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Osei Tutu and the Making of Asanteman
Every great nation begins with a vision, and every vision needs a leader, a Great leader of men. For the Asante, that leader was...
Denkyira and the Shadow Before the Throne
Before the golden stool descended, before Osei Tutu united the disparate states, there was Denkyira.
And in the seventeenth century, it was the most formidable...
The 1733 St. John Slave Revolt: Akwamu Insurrection
Akwamu, an Akan state (c. 1600–1730) of the Gold and Slave coasts of western Africa. At its apogee in the early 18th century, it...