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The Queen of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Hemaa Konadu Yiadom III, has graced the Sagrenti War commemoration durbar ongoing at the Manhyia Palace. The 90-year-old’s majestic arrival caught the eyes, traditionally coded in elegance and customs, riding on a palanquin. With some solemn traditional royal dance displays, the Queen made her way to pay homage to her younger brother, the King, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Also gracing the event is the wife of the Monarch of the Asante […]
The Manhyia Palace is hosting a durbar as part of events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Sagrenti War between the Asantes and British colonial leaders. Named after the traditional mourning cloths of the Asantes, Kuntunkuni, the durbar will be used to mourn the over 4,000 Asante soldiers who perished in the war as well as the ravages the war had on the entire city of Kumasi. Asanteman will thus mull over the impact of the war after more […]
The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will superintend over the second event for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Sir Garnet Wolseley War. Dubbed the “Kuntunkuni” Durbar, it will be held at Dwabrem at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on February 8, 2024, and will be attended by traditional rulers, ministers of state, foreigners and other dignitaries. At a press conference on February 2, Juabenhene Nana Otuo Serebuo said some stolen Asante artefacts which […]
It appears Asantes would be asking for more than just gold artefacts from the British as it has come to light that the looted treasures during the Sagrenti War of 1874 in Kumasi went beyond artefacts. Delivering a keynote address during a symposium in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Sagrenti War of 1874 on February 6, 2024, Prof Tom McCaskie, the Head of the Centre of West African Studies at Birmingham University, stressed that gold dust was part […]
Asanteman and its well-wishers convened on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, to remember the Sagrenti War of 1874, also known as the Anglo-Ashanti War as they reflected on the scars it left on the great empire. It marked the 150th year of the war and though none of the victims of the war was among the congregation who massed up at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the symposium, the impact and the scathe resonated. Present at […]
The chief wish of the late Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, the 14th King of the Asante Kingdom, has been accomplished under the reign of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in the final compilation and publication of separately written historical antecedents. Otumfuo Agyeman Prempeh’s authored book, “The Asante History” was launched on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, during an event to commemorate the Sagrenti War of 1874 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Present at the event […]
As we approach February 6, 2024, a milestone emerges – the 150th anniversary of the Sagrenti War, also known as the Sir Garnet Wolseley War. The Sagrenti War, as named by the British, was not a war from the Asantes’ perspective, according to Juabenhene Nana Otuo Serebuo. The attack which the Paramount chief called a backdoor attack saw the palace of the then Asantehene burnt to ashes with explosives and other valuables stolen as booty. In a brief recount last […]
There are a plethora of events designed to mark three historically auspicious anniversaries by Asanteman this year spearheaded by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Beginning with the 150th Anniversary celebration of the Sagrenti War, the centenary of the return of Nana Prempeh I from exile and the 25th enstoolment anniversary of Otumfuo, Asanteman will attract visitors from both within and outside the country. Addressing the press at a briefing on February 2, 2024, to unveil the series of events to […]
The Paramount Chief of Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Otuo Serebuo II has disclosed that the first set of stolen Asante Artefacts during the Sagrenti War has arrived Ghana. The seven-piece collection from the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles has touched its home soil for the first time since 1874. They are the first of two sets scheduled to return home after 150 years of the Sagrenti War. At a press briefing at the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs today, Nana […]
Thirty-nine gold and silver artefacts belonging to the Asante Kingdom are set to return home after decades of decorating the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Fowler Museum. They encompass fifteen objects from the British Museum, seventeen from the Victoria & Albert Museum and seven from the Fowler Museum. The objects were ransacked from the Palace of Asantehene Kofi Karikari in Kumasi during the Sagrenti War of 1874 under the orders of the then Governor of the […]
