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unusual facts about Ashanti Empire



Akan calendar

The Asante sent messengers to Brong (i.e., Techiman) when in doubt about when to hold any festival, for the Brong were 'keepers of the King's calendar.'

Herman Willem Daendels

Drawing on his experience from the East Indies, he came up with some very ambitious infrastructural projects, including a comprehensive road system, with a main road connecting Elmina and Kumasi in Ashanti.

Yaa Asantewaa

Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840–17 October 1921) (pronounced YAY a-SAN-te-WAH) was appointed queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire—now part of modern-day Ghana—by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene—or ruler of Ejisu.


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