Much of the 15-minute speech focused on educating the attendees on the history and culture of the Asante Empire and Ghana. The Asante king, who will celebrate his 72nd birthday Friday in ...

The story of the Asante Empire after the first three decades of the nineteenth century when she attained the peak of her power and greatness, according to Professor Albert Adu Boahen (1975), is ...

The king is the 16th Asantehene and a direct descendant of the first, who founded the Asante Empire in 1701. A powerful state that resisted British colonization until the very end of the 19th ...

Yaa Asantewaa had been the sister of the king of Ejisu, a region within the Ashanti Empire. When her brother died in 1894, she installed her grandson, Ejisuhene, on the throne. He was exiled along ...

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford OBE and comedian Sophie Duker to explore the incredible Asante Empire. Show more Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Augustus Casely ...

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford OBE and comedian Sophie Duker to explore the incredible Asante Empire. We learn the roots of Ghanian heritage - from storytelling ...