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AfricanHistoryandCivilization--Asante.pptAfrican History and Civilization
Asante Empire
Map of Asante Empire
Geography and early history
- History started as a progressive consolidation of estates into small polities
- Emerged in the late 17th c. as powerful kingdom
- Located on the boundary between the forest and savanna regions
- In the Volta, Pra, and Ofin basins
Early history…
- Founded by members of the Oyoko clan
- Each social and political unit constituting an Oman
- Under the unpopular rule of Denkyira
- Cultural homogeneity and common hatred of Denkyira were platforms for unity
Leadership
- Obiri Yeboa
- The founding ruler
- Died in the 1670s
Osei Tutu (1670s-1717)
- ably assisted by Chief Priest Okomfo Anokye
- Unified the members of the Oyoko clan
- Established Kumasi as the capital
- The Golden Stool as a symbol of the nation
- Started the annual Odwira festival
- Strong military – Van, Rear, Left, and Right
Opoku Ware
- Grand nephew of Osei Tutu
- last of the great rulers
Political organization and leadership
- Sovereignty was parcellized
- At the apex was the Asantehene
- Political authority devolved through parallel structures
- Functions of authority are replicated at each level
- Political control in tributary provinces rested on the system of “indirect rule.”
Asante stools
Fall of Asante Empire
- Weakness of central and provincial administration
- British imperialism
- 100-year war
