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	Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Otumfuo Osei Tutu, is the 16th Asantehene, King of the Asantes.
		By name, he is in direct succession to the founder of the Asante Kingdom Otumfuo Osei Tutu I.
		Born on 6 May 1950, and named Barima Kwaku Dua, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, He is the youngest of the five children of Nana Afua Kobi Serwaa Ampem, II, Asantehemaa (Queen mother of Asante).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Otumfuo_Nana_Osei_Tutu_II (140 words)

	Otumfuo Arrives in the Netherelands
		Otumfuo Osei Tutu was met on arrival by Ministers of State, traditional rulers and the Charge de' Affairs of the Dutch Embassy in Accra.
		Otumfuo Osei Tutu expressed satisfaction with the warm relations between Ghanaians and the Dutch and expressed the hope that Holland would continue to address some of the concerns of the Ghanaians when they came up.
		Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who is on a week-long official visit to the Netherlands at the invitation of Queen Beatrix and the government of the Netherlands, stated that chieftaincy in Africa had taken a positive turn in Ghana and other parts of Africa.
	www.ghanareview.com /int/otumfuo.html (2345 words)

	Asantehene success (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Otumfuo Osei Tutu, 49, successor to Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, who died on February 25 this year, held the "Mponponsuo", the state sword in his right hand, espoused the greatness, achievements and conquests of his ancestors and pledge to blaze their trail.
		Nana Kwaku Duah is expected to begin the 40-day ritual of confinement and grooming as soon as his nomination is approved by the Kumasi Traditional council.
		Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second, the newly-installed but yet to be enstooled Asantehene can now sit in court as a ruler but will not be expected to hold an opinion of his own, as he is presumed not to be conversant with the affairs of the state.
	www.ashanti.com.au /asannew.html (2113 words)

	Last year, before the selection of the new Asantehene, I predicted that he would be called Osei Tutu II and if that ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nana Agyeman Prempe II should have been Osei Tutu Ababio but the name was shelved because the British objected on the grounds that the name was too emotive.
		Otumfuo Opoku Ware II clearly manifested the consequences of what the royal household feared would be the result of education of royals.
		Otumfuo Opoku Ware II attempted something similar but it fell apart due to his own apathy and also rumour had it that people were reluctant to contribute because he had instituted a scheme earlier on for which no accounts were rendered.
	www.asante.co.uk /articles/Osei-Tutu-Ababio.htm (2909 words)

	Akan Political Beliefs
		Asantehene Nana Opoku Ware II Some of the symbols Akan use to incorporate their political beliefs include adinkra cloth symbols such as denkyem funafu, aban, kurontire ne akwamu, ohene tuo, adwo, tumi te se kosua, asase, and adwa.
		Nana Osei Tutu II took the oath of office on April 26, 1999.
		This important constitutional role of the queenmother is illustrated by the Asante political organization in which the ohemmaa adwa (queenmother's stool) was the akonnua panyin, the senior stool in relation to the ohene adwa (king's stool).
	www.africawithin.com /akan/akan_politics.htm (1727 words)

	Welcome To Kumasi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However, in the case of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, born on May 6, 1950, and named Barima Kwaku Dua, this is one trip he cannot take down memory lane.
		In April 26, 1999, Nana Kwaku Dua ascended the Golden Stool under the stool name Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to become the sixteenth Asantehene in direct succession to Opemsuo Osei Tutu I, the founder of the Asante Kingdom.
		Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is the youngest of the five children born to Nana Afua Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa (Queen Mother of Asante).
	www.kumasimetro.org /cc_kma.cfm?tblCADCorpID=33 (991 words)

	African-Spectrum Online - October 2002
		Nana Baffour afterwards worked for A. Shachid Transport, a Syrian motor firm until 1935 when he was enstooled as Asantehene’s linguist and the occupant of the Butuakwa Stool.
		It was also during the period that Nana Baffour’s loyalty and exemplary service to the Asante Nation prompted the then Asantehene, Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II to have Nana Baffour draw the “Mponponsuo Sword.” This act of recognition is a sanctified ceremony reserved for the Paramount Chiefs and the “Aberempongs” of the Asante Nation.
		Nana Baffour’s triumphant return to Kumasi was marked by celebrations involving thousands of people lining up along the 200-mile route to see their champion free at last.
	www.african-spectrum.com /2002/10/front1.html (2032 words)

	Asantehene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current Asantehene in Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, born Nana Kwaku Dua, a business executive who has lived in London and Toronto.
		In 1926 the British permitted the heir to the Golden Stool to adopt the tile Kumasehene.
		In 1935 the British allowed the position of Asantehene to be revived, but in a purely ceremonial role.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asantehene (338 words)

	Winne.com - Report on Ghana, Enhancing Trade and Accruing Investment
		Nana Kreku Duah, son of Nana Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwah Ampem II was born in Kumasi on Mai 6, 1950.
		Nana Kwaku Dua moved to Accra to begin an accountancy course at the Institute of professional Studies, Legon in 1971.
		The rulers are Nana Osei Tutu (1680 tp 1717),
	www.winne.com /ghana4/bf11.html (1603 words)

	African-Spectrum Online - May 2001
		Osei Tutu defeated the Domaa of Suntreso, Tafo, Amakom and Kaase and gained control within the Kwaman region.
		The succession on the death of Osei Tutu was contested by Boa Kwatia, and that of Opoku Ware by, Dako.
		Osei Bonsu was chosen in preference to his older brother and enstooled with the official name of Osei Tutu Kwame.
	www.african-spectrum.com /2001/05/profiles/p1.html (824 words)

	Games Web Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All we know is Nana Antwiwaa Nyame, one of the descendant of the Oyoko family,claimed to have descended from the sky to settle in a place she later named Asiakwa (Yebe sii ha kwa - We descended and arrived here without our intension to stay) in the present Akyem Abuakwa area.
		Nana Agyinammoa Mpatu who is known as the first Oyoko ruler is the direct descendant of Antwiwaa Nyame.
		Nana Oti Akenten and his family, as well as some of his subjects then moved to purchase part of the land from Agonaba Obaapanyin Adwoa Nkra Wiri and this settlement was later named Kumasi.
	www.asanteman.freeservers.com /catalog.html (1139 words)

	OtumfuoFund.org --> Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Education Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Join the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and The Board of Directors of the Otumfuo Education Fund, North America, Inc. in launching this noble fund set up by the Otumfuo to support the development of resources, human, physical, and material for the improvement of education in Asanteman & Ghana.
		The weight of Otumfuo's office, the magnitude of his power, the love and admiration that exudes from his throne, his beneficence, and the support that he naturally conjures among the people makes the Asantehene unique in using his stature to raise funds to address what is indeed a national emergency.
		That is the essence of the Otumfuo Education Fund.
	www.otumfuofund.org /fund.html (467 words)

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		Isaac Osei praised the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his wisdom and foresight.
		He said by establishing "the Otumfuo Educational Fund to cater for the needs of students from all parts of the country and institutionalising the alternative dispute settlement mechanisms, Otumfuo is making a positive contribution to the development of Ghana".
		Nana Akufo-Addo, Minister of Foreign Affairs was optimistic that the people of Ghana would give their mandate to President Kufour and the NPP government in the next Presidential and Parliamentary elections in order to continue to chart the path of progress for the benefit of the entire nation.
	www.ghana-com.co.uk /pr1003.html (1611 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Osei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nana Osei Boafo, Senior Medical Assistant in-charge of the Ejisu Government Hospital, entreated husbands of pregnant women not to wait only till the time their...
		Osei Assibey Antwi, has called for patriotism and hard work on the part of Ghanaians in the new year as the two...
		Mr Benjamin Osei Kufuor, Member of Parliament for Asunafo North, thanked the society for the assistance and urged the Muslim community to view the edifice as a...
	nametraq.org /Jan04/O/Osei.shtml (1878 words)

	GRi Newsreel 28-04-99
		Nana Acheampomaa claimed that by his refusal, Krotwiamansa Ampofo was not qualified to swear the oath of allegiance to the new King.
		Nana Ampofo Adjei denied ever showing disrespect to Otumfuo Opoku Ware, adding "that his last visit to him was about a month before he died and Otumfuo Opoku Ware praised him for bringing honour to the Golden Stool".
		Nana Appiah Kubi, chief of Ayomso in the Asunafo District of the Brong-Ahafo Region has called on supporters of two factions in the Akrodie chieftaincy dispute to bury their differences in the interest of development of the area.
	www.mclglobal.com /History/Apr1999/28d1999/28d9n.html (4119 words)

	Ashanti Empire
		The Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana was founded in the seventeenth century by King Osei Tutu I. He was able to do this with the help of his Fetish Priest Okomfo Anokye.
		Brave and fearless as she was, she led the men of Ashanti or the “Ashanti Warriors” to fight the British when the Asantehene (Ashanti King), Nana Prempeh I and other important chiefs were captured and sent to the Seychelles island.
		Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, a professional surveyor born into the royal Oyoko clan, succeeded him.
	www.info-ghana.com /ashanti_empire.htm (801 words)

	SELECTED AMANFOO OF NOTE
		Nana Akuamoa Boateng Ababio: the former Mamponghene, known during his Prempeh days and private life as Senior Francis Cartey, who was installed Omanhene of Mampong in 1987, and ruled for while before abdicating the throne.
		Nana Akyena Kwagyan Nuama V: Asuonwunhene, and Kontre Mensa of the Kumasi (Asantehene's) Kontre Division
		Nana Anarfi Kokortoh: Chief of Asante Akim Hwidiem; also a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Consultative Assembly in connection with the drawing of the 1992 Constitution.
	prempeh.org /profiles/royalty.html (499 words)

	Ghana - Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II Education Fund
		Join The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and The Board of Directors of the Education Fund, North America, Inc. in launching this Noble fund set up by the Otumfuo to support the development of resources, human, physical, and material for the improvement of education in Asanteman & Ghana.
		This website is owned and operated by The Otumfuo Education Fund N.A., Inc. through the beneficenceof Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II.
		Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission from The Board of Directors is strictly prohibited.
	www.otumfuofund.org (167 words)

	Traditional rulers' role in the Developmental Process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However since the Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II and later Akyemhene Osagyefo Nana Amotia Ofori Panin II launch their Education Fund and other schemes increasingly traditional rulers have got involved in canvassing for investments from their subjects both at home and in Diaspora.
		Realising the high illiteracy and massive unemployment of the youth was what prompted Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu and Osagyefuo Nana Amotia Ofori Panin, both brilliant and successful businessmen in their private lives, to act.
		Listening to Nana Otumfuo Osei Tutu at Alexander Palace during the Ghanaian Business promotion (Nana was talking to a group of foreign investors) made me realised how useful and important our royals are to our development.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=50074 (1028 words)

	'Tutu' related links at LinkHighWay.com
		Tutu held up his homeland of South Africa as an example for Colombia -- that in Colombia too," Tutu said as the conference hall erupted in applause.
		Tutu, Desmond South African Anglican cleric who in 1984 received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
		Desmond Tutu, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, in the writings and speeches of one its central figures, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
	www.linkhighway.com /?q=tutu (1158 words)

	ASHANTE
		Nana William Owusu Nkwantabisa, born c1821, educated privately 1831/1836 and then by English tutors in England 1836/1841, embraced Christianity becoming a Methodist catechist, died 8th January 1859 at Cape Coast.
		Otumfuo Nana OPOKU WARE II [Jacob Matthew Poku] 1970/1999, born 30th November 1919 into the Oyoko clan, enstooled 7th July 1970, married 1945, Nana Victoria (Opoku Ware), born 22nd April 1929, died 6th March 1996, and had issue.
		Daasebre Nana Osei Bonsu II [Saint Oswald Gyimah-Kessie] (regent) 1999 (February to April), born 31st December 1939, Mamponghene (Chief of the Ashante-Mampong Area), of the Beretuo clan.
	uqconnect.net /~zzhsoszy/states/ghana/ashante.html (1109 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Isaac Osei, who is also the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Secretariat Board of Governors took the opportunity to explain developments in Ghana since NPP Government assumed office and added that the government had succeeded in laying a solid foundation for the accelerated growth of the country.
		The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged Ghanaians to always think first about the interest of the nation and not allow their personal interests to becloud the development agenda of the nation.
		Isaac Osei expressed delight at the a growing number of Ghanaians who were moving away from menial jobs to establish their own businesses and urged these entrepreneurs to complete the transformation by "expanding their businesses to Ghana".
	www.ghana-com.co.uk /pr1103.html (3215 words)

	www.ghanaweb.com: Feature Article of Wednesday, 25 September 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Not so long ago I read that Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II (THE KING OF KINGS) The Asantehene has taking a new wife, whilst he is still married.
		A friend told me that the reason Nana took his second wife is because she can speak in English, which is useful, when he travel overseas.
		Otumfuo's reason for getting a second wife is not a good example for the people of Ghana.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/printnews.php?ID=27723 (342 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II * Shopping-Tip: Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu** II
		'''King Otumfuo Osei Tutu''', is the 16th Asantehene, Monarch King of the Ashanti Asantes.
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	www.mauspfeil.net /Otumfuo_Nana%20Osei%20Tutu%20II.html (152 words)

	Osei Tutu Secondary School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Osei Tutu Secondary School is named for the founder of the Asante Kingdom, Opemsuo Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu I, the first Asantehene.
		As such each Asantehene, or King of Asante, becomes the Patron of Osei Tutu Secondary School.
		In particular, the school is honored to have Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II to be our Patron.
	www.oseitutuschool.net /main.asp?body_arg=patron&side_arg=background (65 words)

	Asantehene success (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When Otumfuo Osei Tutu arrived at the packed Kumasi stadium the milling crowd rose to its feet, cheering wildly, waving white handkerchiefs, singing appellations and dancing to traditional music.
		Following at the rear were the royal guards, who epitomised the Asante military formation, as they paraded locally made guns with which Asante fought its wars of conquest and expansion.
		They came from the four corners of the globe to witness the coronation of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as the 16th occupant of the Golden Stool.
	www.ashanti.com.au /tutu.html (704 words)

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