Asanteman
Asanteman will observe the Odwira Festival for the first time in decades next year, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene has announced. The event alongside its rites will begin in the ninth month of the year prior to the harvest of yam. At the last Asanteman Council meeting on December 16, 2024, Otumfuo made the announcement. “We will observe Odwira Festival next year. In September when yam will be harvested, this festival is observed. Let Tuobodom, Ofuman, Menye bring their yam. […]
The ultimate Akwasidae Festival of 2024 has been held at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II marked it on December 8, a day after the country’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections. His Majesty was joined by people from across the country and beyond, including Nananom, the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) led by Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah University of […]
In his first address since the commencement of the three-day celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Otumfuo Agyemang Prempeh I’s return from exile in Seychelles, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the 16th Occupant of the Golden Stool expressed the profound gratitude of the Asantes to the island state. The island country hosted the late King of the Asante Kingdom who on recognising the danger that laid in ambush against his kingdom, chose to give up his liberty in a critical sacrifice […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has encouraged the youth in his Kingdom to preserve their strength and channel them into acts that will aid the betterment and development of Asanteman by quitting drug abuse. According to him, the steps of Asantes’ predecessors who fought to ensure Asante lives on must be emulated and followed by the current generation. “Stop drugs and use your strength for a better course. That was not how Asanteman was built. Our predecessors did it and […]
The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has issued a cautionary statement against politicians and anyone secretly fashioning foul plots against Asantes in Ghana. Addressing guests at the Kuntunkuni Durbar at the Manhyia Palace on February 8, 2024, Otumfuo reminded them that Asanteman was an independent state before the formation of Ghana. He also emphasized that Asanteman is indestructible, evidence of which resides in the story of the Sagrenti war of 1874. Otumfuo noted that the Golden […]
