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Yaa Asantewaa, the Asante Warrior Queen

TweetThere have been great women in history, but Yaa Asantewaa was one of a kind, Cameron Duodu reminds us of the story of the ‘mere woman’ who ‘fought against the cannon’ during the British...

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The Queen Mother and the Golden Stool of Ashanti

TweetThe Golden Stool symbolizes the spirit of the Ashanti peopleThe Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana West Africa, was founded in the seventeenth century by King Osei Tutu I, with the help of his feared Priest...

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Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa

TweetOhemaa Yaa Asantewaa She was born in 1863 at Ejisu, near Kumasi, in Ashanti and later became the queen Mother of Ejisu, Brave and fearless as she was, she led the men of Ashanti or the Ashanti...

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Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa

TweetQueen Mother Yaa Asantewaa Yaa Asantewaa was an Edwesohemaa (queen mother of the Edweso tribe of the Asante) in modern day Ghana. At the time, the Gold Coast (west-central Africa) was under...

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