Nana Konadu Yiadom III, Asantehemaa Passes Away

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has officially announced the passing of the Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III.

The announcement was made on August 11, 2025, during a meeting of the Asanteman Council, where the King informed chiefs and elders of the Queen’s death.

Nana Konadu Yiadom III was also the Asantehene’s biological sister.

Following the announcement, the chiefs extended their condolences to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

In line with Asante tradition, a one-week traditional rite will be observed at the Manhyia Palace on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

About Nana Konadu Yiadom III

Born in 1927 at the Benyaade Shrine in Meredane, a small town in Kwadaso, Kumasi, Nana Konadu Yiadom III was the first daughter of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II and Opanin Kofi Fofie. Entrusted to her aunt, Nana Afia Konadu, while still an infant, she grew up in Ashanti New Town, Kumasi, receiving a rich informal education that instilled discipline, cultural knowledge, and life skills.

As a teenager, she underwent traditional puberty rites alongside her niece, Nana Abena Ansa, and later married Opanin Kwame Boateng, a blacksmith from Aduman in Kumasi. She was known for her humility, compassion, and sense of fairness, traits that earned her respect across Asanteman.

In the mid-1990s, a prophecy foretold her future as Queen, a prediction fulfilled when she ascended the Nyarko Kusiamoah and Konadu Yiadom Stool on February 6, 2017, becoming the fourteenth Asantehemaa.

Her reign was marked by advocacy for maternal health, promotion of breastfeeding, and support for hospitals, as well as initiatives to preserve peace and unity in the Kingdom.

Story by Adwoa S. Danso