_%282012%29.svg/315px-Districts_of_the_Ashanti_Region_%282012%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Districts_of_the_Ashanti_Region_%282012%29.svg/420px-Districts_of_the_Ashanti_Region_%282012%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="524" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Municipal (18)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahafo_Ano_North_Municipal_District" title="Ahafo Ano North Municipal District">Ahafo Ano North Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Tepa,_Ghana" title="Tepa, Ghana">Tepa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asante_Akim_Central_Municipal_District" title="Asante Akim Central Municipal District">Asante Akim North Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Konongo,_Ghana" title="Konongo, Ghana">Konongo-Odumase</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asante_Akim_South_Municipal_District" title="Asante Akim South Municipal District">Asante Akim South Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Juaso" title="Juaso">Juaso</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asokore_Mampong_Municipal_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Asokore Mampong Municipal District">Asokore Mampong Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Asokore_Mampong" title="Asokore Mampong">Asokore Mampong</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asokwa_Municipal_District" title="Asokwa Municipal District">Asokwa Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Asokwa" title="Asokwa">Asokwa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima_Nwabiagya_Municipal_District" title="Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal District">Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Nkawie" title="Nkawie">Nkawie</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekwai_Municipal_Assembly" title="Bekwai Municipal Assembly">Bekwai Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Bekwai" title="Bekwai">Bekwai</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ejisu-Juaben_Municipal_District" title="Ejisu-Juaben Municipal District">Ejisu-Juaben Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Ejisu" title="Ejisu">Ejisu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ejura_Sekyedumase_Municipal_District" title="Ejura Sekyedumase Municipal District">Ejura/Sekyedumase Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Ejura" title="Ejura">Ejura</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juaben_Municipal_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Juaben Municipal District">Juaben Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Juaben" title="Juaben">Juaben</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwabre_East_Municipal_District" title="Kwabre East Municipal District">Kwabre East Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Mamponteng" title="Mamponteng">Mamponteng</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwadaso_Municipal_District" title="Kwadaso Municipal District">Kwadaso Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Kwadaso" title="Kwadaso">Kwadaso</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mampong_Municipal_District" title="Mampong Municipal District">Mampong Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Mampong" title="Mampong">Mampong</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obuasi_Municipal_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Obuasi Municipal District">Obuasi Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Obuasi" title="Obuasi">Obuasi</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offinso_Municipal_District" title="Offinso Municipal District">Offinso Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Offinso" title="Offinso">Offinso</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oforikrom_Municipal_District" title="Oforikrom Municipal District">Oforikrom Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Oforikrom" title="Oforikrom">Oforikrom</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Tafo_Municipal_District" title="Old Tafo Municipal District">Old Tafo Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Tafo" title="Tafo">Tafo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suame_Municipal_District" title="Suame Municipal District">Asokore Mampong Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Suame,_Ghana" title="Suame, Ghana">Suame</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Ordinary (24)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adansi_Asokwa_District" title="Adansi Asokwa District">Adansi Asokwa</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Adansi_Asokwa" title="Adansi Asokwa">Adansi Asokwa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adansi_North_District" title="Adansi North District">Adansi North</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Fomena" title="Fomena">Fomena</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adansi_South_District" title="Adansi South District">Adansi South</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/New_Edubiase" title="New Edubiase">New Edubiase</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afigya_Kwabre_North_District" title="Afigya Kwabre North District">Afigya-Kwabre North</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Boamang" title="Boamang">Boamang</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afigya_Kwabre_South_District" title="Afigya Kwabre South District">Afigya-Kwabre South</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Kodie,_Ghana" title="Kodie, Ghana">Kodie</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahafo_Ano_South_East_District" title="Ahafo Ano South East District">Ahafo Ano South East</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Adugyama" title="Adugyama">Adugyama</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahafo_Ano_South_West_District" title="Ahafo Ano South West District">Ahafo Ano South West</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Mankranso" title="Mankranso">Mankranso</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrofuom_District" title="Akrofuom District">Akrofuom</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Akrofuom" title="Akrofuom">Akrofuom</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amansie_Central_District" title="Amansie Central District">Amansie Central</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Jacobu" title="Jacobu">Jacobu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amansie_South_District" title="Amansie South District">Amansie South</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Manso_Adubia" title="Manso Adubia">Manso Adubia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amansie_West_District" title="Amansie West District">Amansie West</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Manso_Nkwanta" title="Manso Nkwanta">Manso Nkwanta</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asante_Akim_North_District" title="Asante Akim North District">Asante Akim North Municipal</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Agogo,_Ghana" title="Agogo, Ghana">Agogo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima_Kwanwoma_District" title="Atwima Kwanwoma District">Atwima Kwanwoma</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Twedie" title="Twedie">Twedie</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima_Mponua_District" title="Atwima Mponua District">Atwima Mponua</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Nyinahin" title="Nyinahin">Nyinahin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima_Nwabiagya_North_District" title="Atwima Nwabiagya North District">Atwima Nwabiagya North</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Barekese" title="Barekese">Barekese</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosome_Freho_District" title="Bosome Freho District">Bosome Freho</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Asiwa" title="Asiwa">Asiwa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosomtwe_District" title="Bosomtwe District">Bosomtwe</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Kuntanase" title="Kuntanase">Kuntanase</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obuasi_East_District" title="Obuasi East District">Obuasi East</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Tutuka" title="Tutuka">Tutuka</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offinso_North_District" title="Offinso North District">Offinso North</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Akomadan" class="mw-redirect" title="Akomadan">Akomadan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekyere_Afram_Plains_District" title="Sekyere Afram Plains District">Sekyere Afram Plains</a> (Capital: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dobrosno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dobrosno (page does not exist)">Dobrosno</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekyere_Central_District" title="Sekyere Central District">Sekyere Central</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Nsuta" title="Nsuta">Nsuta</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekyere_East_District" title="Sekyere East District">Sekyere East</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Effiduase" title="Effiduase">Effiduase</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekyere_Kumawu_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Sekyere Kumawu District">Sekyere Kumawu</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Kumawu" title="Kumawu">Kumawu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekyere_South_District" title="Sekyere South District">Sekyere South</a> (Capital: <a href="/wiki/Agona" title="Agona">Agona</a>)</li></ul> 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adansi-Asokwa_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Adansi-Asokwa (Ghana parliament constituency)">Adansi-Asokwa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afigya_Kwabre_North&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afigya Kwabre North (page does not exist)">Afigya Kwabre North</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afigya_Kwabre_South&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afigya Kwabre South (page does not exist)">Afigya Kwabre South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afigya_Sekyere_East_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Afigya Sekyere East (Ghana parliament constituency)">Afigya Sekyere East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahafo_Ano_South_East_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Ahafo Ano South East (Ghana parliament constituency)">Ahafo Ano South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahafo_Ano_South_West_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Ahafo Ano South West (Ghana parliament constituency)">Ahafo Ano South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asante-Akim_Central_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asante-Akim Central (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asante-Akim Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asante-Akim_North_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asante-Akim North (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asante-Akim North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asante-Akim_South_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asante-Akim South (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asante-Akim South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asokwa_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asokwa (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asokwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima-Kwanwoma_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Atwima-Kwanwoma (Ghana parliament constituency)">Atwima-Kwanwoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima-Mponua_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Atwima-Mponua (Ghana parliament constituency)">Atwima-Mponua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima-Nwabiagya_North_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Atwima-Nwabiagya North (Ghana parliament constituency)">Atwima-Nwabiagya North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atwima-Nwabiagya_South_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Atwima-Nwabiagya South (Ghana parliament constituency)">Atwima-Nwabiagya South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bantama_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Bantama (Ghana parliament constituency)">Bantama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekwai_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Bekwai (Ghana parliament constituency)">Bekwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosome-Freho_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Bosome-Freho (Ghana parliament constituency)">Bosome-Freho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosomtwe_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Bosomtwe (Ghana parliament constituency)">Bosomtwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effiduase-Asokore_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Effiduase-Asokore (Ghana parliament constituency)">Effiduase-Asokore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ejisu_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Ejisu (Ghana parliament constituency)">Ejisu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ejura-Sekyedumase_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Ejura-Sekyedumase (Ghana parliament constituency)">Ejura-Sekyedumase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fomena_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Fomena (Ghana parliament constituency)">Fomena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juaben_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Juaben (Ghana parliament constituency)">Juaben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumawu_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Kumawu (Ghana parliament constituency)">Kumawu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwabre_East_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Kwabre East (Ghana parliament constituency)">Kwabre East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwadaso_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Kwadaso (Ghana parliament constituency)">Kwadaso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mampong_North&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mampong North (page does not exist)">Mampong North</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mampong_South&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mampong South (page does not exist)">Mampong South</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manso-Adubia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manso-Adubia (page does not exist)">Manso-Adubia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manso-Nkwanta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manso-Nkwanta (page does not exist)">Manso-Nkwanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_North" title="Manhyia North">Manhyia North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_South" title="Manhyia South">Manhyia South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nhyiaeso_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Nhyiaeso (Ghana parliament constituency)">Nhyiaeso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo (page does not exist)">Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obuasi_East_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Obuasi East (Ghana parliament constituency)">Obuasi East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obuasi_West_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Obuasi West (Ghana parliament constituency)">Obuasi West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odotobri_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Odotobri (Ghana parliament constituency)">Odotobri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offinso_North_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Offinso North (Ghana parliament constituency)">Offinso North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offinso_South_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Offinso South (Ghana parliament constituency)">Offinso South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oforikrom_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Oforikrom (Ghana parliament constituency)">Oforikrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Tafo_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Old Tafo (Ghana parliament constituency)">Old Tafo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suame_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Suame (Ghana parliament constituency)">Suame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subin_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Subin (Ghana parliament constituency)">Subin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Congress_(Ghana)" title="National Democratic Congress (Ghana)">NDC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahafo_Ano_North_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Ahafo Ano North (Ghana parliament constituency)">Ahafo Ano North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asawase_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asawase (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asawase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Edubease_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="New Edubease (Ghana parliament constituency)">New Edubease</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sekyere_Afram_Plain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sekyere Afram Plain (page does not exist)">Sekyere Afram Plain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #FFD700;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Patriotic_Party" title="New Patriotic Party">NPP</a> (43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Congress_(Ghana)" title="National Democratic Congress (Ghana)">NDC</a> (4)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_Kumasi_Metropolis" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #FFD700;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Manhyia Palace">Manhyia Palace</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Patriotic_Party" title="New Patriotic Party">NPP Parliament</a> <ul><li>NPP Parliamentary Premier <a href="/wiki/Nana_Akufo-Addo" title="Nana Akufo-Addo">Nana Akufo-Addo</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Parliamentaryconstituencies" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Parliamentary<br />constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nhyiaeso_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Nhyiaeso (Ghana parliament constituency)">Nhyiaeso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bantama_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Bantama (Ghana parliament constituency)">Bantama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Tafo_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Old Tafo (Ghana parliament constituency)">Old Tafo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subin_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Subin (Ghana parliament constituency)">Subin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwadaso_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Kwadaso (Ghana parliament constituency)">Kwadaso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suame_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Suame (Ghana parliament constituency)">Suame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Manhyia (Ghana parliament constituency)">Manhyia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_North" title="Manhyia North">Manhyia North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_South" title="Manhyia South">Manhyia South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asokwa_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asokwa (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asokwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subin_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Subin (Ghana parliament constituency)">Subin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asawase_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Asawase (Ghana parliament constituency)">Asawase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oforikrom_(Ghana_parliament_constituency)" title="Oforikrom (Ghana parliament constituency)">Oforikrom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi_Metropolitan_Assembly" title="Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly">Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Populated_places_in_Kumasi_Metropolitan_Assembly" title="Category:Populated places in Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly">Settlements in Kumasi Metropolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Kumasi" title="Category:People from Kumasi">People from Kumasi Metropolis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Climate" title="Kumasi">Climate</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metros</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nhyiaeso,_Kumasi" title="Nhyiaeso, Kumasi">Nhyiaeso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bantama" title="Bantama">Bantama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tafo" title="Tafo">Tafo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwadaso" title="Kwadaso">Kwadaso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suame_Magazine,_Kumasi" title="Suame Magazine, Kumasi">Suame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia" title="Manhyia">Manhyia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asokwa" title="Asokwa">Asokwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subin,_Kumasi" title="Subin, Kumasi">Subin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asawase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asawase (page does not exist)">Asawase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oforikrom" title="Oforikrom">Oforikrom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Water treatment and rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barekese_Dam" title="Barekese Dam">Barekese Dam Water Treatment Plant</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ofin_River" title="Ofin River">Ofin River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subin_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subin River (page does not exist)">Subin River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aboabo_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aboabo River (page does not exist)">Aboabo River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiwi_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiwi River (page does not exist)">Wiwi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owabi_River" title="Owabi River">Owabi River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sisa_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sisa River (page does not exist)">Sisa River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daban_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daban River (page does not exist)">Daban River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oda_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oda River (page does not exist)">Oda River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Water_Company" title="Ghana Water Company">Water Company</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Nhyiaeso,_Kumasi" title="Nhyiaeso, Kumasi">Nhyiaeso</a>, 6 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaase,_Kumasi" title="Kaase, Kumasi">Kaase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danyame,_Kumasi" title="Danyame, Kumasi">Danyame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santasi,_Kumasi" title="Santasi, Kumasi">Santasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahinsan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahinsan (page does not exist)">Ahinsan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patase (page does not exist)">Patase</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakwadwom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dakwadwom (page does not exist)">Dakwadwom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Bantama" title="Bantama">Bantama</a>, settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bantama" title="Bantama">Bantama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Tafo" title="Tafo">Tafo</a>, 3 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Tafo" title="Old Tafo">Old Tafo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Tafo" class="mw-redirect" title="New Tafo">New Tafo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankrono" title="Pankrono">Pankrono</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Kwadaso" title="Kwadaso">Kwadaso</a>, 6 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sofo_Line,_Kumasi" title="Sofo Line, Kumasi">Sofo Line, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kwadaso_Nsuom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kwadaso Nsuom (page does not exist)">Kwadaso Nsuom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apatrapa" title="Apatrapa">Apatrapa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nyankyerenease&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nyankyerenease (page does not exist)">Nyankyerenease</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kagyase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kagyase (page does not exist)">Kagyase</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edwenase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edwenase (page does not exist)">Edwenase</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Suame_Magazine,_Kumasi" title="Suame Magazine, Kumasi">Suame</a>, 5 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breman,_Kumasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Breman, Kumasi (page does not exist)">Breman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Suame&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Suame (page does not exist)">Old Suame</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Suame&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Suame (page does not exist)">New Suame</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarkwa_Maakro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarkwa Maakro (page does not exist)">Tarkwa Maakro</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anomangye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anomangye (page does not exist)">Anomangye</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Manhyia" title="Manhyia">Manhyia</a>, 6 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashanti_Newtown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashanti Newtown (page does not exist)">Ashanti Newtown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buokrom/Buokrom_Estate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buokrom/Buokrom Estate (page does not exist)">Buokrom/Buokrom Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dichemso&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dichemso (page does not exist)">Dichemso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dichemso_Old_Town&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dichemso Old Town (page does not exist)">Dichemso Old Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moshie_Zongo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moshie Zongo (page does not exist)">Moshie Zongo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mbrom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mbrom (page does not exist)">Mbrom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Asokwa" title="Asokwa">Asokwa</a>, 7 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patasi,_Kumasi" title="Patasi, Kumasi">Patasi, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dompoase" title="Dompoase">Dompoase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokoban,_Kumasi" title="Sokoban, Kumasi">Sokoban, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atonsu-Agogo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atonsu-Agogo (page does not exist)">Atonsu-Agogo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atonsu_(Ashanti_Region)" title="Atonsu (Ashanti Region)">Atonsu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gyinyasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gyinyasi (page does not exist)">Gyinyasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kokoben&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kokoben (page does not exist)">Kokoben</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Subin,_Kumasi" title="Subin, Kumasi">Subin</a>, 4 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asem,_Kumasi" title="Asem, Kumasi">Asem, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amakom" title="Amakom">Amakom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adum" title="Adum">Adum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asafo_Kumasi" title="Asafo Kumasi">Asafo Kumasi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/w/index.php?title=Asawase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asawase (page does not exist)">Asawase</a>, 5 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aboabo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aboabo (page does not exist)">Aboabo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aboabo_No._1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aboabo No. 1 (page does not exist)">Aboabo No. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aboabo_No._2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aboabo No. 2 (page does not exist)">Aboabo No. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sawaba,_Kumasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sawaba, Kumasi (page does not exist)">Sawaba, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daban,_Kumasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daban, Kumasi (page does not exist)">Daban</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sub-metro <a href="/wiki/Oforikrom" title="Oforikrom">Oforikrom</a>, 13 settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anwomaso" title="Anwomaso">Anwomaso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayigya" title="Ayigya">Ayigya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayigya_Zongo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ayigya Zongo (page does not exist)">Ayigya Zongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boadi" title="Boadi">Boadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentinkrono" title="Kentinkrono">Kentinkrono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotei" title="Kotei">Kotei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oduom" title="Oduom">Oduom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fumesua" title="Fumesua">Fumesua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomso" title="Bomso">Bomso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxima,_Kumasi" title="Maxima, Kumasi">Maxima, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anloga,_Kumasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anloga, Kumasi (page does not exist)">Anloga, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayeduase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ayeduase (page does not exist)">Ayeduase</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nsenie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nsenie (page does not exist)">Nsenie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology">Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_City_University_College" title="Garden City University College">Garden City University College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi_Polytechnic" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumasi Polytechnic">Kumasi Polytechnic</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Seniorsecondary" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Senior<br />secondary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prempeh_College" title="Prempeh College">Prempeh College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi_Academy" title="Kumasi Academy">Kumasi Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opoku_Ware_Senior_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Opoku Ware Senior High School">Opoku Ware Senior High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi_High_School" title="Kumasi High School">Kumasi High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNUST_Senior_High_School" title="KNUST Senior High School">KNUST Senior High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Senior_High_School_(Ghana)" title="St. Louis Senior High School (Ghana)">St. Louis Senior High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osei_Kyeretwie_Secondary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Osei Kyeretwie Secondary School">Osei Kyeretwie Secondary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaa_Asantewaa_Secondary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaa Asantewaa Secondary School">Yaa Asantewaa Secondary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Senior_High_Schools_in_Ashanti_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Senior High Schools in Ashanti Region">List of senior high schools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asante_Kotoko_SC" class="mw-redirect" title="Asante Kotoko SC">Asante Kotoko Sporting Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Faisal_Babes_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="King Faisal Babes FC">King Faisal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kumasi_Royal_Golf_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kumasi Royal Golf Club (page does not exist)">Kumasi Royal Golf Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Sports" title="Kumasi">Sports in Kumasi</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Sports_venues" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Sports venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi_Sports_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumasi Sports Stadium">Kumasi Sports Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abrankese_Stadium" title="Abrankese Stadium">Abrankese Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Air" title="Kumasi">Air Transportation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumasi Airport">Kumasi International Airport</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Bus_and_Taxicab" title="Kumasi">Bus and Taxicab Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Rail" title="Kumasi">Rail Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Port" title="Kumasi">Port Transportation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boankra_Inland_Port" title="Boankra Inland Port">Boankra Inland Port</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Layouts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_Palace" title="Manhyia Palace">Manhyia Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhyia_Palace_Museum" title="Manhyia Palace Museum">Manhyia Palace Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaa_Asantewaa_Museum" title="Yaa Asantewaa Museum">Yaa Asantewaa Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kumasi_National_Cultural_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kumasi National Cultural Centre (page does not exist)">Kumasi National Cultural Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prempeh_Jubilee_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Prempeh Jubilee Museum">Prempeh II Jubilee Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi_Zoo" title="Kumasi Zoo">Kumasi Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kejetia,_Kumasi,_Ghana" class="mw-redirect" title="Kejetia, Kumasi, Ghana">Kumasi Central Market (Kejetia Market)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asafo_market" title="Asafo market">Asafo Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asafo_Interchange" title="Asafo Interchange">Asafo Interchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Cathedral_Basilica,_Kumasi" title="St Peter's Cathedral Basilica, Kumasi">St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Kumasi" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Methodist_Cathedral_(Kumasi)" title="Wesley Methodist Cathedral (Kumasi)">Wesley Methodist Cathedral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Kumasi" title="Category:Mass media in Kumasi">Mass media in Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_City_Radio" title="Garden City Radio">Garden City Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luv_FM" title="Luv FM">Luv FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nhyira_FM" title="Nhyira FM">Nhyira FM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Economy" title="Kumasi">Economy of Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Industrial_mining_and_exports" title="Kumasi">Industrial Mining and Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Industrial_agriculture" title="Kumasi">Industrial Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Manufacturing" title="Kumasi">Manufacturing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kantanka_cars" class="mw-redirect" title="Kantanka cars">Kantanka cars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suame_Magazine,_Kumasi" title="Suame Magazine, Kumasi">Suame Magazine, Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinness_Ghana_Breweries" title="Guinness Ghana Breweries">Guinness Ghana Breweries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Energy" title="Kumasi">Renewable Energy Production</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Commerce" title="Kumasi">Commerce</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Healthcare</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumasi#Healthcare" title="Kumasi">Healthcare in Kumasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komfo_Anokye_Teaching_Hospital" title="Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital">Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End_Hospital,_Kumasi" title="West End Hospital, Kumasi">West End Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Ashanti" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hospitals in Ashanti">List of hospitals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #FFD700;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Ashanti_people" title="Category:Ashanti people">Category</a></b></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wikipedia page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/16px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/24px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/32px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <b><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi" class="extiw" title="tw:Twi">Ashanti Wikipedia</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Akan_topics" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #FFD700;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Akan_topics" title="Template:Akan topics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Akan_topics" title="Template talk:Akan topics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Akan_topics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Akan topics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Akan_topics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Akan_people" title="Akan people">Akan</a> topics</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bono_state" title="Bono state">Bono state</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Gyaaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyaaman">Gyaaman</a> • <a href="/wiki/Denkyira" title="Denkyira">Denkyira</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashantiland" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashantiland">Ashantiland Peninsula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Akan_people" title="Akan people">Akan people</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Akan_people" title="List of Akan people">List of Akan people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndyuka_people" title="Ndyuka people">Ndyuka</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a> • <a href="/wiki/Coffy_(person)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coffy (person)">Coffy (person)</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coromantee" title="Coromantee">Coromantee</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baoul%C3%A9_people" title="Baoulé people">Baoule</a> <small>(Ivory Coast)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Barbadians" title="Afro-Barbadians">Afro-Barbadians</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Bahamians" title="Afro-Bahamians">Afro-Bahamians</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Costa_Ricans" title="Afro–Costa Ricans">Afro–Costa Ricans</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Panamanians" title="Afro-Panamanians">Afro-Panamanians</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Dominicans_(Dominica)" title="Afro-Dominicans (Dominica)">Afro-Dominicans (Dominica)</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Antiguans_and_Barbudans" title="Afro–Antiguans and Barbudans">Afro–Antiguans and Barbudans</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Jamaicans" title="Afro-Jamaicans">Afro-Jamaicans</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Subgroups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ashanti_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti people">Ashanti</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Akuapem_people" title="Akuapem people">Akuapem</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fante_people" title="Fante people">Fante</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abb%C3%A9_people" title="Abbé people">Abbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abidji_people" title="Abidji people">Abidji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adjoukrou_people" title="Adjoukrou people">Adjoukrou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahafo" title="Ahafo">Ahafo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahanta_people" title="Ahanta people">Ahanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akwamu_people" title="Akwamu people">Akwamu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akyem" title="Akyem">Akyem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anyi_people" title="Anyi people">Anyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aowin" title="Aowin">Aowin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assin" title="Assin">Assin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attie_people" title="Attie people">Attie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatime_people" title="Avatime people">Avatime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avikam_people" title="Avikam people">Avikam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baoul%C3%A9_people" title="Baoulé people">Baoule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bono_people" title="Bono people">Bono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakosi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Chakosi people">Chokosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coromantee" title="Coromantee">Coromantee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denkyira" title="Denkyira">Denkyira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evalue_people" title="Evalue people">Evalue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwahu" title="Kwahu">Kwahu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%27Bato" title="M'Bato">M'Bato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndyuka_people" title="Ndyuka people">Ndyuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nzema_people" title="Nzema people">Nzema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sefwi_people" title="Sefwi people">Sefwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tchaman" title="Tchaman">Tchaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasa_people" title="Wasa people">Wasa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Linguistics<br />(language)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Tano_languages" title="Central Tano languages">Central Tano languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Akan languages">Akan languages</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Fante_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Fante language">Fante</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Twi" title="Twi">Twi</a></small> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Akuapem_dialect" title="Akuapem dialect">Akuapem</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Asante_dialect" title="Asante dialect">Asante</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Bono_dialect" title="Bono dialect">Bono</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Wasa_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasa dialect">Wasa</a></small></li></ul></li> <li>Bia languages <ul><li><small>North Bia</small> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Anyin_language" title="Anyin language">Anyin</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Baoul%C3%A9_language" title="Baoulé language">Baoulé</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Chakosi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chakosi language">Chakosi</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Sehwi_language" title="Sehwi language">Sehwi</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><small>South Bia</small> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ahanta_language" title="Ahanta language">Ahanta</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Jwira-Pepesa_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Jwira-Pepesa language">Jwira-Pepesa</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Nzema_language" title="Nzema language">Nzema</a></small></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwa_languages" title="Kwa languages">Lagoon languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ab%C3%A9_language" title="Abé language">Abé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abidji_language" title="Abidji language">Abidji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adjukru_language" title="Adjukru language">Adjukru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atti%C3%A9_language" title="Attié language">Attié</a></li> <li>Avikam–Alladian <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Alladian_language" title="Alladian language">Alladian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Avikam_language" title="Avikam language">Avikam</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ega_language" title="Ega language">Ega</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potou%E2%80%93Tano_languages" title="Potou–Tano languages">Potou languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ebri%C3%A9_language" title="Ebrié language">Ebrié</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mbato_language" title="Mbato language">M'Bato</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatime_language" title="Avatime language">Avatime language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adamorobe_Sign_Language" title="Adamorobe Sign Language">Adamorobe Sign Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanabin_Sign_Language" title="Nanabin Sign Language">Nanabin Sign Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akan_Orthography_Committee" title="Akan Orthography Committee">Akan Orthography Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Adanse" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Adanse">Rulers of Adanse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Akuapem" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem">Rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Akuapem_Okere" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem Okere">Rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem Okere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Akuapem_Anafo" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem Anafo">Rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem Anafo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Akuapem_Guan" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem Guan">Rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem Guan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_states_of_Akwamu_and_Twifo-Heman" title="List of rulers of the Akan states of Akwamu and Twifo-Heman">Rulers of Akwamu and Twifo-Heman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Akyem_Abuakwa" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Abuakwa">Rulers of Akyem Abuakwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Akyem_Bosume" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Bosume">Rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Bosume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Akyem_Kotoku" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Kotoku">Rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Kotoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Assin_Apimenem" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Assin Apimenem">Rulers of the Akan state of Assin Apimenem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Assin_Atadanso" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Assin Atadanso">Rulers of the Akan state of Assin Atadanso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Bono-Tekyiman" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Bono-Tekyiman">Rulers of the Akan state of Bono-Tekyiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Denkyira" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Denkyira">Rulers of Denkyira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Dwaben" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Dwaben">Rulers of the Akan state of Dwaben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Manya_Krobo" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Manya Krobo">Rulers of the Akan state of Manya Krobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Akan_state_of_Gyaaman" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of the Akan state of Gyaaman">Rulers of Gyaaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Fante_Confederation" title="List of rulers of the Fante Confederation">Rulers of the Fante Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Asante" title="List of rulers of Asante">Rulers of Asante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asantehene" class="mw-redirect" title="Asantehene">Asantehene</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Manhyia_Palace" title="Manhyia Palace">Manhyia Palace</a> • <a href="/wiki/Akan_chieftaincy" title="Akan chieftaincy">Akan chieftaincy</a>)</small></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Political_party" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Political party</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Patriotic_Party" title="New Patriotic Party">New Patriotic Party</a> <small>(NPP)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFD700;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ffed89;;width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akan_art" title="Akan art">Akan Art</a></li> <li><a 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