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The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II delivered a lecture at the St Augustine Campus of the University of West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago, the second such lecture in an island country. Present were the Prime Minister of the dual island country, Dr the Hon Keith Rowley and some leadership of the University as well as the entourage of the King. The lecture which was delivered on Thursday, August 3, 2023, centred mainly on African […]
The 16th occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has disclosed his visit to Trinidad and Tobago is part of his responsibility to get reconnected with descendants of African origin who got ostracized through the dehumanising slave trade. Touting the resilient spirit of the African in surviving the cruelty of enslavement, he was compelled to draw in the famous adage of the Asante Kingdom on the porcupine: “Asante Kotoko: wo kum apem a apem bɛba” to wit, “if […]
A special luncheon was held by the Board of Directors and leadership of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL), the parent company of Republic Bank {Ghana} PLC, in honour of the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his entourage in Trinidad and Tobago. The business lunch held at their headquarters in the twin island country had in attendance the financial giant’s Board Chairman, Mr Vincent Pereira, the President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Nigel Baptiste and top […]
Following sentimental moments that accompanied the celebration of Emancipation Day on Tuesday and subsequent visits to some sites in Port of Spain on Wednesday morning, a time for relaxation finally came for His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The occupant of the Golden Stool since the beginning of his five-day working visit to Trinidad and Tobago admitted to a “heavy heart” after having a feel of the separation and enslavement the people of African origin were subjected to. Together with […]
A handwritten message by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is on display in a fort in Trinidad and Tobago. The message was written by the King after he visited Fort George located in St James in the region of Diego Martin on August 2, 2023. The fort formerly known as La Vigie and built in 1804 in Trinidad got entwined with the Asante kingdom when a son of the 10th King of the West African-based Kingdom, Kofi Nti, designed and […]
His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has expressed his pride in the life-long legacy left behind in St James in the region of Diego Martin in Trinidad by a native of the Asante Kingdom, Kofi Nti who was later known as William Kofi Nti. The legacy lies in a signal station standing in Fort George. The King of the Asante Kingdom visited the place on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, together with some chiefs from his kingdom including Nana Otuo Siriboe […]
A looming danger to the existence of African youth and brains years after the end of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade has received a spotlight for immediate redress. Attention was drawn by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the occupant of the Golden Stool during the Emancipation Day Celebration in Trinidad and Tobago on August 1, 2023. In a speech at the Emancipation Day Celebration in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, the Ghanaian royalty urged world leaders not to ignore what he termed […]
The overlord of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the people of Trinidad and Tobago to set a pace that reflects the values and heritage of Africa- their continent of descent by resisting violence. “Here in Trinidad and other sister islands in the Caribbean, we have an upsurge of needless violence often fueled by drugs. I cannot pretend to know all the reasons or the answers but I am sure it reflects a degree of despair that […]
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II posits that Africa and the Caribbeans are not free after all with the myriad of challenges they are confronted with years after their emancipation from slavery by the West. He indicates that emancipation in wallowing abject poverty by citizens, dependency on former slave masters and racial abuse does not qualify as true emancipation. “What’s emancipation when every government in Africa is still struggling against severe odds to lift their people from grounding poverty? What’s emancipation when […]
To erase mediocrity and inferiority complex from the descendants of the victims of slavery and colonialism, the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, suggests that African and Caribbean governments must target the educational sector. In his speech on Emancipation Day in Trinidad and Tobago on August 1, 2023, he said the curriculum must be altered to include the “glorious” history the continent of Africa carried in the pre-colonial and slavery era. “I invite our governments to […]
