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L'Impero ashanti o asante, noto anche come Confederazione ashanti o Asanteman (indipendente 1701-1896), fu uno stato pre-coloniale dell'Africa occidentale in quella che ora è la Repubblica del Ghana. Il suo impero si estese dal Ghana centrale fino al Togo e alla Costa d'Avorio odierni.
The Asantehene is the ruler of the Ashanti people. The Asantehene is traditionally enthroned on a golden stool known as the Sika 'dwa, and the office is sometimes referred to by this name. The Asantehene is also the titular ruler of Kumasi, which served as the capital of the Ashanti Empire and today, the Ashanti Region.
NameReignOtumfuo Nana Osei Tutu I1701–c.1717Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware Katakyie1720–1750Otumfuo Nana Kusi Oboadum1750–1764Otumfuo Nana Osei Kwadwo Okoawia1764–1777The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana and also parts of Ivory Coast and Togo.
Asantehene Osei Tutu I, military leader and head of the Asante Oyoko clan, founded the Asante Empire. Osei Tutu I obtained the support of other clan chiefs and, using Kumase as the central base, subdued surrounding Akan states.
2 dic 2021 · By the late 17th century, Osei Tutu had become a formidable leader and an extremely effective organizer among the Ashanti people and his other allies — especially when it came to his plans to overthrow the Denkyira. And from 1698 to 1701, the Ashanti fought tirelessly to defeat their enemies.
- Morgan Dunn
29 dic 2021 · Nel 1900 il governatore britannico Sir Frederick Hodgson chiese la consegna dello Sgabello d’oro da parte degli Ashanti quale segno di sottomissione al governo coloniale di Londra. Il re dell’Impero ashanti, Prempeh I, era in esilio e secondo gli inglesi ciò sarebbe bastato ad ottenere obbedienza.
Osei Tutu was the founder and first ruler of the Asante (Ashanti) empire (in present-day Ghana) who as chief of the small state of Kumasi came to realize (c. 1680–90) that a fusion of the small separate Asante kingdoms was necessary to withstand their powerful Denkyera neighbours to the south.
