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This group includes the Akuapem, the Akyem, the Ashanti, the Baoulé, the Brong/Abron, the Fante and the Nzema peoples covering the Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, Western, Central, and Eastern Regions, as well as portions of the midsection of the Volta Region, and into North Ghana.
The Asantehene, the ruler of the Ashanti of Ghana begins his reign by being raised and lowered over the Golden Stool (sika 'dwa), which is believed to embody the very soul of the Ashanti people, without touching it.
From 1931 until 1941 he held posts in what is now Ghana, ending his time there as Archdeacon of Ashanti.
Anansi, a trickster in the folk tales of the Ashanti people of Ghana
Barima Fredua Agyeman (or Kwaku Dua I Panyin) (1797–1867), the Asantehene (King of the Ashanti) from 1834 until 1867
They are sometimes called the Ashanti Ring, or, in a punning reference to Wolseley's first name, the Garnet Ring.
He was also present at the capture of the capital, Kumasi, which had been abandoned by the Ashanti.
Operated by the Anglo Gold Ashanti (AGA), formerly the Ashanti Gold Company, it was the company's largest mine until the company's merger with the South African company AngloGold.
A descendant of the Ashanti tribe of Ghana, he was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation at the age of eight.