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The city of Kumasi lies in the hilly, forested heart of Ghana’s Ashanti region. Now a sprawling city home to hundreds of thousands, Kumasi was the capital of the Ashanti Kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries. The city was razed by British forces in 1874.

The city of Kumasi lies in the hilly, forested heart of Ghana’s Ashanti region. Now a sprawling city home to hundreds of thousands, Kumasi was the capital of the Ashanti Kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries. The city was razed by British forces in 1874.