Do you remember the Ashanti kingdom and the Golden Stool? The harmattan winds? Growing cocoa and mining gold in Ghana? Visiting the Ashanti heartland was a dream long deferred. But an academic ...
Scenes from the 1st Akwasidae Festival for 2025 on Sunday, January 19, 2025. Asanteman celebrated its first Akwasidae ...
Many from all walks of life Sunday joined the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at Dwabrem in the Manhyia Palace to celebrate ...
Ghanaian business mogul, Ibrahim Mahama, accompanied his brother, President John Dramani Mahama, to the 1st Akwasidae of 2025 ...
The Akwasidae Festival, a revered tradition of the Ashanti people, is commemorated on Sundays every six weeks. During the occasion, all the chiefs within the realm of the Golden Stool converge to ...
The Asante Empire The King of the Asante was known as the Asantehene. Akan religion The Golden Stool was a sacred object and Asante symbol of unity and good fortune. The kingdoms of Benin ...
Her bottles are decorated with war horns, crowns and golden stools, insignia of power among Ghana’s Ashanti kings. Ms Pedro seeks to popularise ogogoro, a smoky, spicy spirit made from fermented ...