Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa of West Africa’s Ashanti Empire

RAEL’S COMMENT: a real Kama hero. All Kama girls should fight the neo colonialism still present in every field: by pushing for mass apostasy from the colonialist religion, christianism, for stopping using french language , french money, for getting more political power, for stopping Kama girls to bleach their skin , straighten their hair, adopt european dress, etc…

Yaa Asantewaa was named Queen Mother of the Ejisuhene (part of the Asante or Ashanti Confederacy) by her exiled brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese. Prior to European colonization, the Ashanti people developed an influential West African empire. Asantewaa was the Gatekeeper of the “Golden Stool” (Sika ‘dwa) during this powerful Ashanti Confederacy (Asanteman), an independent federation of Asanti tribal families that ruled from 1701 to 1896.

The story of Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa is a story of the modern history of the nation of Ghana, Africa. In 1896, Asantehene (King) Prempeh I of the Asanteman federation was captured and exiled to the Seychelles islands by the British who had come to call the area the British “Gold Coast.” Asantewaa’s brother was said to be among the men exiled with Prempeh I, deported because of his opposition to British rule in West Africa.

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