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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 […]
The King of the Asante kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II wants racial abuse and racial discrimination to be characterized as a crime against humanity through a new universal declaration by world leaders. He believes racism qualifies as a crime against humanity which has been defined as acts that include the degradation or humiliation of human beings. Delivering a speech on the Emancipation Day celebration in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, His Majesty called on world leaders to […]
The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was the guest of honour at the second celebration marking the Emancipation Day in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. This was after he had attended the Emancipation Day procession at the Treasury Building in Port of Spain organized by the Emancipation Support Committee earlier in the morning. All these events marked the freedom of enslaved African mid-1800s. At Queen’s Park, Otumfuo was captured in his glowing kente […]
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Caribbean’s University of West Indies (UWI) and University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) and Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is probable. An interest in the collaboration was openly declared by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, during the Emancipation Day Procession at the Treasury Building in Port of Spain, the country’s capital. This follows a state visit by the […]
His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II graced the celebration of African Emancipation Day in Trinidad and Tobago as he joined the event as the special guest of honour. The occupant of the Golden Stool was at the Emancipation Day procession at the Treasury Building in Port of Spain organized by the Emancipation Support Committee on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, with his entourage of key Asante traditional rulers. In a speech, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr the Hon. […]
The first day of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s visit to Trinidad and Tobago ended with a dinner and concert by Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley on Monday, July 31, 2023. The Emancipation Day dinner and celebration concert was held at the Diplomatic Centre at St Ann’s. Earlier in the day, the King visited the PM and the President at their respective official residences in Port of Spain, the capital of the dual island country. Receiving His Majesty […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was hosted at the President’s House in Trinidad and Tobago by Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo, ORTT on Monday. On the first day of his five-day visit to the state, a meeting with the head of state at the Presidential villa kick-started his official activities in the country. The culture and tradition of the Asante Kingdom were proudly on display as the King and his entourage made up of key traditional rulers donned traditional outfits […]
The occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr The Honourable Keith Christopher Rowley. The visit to the official residence of the PM was on Monday, July 31 2023 with some key traditional rulers from his Kingdom. Receiving the distinguished guests alongside the PM were Mr Amery Brown, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Stuart Young, Minister for Energy, Dr Nyan Gadsby- Dolly, Minister for […]