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	Fante People
		It was not until the end of the 17th century, however, that the grand Asante Kingdom emerged in the central forest region of Ghana, when several small states united under the Chief of Kumasi in a move to achieve political freedom from the Denkyira.
		The Asante confederacy was dissolved by the British in 1900 and colonized in 1901.
		This trade was dominated by the Asante who received firearms in return for their role as middlemen in the slave trade.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/Fante.html (606 words)

	Feature Article of Saturday, 5 May 2007
		The threat to Asante chiefs who rallied in support of the NLM was not because cocoa money was being used to âdevelop the north where they did not grow cocoa,â as the NLM claimed in their leaflets.
		The threat to the Asante chiefs, and for that matter all chiefs in the country who had been used by the British in their indirect rule called the "Native Authority" system, was the passage of 1952 State Councils Ordinance.
		Asantes during the 1930s were pre-occupied with the restoration of the Asante Confederacy Council (now known as Asanteman Council) that had been abolished by the British after the 1896-1900 British-Asante Wars.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=123428 (1367 words)

	Asante - Encyclopedia.com
		The wealth of the confederacy was based on the control of trade, particularly of cola nuts, and of gold mines, and by selling slaves for European goods to the European trading stations established along the Gold Coast of West Africa.
		In 1807 the Asante occupied Fanti coastal territory.
		Asante society is organized on the principle of matrilineal descent (from men to men, via their mothers and sisters), but the Asante also recognize spiritual characteristics inherited from the father.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O48-Asante.html (728 words)

	Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Texts and Sources: Asante
		Asante's wealth, the material basis of Asante power, portrayed in the Asantehene's personal wear, ornaments and other regalia and displayed in his procession through the principal streets of Kumasi, was exhibited for the crowds to see.
		The Asante trade, in general, was a state enterprise under the management of the Gyasewahene, who was overseer of the King's trade and was at liberty to send the trade where he pleased.
		Asante officials were stationed at the more important markets and crossroads to collect tolls from traders; those from the north were not allowed to travel to the coast without passing through Kumasi and traders from the south were obliged to pass through Kumasi on their way to northern Ghana.
	www.ama.africatoday.com /asante_m.htm (16801 words)

	Akan-ashanti
		The development of the Asante Empire, for example, was largely at the expense of the independence of the surrounding Akan, who were quick to reassert their autonomy, especially after 1896, when Asante was defeated and its king, the asantehen (king of Asante), was exiled to the Seychelles by the British.
		The groups that constituted the core of the Asante confederacy moved north and settled in the vicinity of Lake Bosumtwi.
		By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Asante governed a territory as large as modern-day Ghana and were challenging the Fante states for control of the coast, where European traders had established a network of posts and fortifications.
	www.beepworld.de /members18/shika-gold/ashanti.htm (2175 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Asante
		Asante (or Ashanti) The largest and most prestigious of the chiefdoms of Ghana, in West Africa.
		As intermediaries in colonial-era trade between the Asante to the north and the Europeans to the south, the Fante established several...
		In the 14th–18th centuries several Akan states, notably the Fante confederacy and the Asante empire, formed in regions where gold was...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Asante (828 words)

	Ghana THE PRECOLONIAL PERIOD - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The groups that came to constitute the core of the Asante confederacy moved north to settle in the vicinity of Lake Bosumtwi.
		Before the mid-seventeenth century, the Asante began an expansion under a series of militant leaders that led to the domination of surrounding peoples and to the formation of the most powerful of the states of the central forest zone.
		Within the Asante portions of the confederacy, each minor state continued to exercise internal self-rule, and its chief jealously guarded the state's prerogatives against encroachment by the central authority.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/ghana/ghana_history_the_precolonial_period.html (1473 words)

	History - A Visual Interpretation by Emmanuel Akyeampong \| bmpix.org
		The Golden Stool is the repository of the soul of the Asante nation and its possession confers legitimacy on an Asantehene.
		As the source of legitimacy for the Asante state and monarchy, the Golden Stool is a deity in itself; hence it is not sat upon like an ordinary stool.
		The Asante confederacy and the position of Asantehene would be restored in 1935 under the reign of Prempeh I's successor, Prempeh II.
	www.bmpix.org /visip_emmanuel/chapter_08_3.htm (515 words)

	Ashanti Confederacy Information
		Prior to European colonisation, the Ashanti Confederacy was a major state, particularly during the period from 1570 to 1900.
		The confederacy was one of a series of kingdoms along the coast including Dahomey, Benin, and Yoruba.
		The history of the confederacy was one of slow centralisation.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ashanti_Confederacy (1554 words)

	asante ashanti people
		For example, The Akan people are given a page of their own, yet the Asante (Ashanti) are also an Akan people, as are the Akuapem.
		After a series of campaigns that crushed all opposition, he was installed as Asantehene, or king of the new Asante state, whose capital was named Kumasi." And the story continues.
		__ "The Ashanti constitute a political confederacy or state which developed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in the central part of southern Ghana, West Africa (ca.
	www.archaeolink.com /african_indigenous_people_asante.htm (763 words)

	www.ghana.co.uk - History & Culture
		The groups that came to constitute the core of the Asante confederacy moved north to settle in the vicinity of Lake Bosumtwe.
		Century, the Asante began an expansion under a series of militant leaders that led to the domination of surrounding peoples and to the formation of the most powerful of the states of the central forest zone.
		The wars of expansion that brought the northern states of Mamprusi, Dagomba, and Gonja under Asante influence were won during the reign of Asantehene Opoku Ware I successor to Osei Tutu.
	www.ghana.co.uk /history/history/pre_colonial.htm (1371 words)

	Asante Confederacy
		During the nineteenth century, Asante fought several wars with the British, who sought to eliminate the slave trade and expand their control in the region.
		The exiled Asante king was allowed to return to Kumasi in 1924, and the British recognized the Asante Confederacy as a political entity in 1935.
		The Golden Stool, the Asante imperial palace, and artifacts at the Museum of National Culture in Kumasi have become enduring symbols of the Asante Confederacy's illustrious past.
	freespace.virgin.net /asantedom.com/asantedom/archive/past.html (351 words)

	Asante People
		In return for acting as the middlemen in the slave trade, the Asante received firearms, which were used to increase their already dominant power, and various luxury goods that were incorporated into Asante symbols of status and political office.
		The forest surrounding the Asante served as an important source of kola nuts, which were sought after for gifts and used as a mild stimulant among the Muslim peoples to the north.
		The stool was presented to the people after the defeat of the Denkyira, and Anokye declared that it contained the spirit of the whole of the Asante nation and that all of the strength of the nation depended on the safety of the stool.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/Asante.html (593 words)

	Ghana
		An Asante invasion of the coast in 1826 was defeated, nonetheless, by a combined force of British and local forces, including the Fante and the people of Accra.
		In 1900 the Asante rebelled again but were defeated the next year, and in 1902 the British proclaimed Asante a colony under the jurisdiction of the governor of the Gold Coast.
		Each Asante state was administered from Kumasi as a separate entity and was ultimately responsible to the governor of the Gold Coast.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/ghana/all.html (18936 words)

	Yaa Asantewaa Information
		Thus war was declared on the Fante and Ga, and new alliances were formed with the Dutch and then with the British, which resulted in the loss of the Dutch alliance.
		After the British deported the King of the Asante, she became leader in the war of resistance in 1900, supported by some male leaders.
		Yaa Asantewaa remains a much-loved figure in Asante history for the courage she showed in confronting injustice and the colonialism of the British.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Yaa_Asantewaa (258 words)

	African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston \|\| National Museum of African Art
		The Asante confederacy was formed at the end of the seventeenth century.
		After this miraculous event, the Golden Stool became a sacred symbol of the unity of the Asante nation, its spirit, and its soul.
		The Asante still honor her as a great leader in praise songs: "Yaa Asantewa, the warrior woman who carries a gun and a sword of state in battle." Prempeh I was released in 1924 and by 1933 the Asante confederacy was restored.
	africa.si.edu /exhibits/akan/index.html (419 words)

	Ghana - travel.asianfanatics.net
		Before the mid-17th Century, the Asante began an expansion under a series of militant leaders that led to the domination of surrounding peoples and to the formation of the most powerful of the states of the central forest zone.
		In the case of Asante, for example, rulers of that kingdom are known to have supplied slaves to both Muslim traders in the north and to Europeans on the coast.
		They also fought to pacify territories that in theory were under Asante control, to exact tribute payments from subordinate kingdoms, and to secure access to trade routes--particularly those that connected the interior with the coast.
	travel.asianfanatics.net /index.php?title=Ghana&redirect=no (3577 words)

	Djembe Online
		Osei Tutu Kwamena, reputed to be the most astute of the Asante kings, who became king of Kwaman, united the states, gave them the Golden Stool, with the help of his friend Okomfo (priest) Anokye, as a symbol of unity to fight their common wars.
		The Asante were the main reason why the English never had the tight grip on the Gold Coast (former name of Ghana) which they did elsewhere in Africa.
		The Twi spoken in Asante is purer than anywhere else among the Akans; they hie closer to the traditional Akan attire, eat more local foods and are addicted to local music more than any part of Ghana where foreign imports are worshipped.
	www.djembe.dk /no/15/15asanti.html (1647 words)

	Exploring Africa
		The paramount chief, the Asantehene, of the Asante confederacy continues to be an important cultural figure and patron of the arts.
		Because the most significant patrons are the royal courts, most of the symbolic meanings of Akan art are elaborations on good governmentship and philosophical commentaries on the necessity of wisdom in political and social situations.
		Asante artworks celebrate the power and prestige of the Asante confederacy and ensure that Kumasi (the capital of the Asante kingdom) continues to be a thriving center of artistic creativity.
	exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu /students/curriculum/m12/activity3.php (1169 words)

	Akan Tribe - Free Articles
		Asante confederacy was dissolved by the British in 1900 and colonized
		led to the eventual defeat of the Asante in 1900 and its annexation as
		Asante, it is believed that the shape of
	www.keciasworld.com /akantribe.html (1097 words)

	Prempeh College Photo Gallery
		Pearson that he had a special "sunsum" (soul) for the School and it is a STOOL - a replica of the Asante Golden Stool.
		Since the King himself placed Prempeh under the Asante Confederacy, our school has been the only school to enjoy that status as a prototype Royal School.
		This is the real Golden Stool of the Asante Kingdom, dropped from heaven in about 1700 A.D. unto the lap of the founder King Osei Tutu.
	prempeh.org /photos/week15.html (594 words)

	African American Registry: 'Jumping The Broom' a short history. . .
		During the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, most of Ghana in the 18th century was ruled by the Asante of Ashanti Confederacy.
		The Asante’s urban areas and roads were kept conspicuously clean according to visiting British and Dutch traders with the use of locally made brooms.
		The irony is that practice of jumping the broom was largely discarded after emancipation in America which consisted with eventual fall of the Ashanti Confederacy in Ghana in 1897 and the coming of British customs.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/2905/Jumping_The_Broom_a_short_history__ (563 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on yaa asantewaa
		She is known in history as the leader of the Ashanti rebellion against British colonialism in 1900 known as the War of the Golden Stool.
		When her grandson was sent into exile to the Seychelles, along with the King of Asante Prempeh I and other members of the Asante government in 1896, Yaa Asantewaa became regent of the Ejisu-Juaben District.
		Yaa Asantewaa remains a much-loved figure in Asante history and the history of Ghana as a whole for the courage she showed in confronting injustice during the colonialism of the British.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/yaa_asantewaa (1116 words)

	Asafo
		In Asante, the national asafo was commanded by the Asantehene, but two generals, the kurontire and akwamu, were the military leaders.
		While among the Asante, women did not usually go to the war front, the Fantse had women who were war captains.
		The rare case of Yaa Asantewa of Edweso who led the Asante army against the British in the Yaa Asantewaa War of 1900, is well chronicled.
	freespace.virgin.net /asantedom.com/asantedom/archive/asafo.html (690 words)

	ETHNOGRAPHICA - FINE AFRICAN ART & ORIENTAL CARPETS
		The Asante and Fante are probably the best known Akan groups of Ghana, and the Ivory Coast Akan groups include the Baule and Agni peoples.
		Stimulated by trade, Akan leaders founded the Asante state in what is now Ghana around 1700 as a confederacy of five smaller states.
		By 1750, the Asante confederacy had developed into an aggressive trading state centered on the inland city of Kumasi.
	www.ethnographica.com /african_art/akan_peoples_gallery.htm (542 words)

	Pambazuka News
		Asante imposes strict limitations upon the activities of foreign traders within its territory.
		However the slavery practised by the Asante differs so fundamentally from the chattel slavery of the Europeans, that it hardly makes sense to use the same word for the two practices.
		In Asante, slaves are absorbed into the population within a generation and became all but full citizens.
	www.pambazuka.org /en/category/comment/31755 (3959 words)

	Asante Queen Mothers: A Study in Female Authority -- STOELTJE 810 (1): 41 -- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
		Asante Queen Mothers: A Study in Female Authority -- STOELTJE 810 (1): 41 -- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
		Asante continue to occupy the forest area as they have for many
		Twi is the language of the Asante; Twi and
	www.annalsnyas.org /cgi/content/abstract/810/1/41 (522 words)

	SOAS: History: BA Advanced Courses
		Using a combination of original documents, contemporary accounts and secondary works, the course traces the shifting relationship between Asante, the states and peoples of the Gold Coast, and British imperial power, from the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 to the 'restoration' of the Asante Confederacy in 1935.
		The first half of the course explores topics in the social, economic and political history of one of Africa's most powerful pre-colonial states: the nature of political power, trade and accumulation, religion and belief, and the encounter with the British on the Gold Coast.
		Wilks, I. Asante in the nineteenth century (London, 1975); McCaskie, T.C. State and society in precolonial Asante (Cambridge, 1995); McCaskie, T.C. Asante identities (Edinburgh, 2001); Schildkrout, E., ed., The golden stool (New York, 1987); Allman, J. and V. Tashjian.
	www.soas.ac.uk /departments/departmentinfo.cfm?navid=639 (2141 words)

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