Vryheid in Waarheid … Water is Lewe
(Asanti-Ashanti) Of the many scattered imperial conflicts which comprise the martial history of Africa, most certainly the longest and drawn out conquests & military actions were the wars waged in the Gold Coast, by the British Empire in what is now the Republic of Ghana in West Africa. Of the most powerful tribes and cultures, the Asante Empire (alternatively… Continue reading Anglo-Asanti Wars – 1823 – 1900
Oral histories all agree that the Ashanti were originally part of a unified Akan clan that included the Fante, Wassaw and other Twi-speaking people. But it is in the specifics of its subsequent division that stories begin to diverge. In one legend, it is Fulani invaders, destroying the Akan’s crops and forcing them to forage for edible plants, that spurs this division. One… Continue reading Ashanti (Asanti) – Ghana
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