Why US voted against Ghana's resolution to declare slavery a crime against humanity

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Ghana stands with Trump and Israel 1 week ago

Bless Donald Trump forever.....

Bless Donald Trump forever.....
Apartheid 1 week ago

And the killing of the Jews in the Gas Chambers of Sobibor was legal because it was a Second World War

And the killing of the Jews in the Gas Chambers of Sobibor was legal because it was a Second World War
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

And the Jews have sworn never to let that happen again. Ariel Sharon said “NEVER AGAIN IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL WILL THIS HAPPEN. Israel is known to have amounts of the Atomic and Nuclear Bombs if what was done to them at t ...
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And the Jews have sworn never to let that happen again. Ariel Sharon said “NEVER AGAIN IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL WILL THIS HAPPEN. Israel is known to have amounts of the Atomic and Nuclear Bombs if what was done to them at the Gas Chambers was to be attempted again. And I support Israel for not attacking other neighbors stupidly but defending their very survival. That is justifiable
Retarded Ghana 1 week ago

Slave trade was a crime committed decades and decades and decades ago..
African leaders looting their own countries, African leaders neglecting their own citizens, African schools and hospitals in deplorable states, public s ...
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Slave trade was a crime committed decades and decades and decades ago..
African leaders looting their own countries, African leaders neglecting their own citizens, African schools and hospitals in deplorable states, public staff facing salary arrears, African cities and rural areas where common tap watet is not flowing, corruption everywhere.. Those are crimes committed right now.. Stop begging and fix your own countries and continent..
FRANKIE 1 week ago

Hypocritical Aryan Caucasian rascals. They always tout the killing and gassing of an estimated six million jews in what is popularly known as the Holocaust but dismiss the deaths of approximately eighty million Africans inclu ...
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Hypocritical Aryan Caucasian rascals. They always tout the killing and gassing of an estimated six million jews in what is popularly known as the Holocaust but dismiss the deaths of approximately eighty million Africans including those who died in transit during the transatlantic slave trade. Such subhumans claim to be development partners with democratic ideals.
+31 6 39174654 1 week ago

Contact for a job in Russia.

Contact for a job in Russia.
Ofui 1 week ago

How much you pay a soldier?

How much you pay a soldier?
SIGMA, LONDON 1 week ago

The drafters forgot to mention who gets paid the reparations? Ghana, Africa, the Caribbean, etc or who? Oh Ghana why was this not mention?

The drafters forgot to mention who gets paid the reparations? Ghana, Africa, the Caribbean, etc or who? Oh Ghana why was this not mention?
NART 1 week ago

What job at all are you guys talking about in RUSSIA? You guys should stop the nonsense.

What job at all are you guys talking about in RUSSIA? You guys should stop the nonsense.
Nana Yaw 1 week ago

You see oo!!. Modern day slavery. Deceiving your own country folks and sending then to slavery

You see oo!!. Modern day slavery. Deceiving your own country folks and sending then to slavery

Le Pacifiteur 1 week ago

Ghana's fought as US and British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq quiet recently when America invaded those countries. Is that also modern day slavery?

Ghana's fought as US and British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq quiet recently when America invaded those countries. Is that also modern day slavery?
Le Pacifiteur 1 week ago

*Ghanians

*Ghanians
Agboglimate Wolefiatem Zuborborm 1 week ago

*Ghanaians

*Ghanaians
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

America says during that time slavery was legal. Therefore if it's illegal.today why should it be seen as inhumane? But when the jews were being persecuted die3 it was allowed and even after the fact it was still seen as the ...
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America says during that time slavery was legal. Therefore if it's illegal.today why should it be seen as inhumane? But when the jews were being persecuted die3 it was allowed and even after the fact it was still seen as the gravest crime and jews have received reparations..therr were several jews who back bitter against each other, squealed on others and acted as informants against other jews. Some of the killers even disguised themselves as Germans to kill their fellow jews just to live well and find an outlet to escape. Agyer all this, jews have received reparations
Joe 1 week ago

As much as I agree with you the problem of Africa is that who receives the reparation, remember Israel is one state Africa is a whole continent and some countries didn't suffer the atrocities of the tans-atlantic slave trade.

As much as I agree with you the problem of Africa is that who receives the reparation, remember Israel is one state Africa is a whole continent and some countries didn't suffer the atrocities of the tans-atlantic slave trade.
NOT FOR ALL NATIONS IN AFRICA- ghanani 1 week ago

The reparations are meant to be for the nations that suffered from the slave trade. Anyway,Africans should not expect Western nations to support it. They are the guilty ones.

The reparations are meant to be for the nations that suffered from the slave trade. Anyway,Africans should not expect Western nations to support it. They are the guilty ones.
THEREALTRUTH 1 week ago

Do your research Every black person in africa has been and is being affected by racism. They are still stealing resourses, piting corrupt leaders against their own nations...They have built up wealth from the lives and labor ...
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Do your research Every black person in africa has been and is being affected by racism. They are still stealing resourses, piting corrupt leaders against their own nations...They have built up wealth from the lives and labor of enslaved African. They posess the land of Africans. They have raped nations and left them in proverty. Ghana had gold..and we should be living like Wakanda but are we...no our wealth is going to European folk and their children.
Karikakchar 1 week ago

Look let's manage what we have well and stop looking for a red herring way to prosperity!

Look let's manage what we have well and stop looking for a red herring way to prosperity!
Maameô 1 week ago

Agree with you. We could be better but what's happening now in our country. Wan money to chop. Finished!

Agree with you. We could be better but what's happening now in our country. Wan money to chop. Finished!
Nene 1 week ago

Please it's a lie there is no job in Russia . They will send you straight to the Frontline to fight against Ukraine. You will die like a dog. You will die for nothing. Even the money they promise to pay you won't get it.

Please it's a lie there is no job in Russia . They will send you straight to the Frontline to fight against Ukraine. You will die like a dog. You will die for nothing. Even the money they promise to pay you won't get it.

Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

What kind of Job? Ghanaians should ignore this crook and vermin. He shall take your money and ship you to Russia to fight for them in Ukraine. Mahama’s Government should find a way to stop such illegal recruitment. The Labo ...
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What kind of Job? Ghanaians should ignore this crook and vermin. He shall take your money and ship you to Russia to fight for them in Ukraine. Mahama’s Government should find a way to stop such illegal recruitment. The Labor Department should step in and stop this nonsense. Can someone recruit from Ghana with such a stupid advertisement and the Labor Department not involved and not in the know? Mahama, Regional Ministers, Religious Leaders and Community Leaders should all help recruitment of young Ghanaians to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
JACK TORONTO 1 week ago

Work in Russia? I will rather stay in Ghana Russia and eat my banku and konkonte.

Work in Russia? I will rather stay in Ghana Russia and eat my banku and konkonte.
Kwaku 1 week ago

Interested

Interested
STILL YOUNG 1 week ago

Who should contact you for a job,? a lair and a scammer, just to send innocent people to fight for Russia for monies you have collected, better send your family over there

Who should contact you for a job,? a lair and a scammer, just to send innocent people to fight for Russia for monies you have collected, better send your family over there
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

Frankie, the Jews had no say in the atrocities of Hitler with his Gas Chamber. With the Trans Saharan, Trans Indian Ocean and Trans Atlantic Slave Trades, it were our own greedy Traditional Leaders who went to war against eac ...
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Frankie, the Jews had no say in the atrocities of Hitler with his Gas Chamber. With the Trans Saharan, Trans Indian Ocean and Trans Atlantic Slave Trades, it were our own greedy Traditional Leaders who went to war against each other, conquered other tribes and sent them to the Coast to the Waiting European Slave Traders to buy them. I know you are a Ghanaian and might have read from Adu Boahen, F.K Buah and Ajaye and Crowder about how the Dankyira, Akwamu and Asante people conquered other tribes and sold them to Europeans at the Coasts in their Forts and Castles to be transported to the Journey Of No Return to the Americas where they became slaves. Do you know how many Africans were sold by their own kith and kin to be transported across the Indian Ocean to become Slaves? Have you heard and read about the Black Indians before? I assign you to research into this topic and you will be shocked to learn that the Indian and Mediterranean Slave Trades existed for centuries before the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Have you ever read about the Almoravid Invasion? Before the Europeans got to the Coastal areas to trade in Slaves, they knew where they were going to and where they could get slaves cheaply.
No Jews were sold to Hitler to be killed in the Gas Chambers. In the case of Africa, their own soldiers them to the waiting European Slave Merchants. Blame African people for this evil and wicked Slave Trade that they encouraged for decades if not many centuries. How many African Politicians and Traditional Leaders even write or condemn the Slave Trades that went on.
I studied American History for two years at the University of Cape Coast but was never taught how evil, barbaric and irresponsible and irreligious and criminal the trade was. It was when I got to Uncle Sam’s country and was undergoing my Graduate Programs that I came to know more about the horrible way African Slaves were treated. This has created a serious hatred that some White neighborhoods like the Stone Mountain Park and Conyers are a no go areas for Black people after 6:00 PM. Usually, when you see a Black Person in such areas during the Day time, they are there to do cleaning and other Menial tasks that White people will not do. Such jobs are for Blacks.
The racial hatred between Whites and Blacks will take some time to heal. It may heal sooner because the White Race is becoming a minority now because they don’t procreate. Married Whites folks give birth to one or two children while the Blacks and Hispanics procreate like Guinea Pigs. They hardly visit Family Control Clinics and Hospitals for medications for family planning. The average less educated Black couple usually have six to eight children and the Spanish couple can have as many as twelve or thirteen children as if they want to catch up with President Mahama.
Daniel 1 week ago

I relate with the historical perspectives you expressed here. I'm really educated.

I relate with the historical perspectives you expressed here. I'm really educated.
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

Aguena the hypocrite the American history youbstudied at ucc didn't teach you about the atrocities blacks were going through in that country? The news you've arched, the films, newspapers and books didn't teach you? Not even ...
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Aguena the hypocrite the American history youbstudied at ucc didn't teach you about the atrocities blacks were going through in that country? The news you've arched, the films, newspapers and books didn't teach you? Not even jim crow, the Civil rights movement?
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

Hahahaha. I don’t blame you because you might have not been born or was a baby when I was at UCC. This was the time of Prof Amenume Kpebu, and Kwamena Dickson who finally became the Vice Chancellor. Your Present Vice Presi ...
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Hahahaha. I don’t blame you because you might have not been born or was a baby when I was at UCC. This was the time of Prof Amenume Kpebu, and Kwamena Dickson who finally became the Vice Chancellor. Your Present Vice President was a Junior Lecturer at the English and Sociology Departments which were not then Faculties. Typewriters were not even common. Only the Registrar and the Vice Chancellor had Computers. There was no Internet connection anywhere at the University. I am talking about decades ago.
We never studied by any Films and had to try to copy hurriedly what our lecturers read in class. They didn’t lecture but sat down in their chairs and read hurriedly and students had to copy very fast what they read. After every lecture, students sat to fill up in their notes what each other could write but they couldn’t. There was one Lecturer that students named READING PHIDIPEDES(after the Greek Athlete PHIDIPEDES.) He just read so fast and sometimes some Lecturers took Reference Books to their Bungalows before the Universities opened. Some of us had to visit Balme’s Library at Legon to do further studies.
Students can use the Internet and get every information and sometimes plagiarize without being caught. Unironically education has been made easy by the Internet. In Uncle Sam’ country Middle School students even use the Internet when given work. Teachers here don’t use any Chalkboard. At our time, sometimes, there were no Writing Chalk and Teachers wrote on the Chalkboard with Cassava KOKONTE. Hahahaha. So you see how old I am and where I have come from. Yes, and we didn’t have a 24 hour Electricity supply. We sometimes had to study with the Hurricane Lamp and Lanterns. The youth of today have things easy.
They should ask their mothers and grandparents what was the Morning Mental Academic work and the whips that accompanied them. I almost forgot about the Modaya and Thursday English Compulsory evening Spelling classes and whips that accompanied them. Let me stop frightening the young ones by stopping to tell them what our education was like. In Uncle Sam’s country, you dare not use a cane on any student or Pupil on any occasion because they come to school already with concealed Guns in their bags or nearby flowers and they can easily use them on Teachers and Students and not much will be done to them because they are considered minors. Teaching in Uncle Sam’s country can be daunting and dangerous. Teachers should be careful and observant..
Agboglimate Wolefiatem Zuborborm 1 week ago

In any case if the person is sold to you do you have to treat him/her in these inhumane manner? People are sold in sports these days but they are treated nicely. The resolution passed at UN is in right direction

In any case if the person is sold to you do you have to treat him/her in these inhumane manner? People are sold in sports these days but they are treated nicely. The resolution passed at UN is in right direction
Nsia 1 week ago

@ Frankie, I have always admired you from afar, but historical facts are just that. I have never shied away from the fact that my own Asante Kings were vile and despicable in terms of slave raiding and trading as well as ex ...
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@ Frankie, I have always admired you from afar, but historical facts are just that. I have never shied away from the fact that my own Asante Kings were vile and despicable in terms of slave raiding and trading as well as excessive human sacrifices in the past. Surely, they should also ve exposed for their dreadful actions. I have never been a fan of any of them.

Who were the prominent slave traders in the Ashanti Kingdom from 1700 to 1890s.?

Prominent slave traders in the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom between 1700 and the 1890s were primarily the Asantehene (kings) and state officials, who controlled the supply of captives to European traders (British, Dutch) in exchange for firearms and luxury goods. Key rulers driving this trade included Osei Tutu I, Opoku Ware I, and Osei Bonsu, who capitalized on military conquests to secure enslaved people, particularly after the trade shifted southward toward the coast by the 1800s.

Key Actors/Agents: The Asantehene (monarch) and authorized chiefs managed the slave trade as a key state enterprise to solidify political power and obtain weapons..

Expansionist Policy: Expansionist policies under kings like Opoku Ware resulted in the subjugation of neighboring tribes (such as the Bono State and Denkyira), which were frequently forced to pay tribute in slaves

Shifting Trade Routes: While initial 18th-century trade often involved northern routes, by 1800, the Ashanti were major suppliers to coastal trading castles.
End of Trade: The trade was maintained by the state until the British destroyed the power of the Asantehene with the capture of Kumasi and exile of King Prempeh I in 1896.

The Ashanti were key players in the network, selling captives obtained through war and raiding, which was essential to maintaining their military strength and economic stability throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

Kojo 1 week ago

Exactly. What some africa a leaders are overseeing in their countries is no different from slavery.

Charging an unemployed youth to apply for work in this day and age and knowing the job is not available, creating harsh po ...
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Exactly. What some africa a leaders are overseeing in their countries is no different from slavery.

Charging an unemployed youth to apply for work in this day and age and knowing the job is not available, creating harsh policies without any support for citizens to have a decent living, eg. home, medical care, food and even basics for life and so on. Are all of these the doing of slave masters? You oversee lynching of people, chase people and even imprisoned them in the name of gold bod for trying to making a living through the soil we all inherited as Ghanaians but failing to offer any social support for citizens to live decently.

Just waiting to benefit from something which was not crime in the past. It was our own people who sold fellow humans to the white people, must people trace those families and punish their descendants? We still have such people in ghana who treat others as slaves and think they are untouchable.

I think leaders should rather talk about racism, affecting some Africans because the mentality of slavery still linger in the minds of some and call for a fair treatment to citizens of countries affected in that transatlantic slave trade.rather than seeking for reparations.
Ghanaman 1 week ago

I thought President Mahama was referring to modern day slavery, not knowing, he's talking about the trans Atlantic slave trade....of course, the motive is getting reparations from the West. Its time Africans forget about this ...
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I thought President Mahama was referring to modern day slavery, not knowing, he's talking about the trans Atlantic slave trade....of course, the motive is getting reparations from the West. Its time Africans forget about this lazy dream of reparations. Reparations will not help African countries. It will just go into a few selfish pockets. What we need is to learn to develop without IMF and the World Bank loans. That is the only way we can get the yoke of the West off from our necks and truly develop as nations.
JULOR CAESAR 1 week ago

Rubbish. Never to happen again, yet the Jewish state continues to treat the Palestinians in the same manner that Hitler and his Nazi goons treated Jews. Israel is just a selfish and hypocritical state that depends on the larg ...
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Rubbish. Never to happen again, yet the Jewish state continues to treat the Palestinians in the same manner that Hitler and his Nazi goons treated Jews. Israel is just a selfish and hypocritical state that depends on the largesse of USA taxpayers and holocaust reparations from the German government.
Wele 1 week ago

And so is the future killing of ghanaians.

And so is the future killing of ghanaians.
Le Pacifiteur 1 week ago

Germany continues to pay huge sums of money to western countries for starting WWII. Are the beneficiaries the people who suffered and died during the war?

Germany continues to pay huge sums of money to western countries for starting WWII. Are the beneficiaries the people who suffered and died during the war?
TWEAA DC 1 week ago

MAHAMA AND HIS GANGS AND FAMILY SHOULD STOP LOOTING GHANA...GOING ROUND THE GLOBE IN SEARCH OF UNDESERVED HONOURS...TWEAA.

MAHAMA AND HIS GANGS AND FAMILY SHOULD STOP LOOTING GHANA...GOING ROUND THE GLOBE IN SEARCH OF UNDESERVED HONOURS...TWEAA.
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Yaw 1 week ago

Reparation must be paid only because slavery took all the wise black men away leaving only the stupidly criminals in charge of Africa. That’s the greatest crime committed against Africa

Reparation must be paid only because slavery took all the wise black men away leaving only the stupidly criminals in charge of Africa. That’s the greatest crime committed against Africa
Kwaku 1 week ago

Wo maame tw3

Wo maame tw3
Maameô 1 week ago

Interior boy! Village boy! Village language. Some move away from the helmet will help improve you.

Interior boy! Village boy! Village language. Some move away from the helmet will help improve you.
Baba Siaka Stevens 1 week ago

Is Mahama families among the slavery? Trump is clever than the whole 53 corrupt Africa countries so he will never give a time to you and your families and friends Africa Governments

Is Mahama families among the slavery? Trump is clever than the whole 53 corrupt Africa countries so he will never give a time to you and your families and friends Africa Governments
THEREALTRUTH 1 week ago

who are you talking about bless trump..belzebub, satan, the dragon the wicked king of the earth...You are definitely a mentally ill ot possessed fool would go along with all the evil to the lake of fire...or whatever punishme ...
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who are you talking about bless trump..belzebub, satan, the dragon the wicked king of the earth...You are definitely a mentally ill ot possessed fool would go along with all the evil to the lake of fire...or whatever punishment there will be for evil. LIAR YOU DONT SPEAK FOR GHANA.
kevean Taylor 1 week ago

You are a bainwashed Twep- My comment for you:-
"The true enemies of Africa, even before the imperialist and foreign capitalists, are those corrupt Africans who have put themselves at the disposal of the enemy of their Peopl ...
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You are a bainwashed Twep- My comment for you:-
"The true enemies of Africa, even before the imperialist and foreign capitalists, are those corrupt Africans who have put themselves at the disposal of the enemy of their People. The enemy inside the house is always more noxious than the one on the yard.
Napoleon 1 week ago

How is slavery a crime?
Is UN relevant today?

Graduate in Ghana receive gh¢700.00 a month you 'president Mahama' call slavery crime. Under Slavery free meals, free energy, free accommodation, everything was free for the ...
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How is slavery a crime?
Is UN relevant today?

Graduate in Ghana receive gh¢700.00 a month you 'president Mahama' call slavery crime. Under Slavery free meals, free energy, free accommodation, everything was free for the slaves.

God bless USA.
Palmares 1 week ago

AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN I AM AMAZED AT THE GROSS IGNORANCE EXPRESSED BY SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE. PRESIDENT MAHAMA SPOKE NOT ONLY FOR GHANA AND FOR AFRICA BUT ALSO FOR THE MILLIONS LIKE ME WHO ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF AFRICANS ...
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AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN I AM AMAZED AT THE GROSS IGNORANCE EXPRESSED BY SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE. PRESIDENT MAHAMA SPOKE NOT ONLY FOR GHANA AND FOR AFRICA BUT ALSO FOR THE MILLIONS LIKE ME WHO ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF AFRICANS BROUGHT TO NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AGAINST THEIR WILL. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL VOTED AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, NOT FOTHE B.S. REASONS ABOUT REPARATIONS AS THEY CLAIM, BUT TO MAKE AN UNAPOLOGETIC PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT THEIR CONTEMPT FOR ALL BLACK PEOPLE, PERIOD! AFTER ALL, ALTHOUGH THE EUROPEANS COULD NOT SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION EITHER, THEY AT LEAST HAD ENOUGH GOOD SENSE AND DECENCY TO SIMPLY ABSTAIN. SO, MY GHANAIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THE UN VOTE SHOULD MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. REMEMBER, IT WAS AMERICA'S CIA THAT PAID TO OVERTHROW YOUR FIRST PRESIDENT, KWAME NKRUMAH AFTER THEY INITIALLY FAILED TO ASSASINATE HIM.
Achakanapaya 1 week ago

The white Man is evil.
The white Man is the representative of Satan on Earth.

The white Man is evil.
The white Man is the representative of Satan on Earth.
FRANKIE 1 week ago

Grossly evil. Coarsely evil. The real definition of evil. Satan's real reps on earth.

Grossly evil. Coarsely evil. The real definition of evil. Satan's real reps on earth.
TWEAA DC 1 week ago

AND LUCIFER IS COLOURED BLACK...WHAT ABOUT THAT?...MR ACHAKANAPAYA....TWEAA.

AND LUCIFER IS COLOURED BLACK...WHAT ABOUT THAT?...MR ACHAKANAPAYA....TWEAA.
Rita 1 week ago

Have you seen Lucifer before? Buuuluuu

Have you seen Lucifer before? Buuuluuu
Ashanti were slave traders 1 week ago

Descendants of slave traders are demanding reparations. Ghanaians are utterly abnormal.

Descendants of slave traders are demanding reparations. Ghanaians are utterly abnormal.
GUGISBERG 1 week ago

REPARATIONS ARE TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR
Our ancestors happily sold their goods (slaves) at open market prices so what is JM saying? It’s absolutely uncalled for!
Besides, our greedy leaders will steal everything and the ord ...
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REPARATIONS ARE TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR
Our ancestors happily sold their goods (slaves) at open market prices so what is JM saying? It’s absolutely uncalled for!
Besides, our greedy leaders will steal everything and the ordinary people will not benefit anything.
What did we benefit from the HIPC Funds?
?
Bk 1 week ago

Asantes even went to war with Fantes for direct access to the whiteman to sell their slaves without middlemen. The toilet eating Asante slave traders are all up in arms over a simple question because they know the truth is gr ...
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Asantes even went to war with Fantes for direct access to the whiteman to sell their slaves without middlemen. The toilet eating Asante slave traders are all up in arms over a simple question because they know the truth is gradually coming out about how they financed their stupid tribal wars through the selling of black people as slaves to the white man. These same ugly Asante dwarfs even opposed the abolition of slavery and sent a petition to the colonial administration that ending slavery will significantly impact their finances. Google is available for free if you really want to know the truth or keep yourself in your blissful ignorance
Nana Asare 1 week ago

The US, Israel and Argentina are truly the most racist societies and they have shown that at the UN yesterday.

The US, Israel and Argentina are truly the most racist societies and they have shown that at the UN yesterday.
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

Have you considered the Arabs as being Racists too. Do you know that the Arab people in North Africa had to be forced to even be drawn into the African Map because they are not Black in color? This is why I have always been a ...
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Have you considered the Arabs as being Racists too. Do you know that the Arab people in North Africa had to be forced to even be drawn into the African Map because they are not Black in color? This is why I have always been against Nkrumah’s fight for the Organization of African Unity where Africans will have a single President which he wanted to be. He wantonly wasted the Money that the British left behind to help other African countries gain independence. He gave 10 Million British Pound Sterling to Guinea to develop their country when s
Sekou Toure decided to align to Russia just like he wanted Ghana to do. His extravagant expenditure made Ghana bankrupt by the end of 1964. By 1965, Ghana had no serious World Business Partners and the World Bank and the IMF and the European Union were not prepared for any business deals with Ghana. Ghanaians had started to queue up for everything needed including Milk, Sugar, Medical needs and even Toiletries. I was not a baby then and joined my parents in such queues.Had Nkrumah not been reckless and spent the money of Ghana stupidly, Ghana would have been like South Korea and Japan but he left Ghana Broke and Bankrupt just like Rawlings followed Gaddaffi sheepishly and many Ghanaian youth now come out of schools and Universities to be unemployed for the rest of their lives. Yes, my nephew graduated from KNUST over 15 years ago and is not gainfully employed. He sells Bottled Iced water.
One University Graduate friend of mine works in Laying Dead People in State. Is that what he went to the University to study for. Ghana is a country whose economy and everything is in a wreck and I don’t blame Mahama for that. It started before he even started his Primary Education. Don’t blame him because he can’t solve the problems Ghana is going through now. Ghanaians should just rest on their Oars and suffer for many decades to come.
Cameroon's Roger Milla 1 week ago

Argentina killed all its Blacks. Oh how I wish Frank Agyena-Karikari 's great grand father was there. England rightly gave them severe beatings at the Falklands. Idiots

Argentina killed all its Blacks. Oh how I wish Frank Agyena-Karikari 's great grand father was there. England rightly gave them severe beatings at the Falklands. Idiots
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

Agyena you are too stuoid for your own good wow...he wasted money on other afrocans your blood brothers and sisters, huh? You think the adopted country you live in will ever go to war with Canada or Britain or France? You foo ...
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Agyena you are too stuoid for your own good wow...he wasted money on other afrocans your blood brothers and sisters, huh? You think the adopted country you live in will ever go to war with Canada or Britain or France? You fool. Lol at the industirs Nkrumah built..did any leaders after Nkrumah use any gh revenue to uilt anything close? If they had Im sure you wouldn't have abandoned your own country to go elsewhere to be an asset n pay taxes elsewhere..
IT IS TRANS -ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE - AFRICAWATCH 1 week ago

The topic is Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade. Slavery by Arabs is not being discussed here.

The topic is Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade. Slavery by Arabs is not being discussed here.
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

Slavery was definitely a crime against humanity but it is not Ghana or any African country that should want Reparations because they were actively involved.
Uncle Sam has no serious justification in commenting on crimes agai ...
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Slavery was definitely a crime against humanity but it is not Ghana or any African country that should want Reparations because they were actively involved.
Uncle Sam has no serious justification in commenting on crimes against humanity. Though some of their Military actions are justified, sometimes they get to extremities when very much provoked or punished to the wall as it is happening in Iran now. Anyway, Uncle Sam was needed in Iran and the Middle East where they have silenced Iran which was promoting Islamic fundamentalism and extremities. Now Iran is a bruised, destroyed and dismangled country with no clearly defined leadership. We thank Uncle Sam, her Allies and my very good friend Benjamin Netanyahu for such timely and strong effective attacks and dismantling of that terrorist state. The other Terrorist Arab States will stop their Islamic fundamentalisms and their spread. Now, Uraq is quiet and Libya has been fragmented and fully destroyed. Africans are free from the Spread of Militant Islam. Thank you Uncle Sam and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mohammed 1 week ago

you seem to know alot about Islam better than we the Muslims. please define what you mean by fundamentalist muslim or Islamist and list the fundamentals of Islam here for all to read. we are waiting, Karikari.

you seem to know alot about Islam better than we the Muslims. please define what you mean by fundamentalist muslim or Islamist and list the fundamentals of Islam here for all to read. we are waiting, Karikari.
Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 week ago

Mohammed, I studied Islam for years in College. My father’s best friend was the Imam of Asokore Koforidua, Wiamoase, and Suhum. My best friend in Uncle Sam’s country that I could trust my wife to go and cook for him, and ...
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Mohammed, I studied Islam for years in College. My father’s best friend was the Imam of Asokore Koforidua, Wiamoase, and Suhum. My best friend in Uncle Sam’s country that I could trust my wife to go and cook for him, and my sons and daughters to visit him was a Moslem until he died not long ago. I visited him thrice or more every week and he came to my house as often as possible. I loved and trusted him more than even many modern Christian Pastors, Reverends, Bishops, Archbishops and others with many titles. He was a prayerful and practicing Moslem who read the Bible more than myself who claim to be a Christian. He just understood that the Koran is a rendition of the Bible and the name of Jesus who they call Isiah is mentioned in the Koran more than any other name. He was extremely honest. The only thing I didn’t like about him was he worked himself up too much to take care of his extended family. I have to go to his house to make him take his medications. His greedy Moslem world from BEPOAH near Asante Agona that he brought to the United States with her children that were not his own abandoned him as he was becoming weak. I loved him so much and it was myself or my wife who drove and took him to the hospital when he became extremely weak. He finally died from High Blood Pressure because he was not taking his medication regularly
When we talk about Islamic Fundamentalists and extremists, we mean those Moslems who force others to become Moslems. They even attack other Muslims at their Mosques. Look at what was happening in Iran. Yes, what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. That can be insulted as Islamic terrorism. Why should Moslems kill each other because of different beliefs.
The Prophet Mohammed himself engaged in Religious wars when he felt his life was in danger danger and also for economic needs. Did the Prophet Mohammed not send Umar to conquer and take control of Egypt which was then extremely rich? As a Moslem, may I ask you where the expression I HAVE CROSSED THE RUBICON COME FROM AND WHY DID UNAR SEND THAT MESSAGE TO MOHAMMED WHEN THE LATTER CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT CONQUERING EGYPT.
Can you please let us know from your Koran and Islamic History how many wars of conquests Islamic Jihadists like Uthman Dan Fodio engaged in? Yes, how they killed all the Able Bodied Men and carried away the women who they forcefully married. Yes Moslems fought a Thirty Year war with Christians for the control of the Middle East, especially Jerusalem.
I am not against Islam but like Christians, they were also involved in heinous Slave Trade. Arabs introduced African Slaves into Europe. They served as Intermediaries in the Slave Trade that went on then and will not allow the Europeans to trade directly to trade with West Africans for trade in slaves.
You said it rightly, though sarcastically that I seem to know MUCH ABOUT ISLAM. Truly, I do know and have read much about the Koran and your Islamic history than you. I am not being disrespectful or sarcastic but being truthful. Don’t be offended by my postage and postulations. You can express your views respectfully where you disagree with me. Do rain insults and vulgar language on me because that will spur me on to be very very abusive to you. Let us agree to disagree politely. Hope to hear from you soon. Just be polite as I have been to you.
Thank you.
OGyam 1 week ago

@Mohammed, Massa, did Mohammed order for his critics to be killed in his life time? Yes. Did Aisha oder her opponents to be killed? Yes! Did Abu Bakr the successor of Mohmmed kill people? Yes! Did Amr Ibn Al AS who invaded C ...
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@Mohammed, Massa, did Mohammed order for his critics to be killed in his life time? Yes. Did Aisha oder her opponents to be killed? Yes! Did Abu Bakr the successor of Mohmmed kill people? Yes! Did Amr Ibn Al AS who invaded Christianed Egypt and other North African countries kill people when in invaded Egypt seven years after the the death of Mohammed in 639 AD? Yes.
Now, what sort of religion is that?
Can you name one single soul that Jesus or Buddha ordered to be killed? None!
Again, are Boko Haram, Isis, Janja Weed , Al Shabab not killing people for the sake of Islam? Yes!

The Arab idiotic book called Koran says explicitly that the only way , you "Mohammed" as a daft African Muslim will enter their bogus Jenna or Imaginary Heaven is to die as a Jihadist. Look, Mohammed was a rapist, armed caravan robber, black slave trader, serial polygamist ,a mass murderer and and a bogus prophet.His religion is false and he is actually getting roasted in hell himself for his heinous crimes against humanity. These are facts about Islam that your Imam will never,ever tell you. Islam is nothing but a big pile of lies upon lies upon lies. These are facts without apology about the Arab Cultural Nonsense called Islam! Lastly, why should other Muslim even be ordered to kill you if you leave the bogus religion ...Apostasy. My friend, this tells you that Islam is complete Crap,. Take a good decision and leave that Kramo Nkwaseasem no.
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

Lol very soon I e will bungle you up like a crimk also and send your dumb black ass back to where you belong and write will soon see the real agyena

Lol very soon I e will bungle you up like a crimk also and send your dumb black ass back to where you belong and write will soon see the real agyena
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

The wcup maybe cancelled if Iran don't accept America's truce the rianiqns are quiet right? Wagyimi fucking

The wcup maybe cancelled if Iran don't accept America's truce the rianiqns are quiet right? Wagyimi fucking
Newself 1 week ago

It appears you're one of the brainwashed persons regarding America and it's allies. Now listen (or read) carefully. If do something legitimate and athey don't like it they would try to instigate your people against you or try ...
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It appears you're one of the brainwashed persons regarding America and it's allies. Now listen (or read) carefully. If do something legitimate and athey don't like it they would try to instigate your people against you or try to suffocate you through sanctions or overthrow your government. Consider the Iran situation. The genesis of the problem is that Iran took it's oil for its people; For Lumumba it was to take the resources of Congo for its people; For Nkrumah he was trying to unite Africa under one federal government. And you Frank Agyena-Karikari who's rooting for them, they don't respect you and they don't like you. Did you hear Matco Rubio, American Secretary of State in a conference with Europeans in Berlin? He told them not to feel ashamed of the Slave Trade and colonialism, and that they should forcibly take resources they need but can't get.
YOU ARE STUPID AND ROBOTIC-- AFRICAWATCH 1 week ago

You are just a foolish,robotic chtistian. To suppport Israel and America clearly shows that you are just anti - islam and a supporter of the genocide by Israel in Gaza.. America and Israel can never defeat Iran. I ran has pr ...
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You are just a foolish,robotic chtistian. To suppport Israel and America clearly shows that you are just anti - islam and a supporter of the genocide by Israel in Gaza.. America and Israel can never defeat Iran. I ran has proved that it is a strong nation militarily and that Israel is no match for it. Mind you Israel can never use nuclear weapons against Iran. Israel will be obliterated from the face of the earth if it does it.
Donatus 1 week ago

It was a trade. Meaning they paid for the slaves, you want them to pay again? To whom?

It was a trade. Meaning they paid for the slaves, you want them to pay again? To whom?
Okomfo Anokye conjured a Golden Stool 1 week ago

A missionary with a Bible and Church buying slaves and chaining them because somebody is selling them? Hahahahaha. Evidence that Christianity is a big scam . Do what I say not what I do. Trumu trumu Roman Emperor Agripa. Wo ...
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A missionary with a Bible and Church buying slaves and chaining them because somebody is selling them? Hahahahaha. Evidence that Christianity is a big scam . Do what I say not what I do. Trumu trumu Roman Emperor Agripa. Wo maame twe at that your stupid Vatican wati
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

The golden stool l, artifacts, gold etc along with the exiled Chiefs were all bought as well, right?

The golden stool l, artifacts, gold etc along with the exiled Chiefs were all bought as well, right?
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

If all those items were stolen what makes you think the humans weren't also stolen at will?

If all those items were stolen what makes you think the humans weren't also stolen at will?
Donatus 1 week ago

Should there be reparation for those who died in the war as well?

Should there be reparation for those who died in the war as well?
Shaggy 1 week ago

The Americans have always voted against any good resolution of the United nations. America is the most evil country on earth. It exists by throwing bombs on other countries killing or arresting their leaders, destabilizing th ...
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The Americans have always voted against any good resolution of the United nations. America is the most evil country on earth. It exists by throwing bombs on other countries killing or arresting their leaders, destabilizing the countries and turning to steal their resources. America is extremely evil and demonic. Any place the world says no, they say yes. America!!!!!
Bk 1 week ago

The toilet eating Asante slave traders are all up in arms over a simple question because they know the truth is gradually coming out about how they financed their stupid tribal wars through the selling of black people as slav ...
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The toilet eating Asante slave traders are all up in arms over a simple question because they know the truth is gradually coming out about how they financed their stupid tribal wars through the selling of black people as slaves to the white man. These same ugly Asante dwarfs even opposed the abolition of slavery and sent a petition to the colonial administration that ending slavery will significantly impact their finances. Google is available for free if you really want to know the truth or keep yourself in your blissful ignorance
K Tsin 1 week ago

Just as I expected. Much as we all condemn the horrors of the slave trade, the western world will never agree to reparations in any form. This regrettably was an exercise in futility.

Just as I expected. Much as we all condemn the horrors of the slave trade, the western world will never agree to reparations in any form. This regrettably was an exercise in futility.
Ethics Dilemma 1 week ago

What?!! This is a funny nonsense. Let’s look at it this way: 1. It was the African Americans whose forefathers & mums were sold: they aren’t asking for any compensation because that misfortune of slavery is now a blessing ...
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What?!! This is a funny nonsense. Let’s look at it this way: 1. It was the African Americans whose forefathers & mums were sold: they aren’t asking for any compensation because that misfortune of slavery is now a blessing. 2. So, why should you & I including Prez Mahama (African African) call for the past slavery to be labelled a crime and get some compensation? 3. Most probably, we (the African Africans) had our ancestors fully indulging in this wicked slavery business - and now our greedy & corrupt leaders want extra coffers to loot? Funny nonsense!!!
Okomfo Anokye conjured a Golden Stool 1 week ago

You are very stupid. What rent did they pay for the Cape Coast, Elmina and Anomabo Castle lands? Can you go to West Minister Abbey to build even an Akyem Atakpame hut there? You stupid head will be put in a gilottine before ...
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You are very stupid. What rent did they pay for the Cape Coast, Elmina and Anomabo Castle lands? Can you go to West Minister Abbey to build even an Akyem Atakpame hut there? You stupid head will be put in a gilottine before you will learn sense. See you this black African fool. Your artifacts are in UK museum. You fools
ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

@Ethocs you clearly don't know your history. It is documented that most slaves transported from Akan land or present day Ghana came.from.northen Ghana. Where is John Mahama from? Most slaves were sent from up north sold in mi ...
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@Ethocs you clearly don't know your history. It is documented that most slaves transported from Akan land or present day Ghana came.from.northen Ghana. Where is John Mahama from? Most slaves were sent from up north sold in middle gh and exported through the southern coast where the castles and dungeons are. It was primarily during those tribal wars and ears against the Europeans that I'm sure you had Akans stolen and transported away as slaves and I'm sure the ego of these Akans caused them to fight and even drown themselves in some of these ships
Agboglimate Wolefiatem Zuborborm 1 week ago

Stop this nonsense. Don't you know that history always repeat itself. Think very well. Your children and grandchildren may suffer same

Stop this nonsense. Don't you know that history always repeat itself. Think very well. Your children and grandchildren may suffer same
KO 1 week ago

What about the trans Saharan slave trade that occurred between West Africa and North Africa? The North African countries need to pay reparations too. Thank you.

What about the trans Saharan slave trade that occurred between West Africa and North Africa? The North African countries need to pay reparations too. Thank you.
KO 1 week ago

Let's not forget about the slave trade that occurred between East Coast of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, the Arabs need to pay reparations too. Thank you.

Let's not forget about the slave trade that occurred between East Coast of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, the Arabs need to pay reparations too. Thank you.
NO WONDER AMERICA DISSENTED- AFRICAWATCH 1 week ago

America,the most guilty nation will certainly vote against it. And with Trump as its president it was a foregone conclusion. Trump would certainly have been using african slaves on his plantations if he had lived in that era.

America,the most guilty nation will certainly vote against it. And with Trump as its president it was a foregone conclusion. Trump would certainly have been using african slaves on his plantations if he had lived in that era.
Gee 1 week ago

Africans will prefer slavery be brought back.The suffering of the masses at the hands of fellow Africans is nauseating.

Africans will prefer slavery be brought back.The suffering of the masses at the hands of fellow Africans is nauseating.
Qwerty 1 week ago

Soros funded madness
Move a resolution to say it was a tragic tragedy on the human race.Nothing more, always go a begging.
Africans aren’t the only ones who suffered slavery, every nation on earth was once enslaved, so st ...
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Soros funded madness
Move a resolution to say it was a tragic tragedy on the human race.Nothing more, always go a begging.
Africans aren’t the only ones who suffered slavery, every nation on earth was once enslaved, so stop this reparation nonsense.
Pee Cee 1 week ago

"obiara pe kwasia na one no adi dwa". u' ve been stupid to allow them to enslave u and now ,what?"

"obiara pe kwasia na one no adi dwa". u' ve been stupid to allow them to enslave u and now ,what?"
Nene 1 week ago

So after all the problems you put Ghanaian youth through i.e no job for fresh graduates from our universities,,Nurses and teachers and most recently non payment of cocoa farmers you have the pleasure to go about asking for re ...
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So after all the problems you put Ghanaian youth through i.e no job for fresh graduates from our universities,,Nurses and teachers and most recently non payment of cocoa farmers you have the pleasure to go about asking for reparations for slave trade that happened many decades ago. Your actions at home are synonymous to that of the slave master.JM you're disappointing us change course.
Paa Rasta 1 week ago

BLACK AMERICANS HAVEN'T AUTHORIZED MAHAMA TO REPRESENT OR FIGHT FOR THEM, THEY CAN FIGHT THEIR OWN BTTLE. BLACK AMERICANS ARE NOT NECESSARILY HAPPY ABOUT THIS. WHAT IS MAHAMA DOING ? WHY IS HE PICKING UP STUPID FIGHT WITH TH ...
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BLACK AMERICANS HAVEN'T AUTHORIZED MAHAMA TO REPRESENT OR FIGHT FOR THEM, THEY CAN FIGHT THEIR OWN BTTLE. BLACK AMERICANS ARE NOT NECESSARILY HAPPY ABOUT THIS. WHAT IS MAHAMA DOING ? WHY IS HE PICKING UP STUPID FIGHT WITH THE USA ? REALLY WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND BELIEVE THAT THE USA IS GOING TO LISTEN TO MAHAMA OR THE UN ? SMDH.
Adjei 1 week ago

Well they have been given the chance to come clean on the slavery horror and dehumanizing treatment meted out to the slaves from Africa shipped like cargo to Europe.
God is watching because their ancestors actively participa ...
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Well they have been given the chance to come clean on the slavery horror and dehumanizing treatment meted out to the slaves from Africa shipped like cargo to Europe.
God is watching because their ancestors actively participated in the slavery
Argentina and Israel’s opposition comes as a surprise and need further probing why. Argentinas case case is evident in the way they harbored Hitler’s run away. And even the current segregation of blacks in Argentina is obvious and need little further explanation.
Nsia 1 week ago

@Adjei, what is your response to these historical facts about our own ancestors? Do not come and faff about this.

Who were the prominent slave traders in the Ashanti Kingdom from 1700 to 1890s?

Prominent slave trade ...
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@Adjei, what is your response to these historical facts about our own ancestors? Do not come and faff about this.

Who were the prominent slave traders in the Ashanti Kingdom from 1700 to 1890s?

Prominent slave traders in the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom between 1700 and the 1890s were primarily the Asantehene (kings) and state officials, who controlled the supply of captives to European traders (British, Dutch) in exchange for firearms and luxury goods. Key rulers driving this trade included Osei Tutu I, Opoku Ware I, and Osei Bonsu, who capitalized on military conquests to secure enslaved people, particularly after the trade shifted southward toward the coast by the 1800s.

Key Actors/Agents: The Asantehene (monarch) and authorized chiefs managed the slave trade as a key state enterprise to solidify political power and obtain weapons.

Expansionist Policy: Expansionist policies under kings like Opoku Ware resulted in the subjugation of neighboring tribes (such as the Bono State and Denkyira), which were frequently forced to pay tribute in slaves.

Shifting Trade Routes: While initial 18th-century trade often involved northern routes, by 1800, the Ashanti were major suppliers to coastal trading castles.
End of Trade: The trade was maintained by the state until the British destroyed the power of the Asantehene with the capture of Kumasi and exile of King Prempeh I in 1896.

The Ashanti were key players in the network, selling captives obtained through war and raiding, which was essential to maintaining their military strength and economic stability throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
agyeman 1 week ago

AMERICA IS SPOT ON AND HAVE EXPOSED THE REPARATION ARGUMENT. MAHAMA HAS JUST BEEN USED FOR A FOOLISH PROJECT. BUT MAHAMA SHOULD ASK HIMSELF WHETHER THE PERSONS HE REFUSES TO PAY IN GHANA UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION ARE NOT WORSE ...
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AMERICA IS SPOT ON AND HAVE EXPOSED THE REPARATION ARGUMENT. MAHAMA HAS JUST BEEN USED FOR A FOOLISH PROJECT. BUT MAHAMA SHOULD ASK HIMSELF WHETHER THE PERSONS HE REFUSES TO PAY IN GHANA UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION ARE NOT WORSE OFF THAN MUTUAL TRADE THAT BENEFITED OUR LEADERS THEN WHO ENGAGED IN THIS BUSINESS? MAHAMA IS ALWAYS IN THE NEWS ALWAYS FOR THE WRONG REASONS. HE SHOULD STAY HOME AND WORK. HE WENT TO CHINA AND WAS GIVEN ONLY $5M TO COVER HIS TRIP, KOREA HE WAS GIVEN GOLDEN TREE CHOCOLATE. NO ONE TAKES HIMS SERIOUS.
Paa Rasta 1 week ago

MAHAMA IS ACTING LIKE BLACK AMERICANS CANT DEFEND THEMSELVES. REALLY ? THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HELPED LIBRATE AFRICA FROM COLONIALISM. WHERE DID NKRUMAH GET HIS ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITIES FROM ?

MAHAMA IS ACTING LIKE BLACK AMERICANS CANT DEFEND THEMSELVES. REALLY ? THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HELPED LIBRATE AFRICA FROM COLONIALISM. WHERE DID NKRUMAH GET HIS ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITIES FROM ?
Paa Rasta 1 week ago

The USA federal government SPEND ABOUT 33 THOUSAND PER STUDENT IN WASHINGTON DC. WHICH IS MAJORITY BLACK.BLACK PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ARE TREATED BETTER IN THE USA THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS PLANET INCLUDIN ...
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The USA federal government SPEND ABOUT 33 THOUSAND PER STUDENT IN WASHINGTON DC. WHICH IS MAJORITY BLACK.BLACK PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ARE TREATED BETTER IN THE USA THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS PLANET INCLUDING GHANA OR AFRICA. PRESIDENT MAHAMA IS DOING PROPAGANDA FOR RUSSIA. BUT ITS GOING TO LITERALLY BLOW UP IN FACE. MAHAMA IS STUPIDLY DESTROYING THE YEAR OF RETURN ESTABLISHED BY AKUFFO ADDO. BLACK AMERICANS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT MAHAMA IS DOING.
Samson 1 week ago

Who made the slave trade legal? Trump’s administration is so simplistic that they don’t think anymore. They just open their mouths and spit out garbage and thrash.

Who made the slave trade legal? Trump’s administration is so simplistic that they don’t think anymore. They just open their mouths and spit out garbage and thrash.
KWASI IN EUROPE 1 week ago

Do you think reparations will be paid to corrupt African leaders so that they can again buy planes in the name of their brothers? The whites are not fools.

Do you think reparations will be paid to corrupt African leaders so that they can again buy planes in the name of their brothers? The whites are not fools.
Yaa 1 week ago

Would the Arabs pay reparations?

Would the Arabs pay reparations?
Auto insurance 1 week ago

is because day see it as a joke it's what it's so now the good job that needs to be done is,us a leader you needs to make sure watt happen to your ancestors that pains you will not happen again to your people but watt are we ...
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is because day see it as a joke it's what it's so now the good job that needs to be done is,us a leader you needs to make sure watt happen to your ancestors that pains you will not happen again to your people but watt are we seeing now isn't not the same old story because if it's something like your taken care of your people then you can talk but the thing is still the same and your making noise even now your people are run to go and give themselves to them so that they can use them so they see you us someone who think he's doing something important but are the end it doesn't change anything us a leader you can make your people happy and your talking about old things mean why all your good talent people in your country are run to be with them it's stupidity in the highest level your people are drinking water with animals and your buzz using your money to fight dear money and your people are suffering it hard time you people put pride aside and called AVRAM BEN MOSH to put common sense on your table is not a joke anymore ghana leaders are fooling left and right for so long but the day the youth will start on your foolishness every leader will regret his actions.
Samwise 1 week ago

Then the world should ignore the claims of the Holocaust as a crime against Jews, because it happened in the time of legal war, should the world now justify Hitler?

Then the world should ignore the claims of the Holocaust as a crime against Jews, because it happened in the time of legal war, should the world now justify Hitler?
Achtung Jeuden 1 week ago

Thank you very much. Some of us have hated Hitler for nothing. But the guy knew what he was doing.

Thank you very much. Some of us have hated Hitler for nothing. But the guy knew what he was doing.
123 1 week ago

Let the slave ship land in Ghana and see how many would freely join.

Let the slave ship land in Ghana and see how many would freely join.
Martin Kreisler 1 week ago

That will be very interesting to see.

That will be very interesting to see.
Gaskia 1 week ago

@123, hahahaha, already many of them sent their wives there to give birth and get citizenship for their children, and are currently running there every week on conferences. They will take the "front seat" on the slave ships.

@123, hahahaha, already many of them sent their wives there to give birth and get citizenship for their children, and are currently running there every week on conferences. They will take the "front seat" on the slave ships.
Imole 1 week ago

This is why the issue of slave raiding wars, and slave raiding violence against the African masses, must be honestly addressed. Every person captured, for enslavement, was captured from a family. Africa can't claim the repa ...
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This is why the issue of slave raiding wars, and slave raiding violence against the African masses, must be honestly addressed. Every person captured, for enslavement, was captured from a family. Africa can't claim the reparations without claiming the people who were captured as their own. This amnesia about the violent wars, raids, terrorism, trauma, forced relocations, decades of sleepless nights, paranoia over visitors, direct loss of family members, wounds from battles, forced tributaries, loss of ancestral lands, and many other effects of the crime of slave raiding.

The US is falsely claiming that African nations are distantly related to the victims, but that's not true. The US has attempted to create distance through natal alienation of the baby captives to erase their ethnic and ancestral memory. DNA can solve that question.
Paa 1 week ago

Same arguments NPP people are putting up

Same arguments NPP people are putting up
BOY KOFI 1 week ago

Mr President John Mahama, you must know that the slave trade happened as a result of capitalism.
When Europeans discovered America the rich businessmen bought vast lands for farming.
Sugar, cotton,gold and tobbaco commoditi ...
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Mr President John Mahama, you must know that the slave trade happened as a result of capitalism.
When Europeans discovered America the rich businessmen bought vast lands for farming.
Sugar, cotton,gold and tobbaco commodities were making European empires very rich just like spices from India etc.
Capitalism is about scale of production and profit as sometimes call investment or business.
Mahama can't close down the Komenda Sugar Factory and go for any cheap money anywhere.
Our ancestors suffered because of sugar plantations in South America.
Let's honour our ancestors by building our economy.Tnx.
Obiba Broke 1 week ago

United States of America and Israel are the two most evil nations in the world.Without them there would be peace on earth..

United States of America and Israel are the two most evil nations in the world.Without them there would be peace on earth..
Jkmee 1 week ago

Israel is very disappointing

Israel is very disappointing
OGyam 1 week ago

@ JKmee,Massa, disappointing to whom? Ayatollah made it clear that he wanted to wipe Israel off the surface of the earth. The question is: who used his brain to turn Uranium into nuclear bomb? A Jew called Oppeihammer. So, ...
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@ JKmee,Massa, disappointing to whom? Ayatollah made it clear that he wanted to wipe Israel off the surface of the earth. The question is: who used his brain to turn Uranium into nuclear bomb? A Jew called Oppeihammer. So, why should the Jews allow idiotic Muslims with their theocratic nonsense which has not been of any benefit to mankind access to the technology developed by a Jew to wipe them off the face of planet earth?
Simply put: JKmee, if I tell you to give ne your cutlass for me to cut your bloody head off, would you do that?
Lastly, the Arabs came to occupy the whole of North Africa and Palestine. It was never, ever their land. Just as European went to America or South Africa, Australia, New Zealand etc to occupy lands. It was never their. Israel has every right on planet earth to git rid of that Muslim Nkwaseasem in Iran. Islam has been in Africa since the days of Mansa Musa. That is almost a thousand years ago. What have they done for us in terms of hospitals, schools, colleges, bridges, railways etc? 4uck all! They gave us Boko Haram, Janja Weed, Isis, Al Shabab, Hezbollah etc. I presume, JKmee is pleased with their activities.
kwame 1 week ago

THIS IS NOT SURPRISING AT ALL GIVEN THAT US IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN ENSLAVERY OF OTHERS

THIS IS NOT SURPRISING AT ALL GIVEN THAT US IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN ENSLAVERY OF OTHERS
Populist 1 week ago

Hypocrites. You're enjoying the toil, sweat of our forefathers for free. If US was the black race whose toil and sacrifices others are enjoying for free, then expect expect what is happening in Iran and Greenland.. Go go the ...
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Hypocrites. You're enjoying the toil, sweat of our forefathers for free. If US was the black race whose toil and sacrifices others are enjoying for free, then expect expect what is happening in Iran and Greenland.. Go go the drawing board and think humanity. Hypocrites and racists
Kowus 1 week ago

Reading the US response, who should be the beneficiaries of the reparations. I believe in fairness , it should be the Africans in the diaspora.
African countries sold slaves to be shipped making a lot of money for their tri ...
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Reading the US response, who should be the beneficiaries of the reparations. I believe in fairness , it should be the Africans in the diaspora.
African countries sold slaves to be shipped making a lot of money for their tribes and Western countries bought slaves as cheap to be used as cheap labour . We and the Europeans were the perpetrators and may be compelled to pay .
In looking for undue money we may end up in paying huge sums of money from our meager budget to settle a debt we brought upon ourselves.
Nii Amoah Okromansa. 1 week ago

It's difficult for a white supremacist filled Government to support anything that brings honor to the other races, because they feel they have to hold down all the other races. But it's funny because white supremacists are ve ...
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It's difficult for a white supremacist filled Government to support anything that brings honor to the other races, because they feel they have to hold down all the other races. But it's funny because white supremacists are very dumb and unintelligent people because in some centuries back, other Races were superior than them and they were inferior whereby whites were even captured and sold into Slavery by African tribes known as the Amazighs which included Moors. The end of white supremacy has already been achieved by China
OSAFO KANTANKA 1 week ago

What a “Load of rubbish “ from the USA . Who passed the so called International Law at that time? The same perpetrators of crimes against humanity? The USA will always be the “The Enemy of “BLACK Nations” . Will ...
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What a “Load of rubbish “ from the USA . Who passed the so called International Law at that time? The same perpetrators of crimes against humanity? The USA will always be the “The Enemy of “BLACK Nations” . Will always become the greatest Obstacle in the “DEVELOPMENT “ of Black Nations.
Sage 1 week ago

Mahama following this inexperienced fool, Ablakwa like a Robot.
Did you read the response from the Americans ?
15 months in Office and nothing to show.
Just flying in private jets doing nothing.

Mahama following this inexperienced fool, Ablakwa like a Robot.
Did you read the response from the Americans ?
15 months in Office and nothing to show.
Just flying in private jets doing nothing.
Fulani Motorcade 1 week ago

Your kotokoli Bawumia will not come to power with that his dog face. Villager. You are an idiot. Have you taken your bath? Damn fool

Your kotokoli Bawumia will not come to power with that his dog face. Villager. You are an idiot. Have you taken your bath? Damn fool
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Nsia 1 week ago

@ WE AS GHANIANS HAVE TO ACCEPT CERTIAN HISTORICAL FACTS. WHO WERE THE PROMINIENT SLAVE TRADERS IN THE ASHANTI KINGDOM FROM 1700 TO 1890S..? READ TO ANSWER:

Prominent slave traders in the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom bet ...
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@ WE AS GHANIANS HAVE TO ACCEPT CERTIAN HISTORICAL FACTS. WHO WERE THE PROMINIENT SLAVE TRADERS IN THE ASHANTI KINGDOM FROM 1700 TO 1890S..? READ TO ANSWER:

Prominent slave traders in the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom between 1700 and the 1890s were primarily the Asantehene (kings) and state officials, who controlled the supply of captives to European traders (British, Dutch) in exchange for firearms and luxury goods. Key rulers driving this trade included Osei Tutu I, Opoku Ware I, and Osei Bonsu, who capitalized on military conquests to secure enslaved people, particularly after the trade shifted southward toward the coast by the 1800s.

Key Actors/Agents: The Asantehene (monarch) and authorized chiefs managed the slave trade as a key state enterprise to solidify political power and obtain weapons.

Expansionist Policy: Expansionist policies under kings like Opoku Ware resulted in the subjugation of neighboring tribes (such as the Bono State and Denkyira), which were frequently forced to pay tribute in slaves.

Shifting Trade Routes: While initial 18th-century trade often involved northern routes, by 1800, the Ashanti were major suppliers to coastal trading castles.
End of Trade: The trade was maintained by the state until the British destroyed the power of the Asantehene with the capture of Kumasi and exile of King Prempeh I in 1896.

The Ashanti were key players in the network, selling captives obtained through war and raiding, which was essential to maintaining their military strength and economic stability throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
selfmade KING 1 week ago

Wo Kwaisa, during Osei tutu time, Asantes hasn’t come in contact with Europeans yet

Odwnaeee

Semi illiterate

Wo Kwaisa, during Osei tutu time, Asantes hasn’t come in contact with Europeans yet

Odwnaeee

Semi illiterate
selfmade king 1 week ago

Osei Tutu I, the founder and first ruler of the Asante Empire, reigned from approximately 1695 to 1717. He united local Ashanti states in the 1670s–1690s, established the Golden Stool, and reigned during a period of rapid e ...
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Osei Tutu I, the founder and first ruler of the Asante Empire, reigned from approximately 1695 to 1717. He united local Ashanti states in the 1670s–1690s, established the Golden Stool, and reigned during a period of rapid expansion before his death around 1717.
Britannica
Britannica
+3
Ascension:
He was coronated around 1695.

Reign Period:

He led the Asante in a successful war against the Denkyera, solidifying the union around 1700–1701.

Death: He died around 1712–1717, according to different sources.

Note: This refers to Osei Tutu I; Osei Tutu II is the current Asantehene (reigning since

Asantes met the British in

The Asante and the British made their first formal diplomatic contact on May 15, 1817, when an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich entered the Asante capital of Kumasi.

Key Details regarding the First Contact:

The Mission: The British African Company of Merchants sent Thomas E. Bowdich to Kumasi to negotiate a treaty of friendship and trade with the Asantehene (King) Osei Bonsu.

The Treaty:

The 1817 treaty recognized Asante sovereignty over much of the coast.

Previous Indirect Contact:

While this was the first major formal diplomatic mission, interactions regarding trade and coastal conflicts occurred earlier, particularly during the Asante-Fante War of 1806-1807, when the British were involved at Cape Coast

Subsequent Conflicts: Following this initial contact, peace broke down, leading to the first of five Anglo-Asante wars beginning in 1823”

Asantes officially met the British in 1817 whiles OSEI TUTU1 reigned from 1695- 1717

Osei tutu died around 1717 which means Osei tutu 1 never meet the BRITISH for him to trade slaves or sell slaves to them

U stupid BASTARD!!

Wo Kwaisa piiiii

Osei tutu died 100 years before Asantes came in contact with the British

Opoku ware 1 reigned from 1720-1750

The britush first met Asantes in 1817 which means Opoku ware 1 had nothing to do with the British

Opoku ware 1 never met the British! Ofui

Opoku ware 1 was dead 67 years before the British formally meet the Asantes

Osei bonus 1reigned from 1804-1824

When Osei bonsu 1 had only 7 years left before Asantes and British met! And he sold them millions of slaves within the 7 years right?

APONKYE bi ba!

Ofui bi ba!

British traders first arrived on the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) in 1554, with a consistent, organized presence establishing in the 17th century. The British officially consolidated their power to form the Gold Coast Colony in 1821 and later transformed it into a formal British Crown Colony in 1874, ruling until independence i
in 1957

The British who were the leaders in the slave trade arrived on the Gold Coast in 1554

Asante was official formed in 1670-1700 which means that, the British were in Ghana 146, a century and over before Asante kingdom was formed!

So before the Asante kingdom was formed a century and over, who was selling the slaves to the British?

It took the British 263 years before they could make contact with the Asantes after arriving in gold coast in 1554!

So the 264 years, Asantes were the one supplying them with slaves

Kwaisa Panyin! Kraman bi ba

Was it Asantes that formed the SALAGA SLAVE MARKETS TOO?

ODWANE bi ba

Get the outta of here with your inferiority complexes

Wo gyimi kyen wo papa mpo
selfmade king 1 week ago

Osei Tutu I, the founder and first ruler of the Asante Empire, reigned from approximately 1695 to 1717. He united local Ashanti states in the 1670s–1690s, established the Golden Stool, and reigned during a period of rapid e ...
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Osei Tutu I, the founder and first ruler of the Asante Empire, reigned from approximately 1695 to 1717. He united local Ashanti states in the 1670s–1690s, established the Golden Stool, and reigned during a period of rapid expansion before his death around 1717.
Britannica
Britannica
+3
Ascension:
He was coronated around 1695.

Reign Period:

He led the Asante in a successful war against the Denkyera, solidifying the union around 1700–1701.

Death: He died around 1712–1717, according to different sources.

Note: This refers to Osei Tutu I; Osei Tutu II is the current Asantehene (reigning since

Asantes met the British in

The Asante and the British made their first formal diplomatic contact on May 15, 1817, when an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich entered the Asante capital of Kumasi.

Key Details regarding the First Contact:

The Mission: The British African Company of Merchants sent Thomas E. Bowdich to Kumasi to negotiate a treaty of friendship and trade with the Asantehene (King) Osei Bonsu.

The Treaty:

The 1817 treaty recognized Asante sovereignty over much of the coast.

Previous Indirect Contact:

While this was the first major formal diplomatic mission, interactions regarding trade and coastal conflicts occurred earlier, particularly during the Asante-Fante War of 1806-1807, when the British were involved at Cape Coast

Subsequent Conflicts: Following this initial contact, peace broke down, leading to the first of five Anglo-Asante wars beginning in 1823”

Asantes officially met the British in 1817 whiles OSEI TUTU1 reigned from 1695- 1717

Osei tutu died around 1717 which means Osei tutu 1 never meet the BRITISH for him to trade slaves or sell slaves to them

U stupid BASTARD!!

Wo Kwaisa piiiii

Osei tutu died 100 years before Asantes came in contact with the British

Opoku ware 1 reigned from 1720-1750

The britush first met Asantes in 1817 which means Opoku ware 1 had nothing to do with the British

Opoku ware 1 never met the British! Ofui

Opoku ware 1 was dead 67 years before the British formally meet the Asantes

Osei bonus 1reigned from 1804-1824

When Osei bonsu 1 had only 7 years left before Asantes and British met! And he sold them millions of slaves within the 7 years right?

APONKYE bi ba!

Ofui bi ba!

British traders first arrived on the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) in 1554, with a consistent, organized presence establishing in the 17th century. The British officially consolidated their power to form the Gold Coast Colony in 1821 and later transformed it into a formal British Crown Colony in 1874, ruling until independence i
in 1957

The British who were the leaders in the slave trade arrived on the Gold Coast in 1554

Asante was official formed in 1670-1700 which means that, the British were in Ghana 146, a century and over before Asante kingdom was formed!

So before the Asante kingdom was formed a century and over, who was selling the slaves to the British?

It took the British 263 years before they could make contact with the Asantes after arriving in gold coast in 1554!

So the 264 years, Asantes were the one supplying them with slaves

Kwaisa Panyin! Kraman bi ba

Was it Asantes that formed the SALAGA SLAVE MARKETS TOO?

ODWANE bi ba

Get the outta of here with your inferiority complexes

Wo gyimi kyen wo papa mpo
Kwasi 1 week ago

When it's a black man or African, it doesn't matter. When it was white skin Jewish, we are forced to accept it. Why are the buyers of stolen goods prosecuted?.There is no point fighting Morden day slavery. It should be allow ...
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When it's a black man or African, it doesn't matter. When it was white skin Jewish, we are forced to accept it. Why are the buyers of stolen goods prosecuted?.There is no point fighting Morden day slavery. It should be allowed to continue.
Nsia 1 week ago

@Kwasi, I would love to hear your response about these historical facts that our own ancestors were just as dreadful. Surely, you do not expect Kwaku Dua to tell you the awful things that his ancestors did, but history is ...
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@Kwasi, I would love to hear your response about these historical facts that our own ancestors were just as dreadful. Surely, you do not expect Kwaku Dua to tell you the awful things that his ancestors did, but history is what happened and recorded at the time. Now, brace yourself for facts not fiction. Unlike us, the white slave traders did record who they dealt with. And, it is as plain as the noses on our black faces. Now, read....

Who were the prominent slave traders in the Ashanti Kingdom from 1700 to 1890s.?

Prominent slave traders in the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom between 1700 and the 1890s were primarily the Asantehene (kings) and state officials, who controlled the supply of captives to European traders (British, Dutch) in exchange for firearms and luxury goods. Key rulers driving this trade included Osei Tutu I, Opoku Ware I, and Osei Bonsu, who capitalized on military conquests to secure enslaved people, particularly after the trade shifted southward toward the coast by the 1800s.

Key Actors/Agents: The Asantehene (monarch) and authorized chiefs managed the slave trade as a key state enterprise to solidify political power and obtain weapons.

Expansionist Policy: Expansionist policies under kings like Opoku Ware resulted in the subjugation of neighboring tribes (such as the Bono State and Denkyira), which were frequently forced to pay tribute in slaves.

Shifting Trade Routes: While initial 18th-century trade often involved northern routes, by 1800, the Ashanti were major suppliers to coastal trading castles.
End of Trade: The trade was maintained by the state until the British destroyed the power of the Asantehene with the capture of Kumasi and exile of King Prempeh I in 1896.

The Ashanti were key players in the network, selling captives obtained through war and raiding, which was essential to maintaining their military strength and economic stability throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
selfmade king 1 week ago

Osei Tutu I, the founder and first ruler of the Asante Empire, reigned from approximately 1695 to 1717. He united local Ashanti states in the 1670s–1690s, established the Golden Stool, and reigned during a period of rapid e ...
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Osei Tutu I, the founder and first ruler of the Asante Empire, reigned from approximately 1695 to 1717. He united local Ashanti states in the 1670s–1690s, established the Golden Stool, and reigned during a period of rapid expansion before his death around 1717.
Britannica
Britannica
+3
Ascension:

He was coronated around 1695.

Reign Period:

He led the Asante in a successful war against the Denkyera, solidifying the union around 1700–1701.

Death: He died around 1712–1717, according to different sources.

Note: This refers to Osei Tutu I; Osei Tutu II is the current Asantehene (reigning since

WHEN DID ASANTES AND BRITISH FIRST MET
________________________________________

The Asante and the British made their first formal diplomatic contact on May 15, 1817, when an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich entered the Asante capital of Kumasi.

Key Details regarding the First Contact:

The Mission: The British African Company of Merchants sent Thomas E. Bowdich to Kumasi to negotiate a treaty of friendship and trade with the Asantehene (King) Osei Bonsu.

The Treaty:

The 1817 treaty recognized Asante sovereignty over much of the coast.

Previous Indirect Contact:

While this was the first major formal diplomatic mission, interactions regarding trade and coastal conflicts occurred earlier, particularly during the Asante-Fante War of 1806-1807, when the British were involved at Cape Coast”

The conflict in 1806-1807 lasted for only one year and that one year period, Asantes captured enough slaves and SOLD THEM to their enemies British?

WOGYIMI kyen EBINI mpo

Subsequent Conflicts: Following this initial contact, peace broke down, leading to the first of five Anglo-Asante wars beginning in 1823”

Asantes officially met the British in 1817 whiles OSEI TUTU1 reigned from 1695- 1717

Osei tutu died around 1717 which means Osei tutu 1 never meet the BRITISH for him to trade slaves or sell slaves to them

U stupid BASTARD!!

Wo Kwaisa piiiii

Osei tutu died 100 years before Asantes came in contact with the British

Opoku ware 1 reigned from 1720-1750

The britush first met Asantes in 1817 which means Opoku ware 1 had nothing to do with the British

Opoku ware 1 never met the British! Ofui

Opoku ware 1 was dead 67 years before the British formally meet the Asantes

Osei bonus 1reigned from 1804-1824

Osei bonsu 1 had only 7 years left to lived before Asantes and British met! And he sold them millions of slaves within the 7 years right?

APONKYE bi ba!

Ofui bi ba!

U filthy DOG

WHEN DID THE BRITISH ARRIVED IN THE GOLD COAST?
___________________________________________

“British traders first arrived on the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) in 1554, with a consistent, organized presence establishing in the 17th century. The British officially consolidated their power to form the Gold Coast Colony in 1821 and later transformed it into a formal British Crown Colony in 1874, ruling until independence i
in 1957”

The British who were the leaders in the slave trade arrived on the Gold Coast in 1554

Asante was official formed in 1670-1700 which means that, the British were in Ghana 146, a century and over before Asante kingdom was formed!

So before the Asante kingdom was formed a century and over later, who was selling the slaves to the British?

It took the British 264 years before they could make contact with the Asantes after arriving in the gold coast in 1554!

So the 264 years, Asantes were the ones supplying them with slaves?

Kwaisa Panyin! Kraman bi ba

Was it Asantes that formed the SALAGA SLAVE MARKETS TOO?

ODWANE bi ba

Get the f***k outta of here with your inferiority complexes

Wo gyimi kyen wo papa mpo

Kwaisapanyin
Kwasi 1 week ago

When it's a black man or African, it doesn't matter. When it was white skin Jewish, we are forced to accept it. Why are the buyers of stolen goods prosecuted?.There is no point fighting Morden day slavery. It should be allow ...
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When it's a black man or African, it doesn't matter. When it was white skin Jewish, we are forced to accept it. Why are the buyers of stolen goods prosecuted?.There is no point fighting Morden day slavery. It should be allowed to continue. Argentina voted against because it successfully killed and eliminated all black people in that country.
Kwame 1 week ago

In the first place a human being is not a commodity that can be brought and exchanged with money.
The transatlantic slave trade was not in the first place an exchange between a free seller to a genuine buyer.
In Africa som ...
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In the first place a human being is not a commodity that can be brought and exchanged with money.
The transatlantic slave trade was not in the first place an exchange between a free seller to a genuine buyer.
In Africa some tribes were armed by Europeans to attack other tribes that don't have those European advanced weapons, those who defended themselves were killed, their children and wives were then captured and sold to the slave buyer who provided the means of violence to the slave raider.
Slave labour in itself is a labour extracted through violence, intimidation and other inhuman acts. Its not labour given at will.
It is like inducing a person to cultivate an illegal item, then you come to buy the illegal item and sell it to another person who buys illegal things. It was not that people decide voluntary and offered their labour or sold their labour.
People were captured in war that were induced by Europeans with money, guns and other items and the slave raider then was just a person or persons used to carry on the work fo the European slave buyer.
Martin Kreisler 1 week ago

President Donald Trump and the United States Government have spoken and acted very wisely.
How can a people (that is we Africans) participate in a trade (evil enough to be considered as a crime against humanity), and then so ...
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President Donald Trump and the United States Government have spoken and acted very wisely.
How can a people (that is we Africans) participate in a trade (evil enough to be considered as a crime against humanity), and then somewhere down the line of events, turn round to demand that we be made receipents for reparations for that very evil trade our forebarers 'profiteered' from. Let us remember or be informed that these many of slaves were freely bought and sold at the slave markets, like the one at Salaga.
If the slavery of Africans should be considered as a crime against humainity, then we should also be held accountable, since our forebearers were participants in, and beneficiaries from; and not considered as eligible for reparations.
UK boy 1 week ago

Prez Mahama is a populist leader, today , the youth are on deserts going to Arab countries looking for jobs, greedy leader

Prez Mahama is a populist leader, today , the youth are on deserts going to Arab countries looking for jobs, greedy leader
GOLDEN 1 week ago

THE STIFF-NECKED REBEELIOUS PEOPLE,BLACKS,WERE CAPTURED AS SLAVES FOR DISOBEYING THE ALMGHTY GOD OUR CREATOR,DO NOT COPY THE CUSTOMS OF THE HEATHEN AS GOD DEMANDS TOTAL LOYALTY FROM HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE,PERIOD!!!!!!
THEY REFUSE ...
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THE STIFF-NECKED REBEELIOUS PEOPLE,BLACKS,WERE CAPTURED AS SLAVES FOR DISOBEYING THE ALMGHTY GOD OUR CREATOR,DO NOT COPY THE CUSTOMS OF THE HEATHEN AS GOD DEMANDS TOTAL LOYALTY FROM HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE,PERIOD!!!!!!
THEY REFUSED TO LISTEN TO THE WARNINGS FROM PROPHETS LIKE ISAIAH, JEREMIAH,EZEKIEL ETC,THIS WAS GODS PUNISHMENT,READ THE OLD TESTAMENT,GET
THE DEEPER MEANING,AND STOP BELIEVING IN TWISTED FACTS AND LIES,AS WELL AS MANIPULATIONS TO COVER THE TRUTH!! WAKE UP AND LISTEN TO THE AMAZING SERMONS OF TRUSTWORTHY PASTOR OMAR THIBEAUX AND GET SOME KNOWLEDGE!!!!!!!
Mantse 1 week ago

SLAVE SELLERS, SLAVE DRIVERS AND SLAVE BUYERS ALL BENEFITED AT THAT TIME.THERE SHOULD BE SHARED RESPONSIBILTIES.

SLAVE SELLERS, SLAVE DRIVERS AND SLAVE BUYERS ALL BENEFITED AT THAT TIME.THERE SHOULD BE SHARED RESPONSIBILTIES.
Pouv: Nonsense UN 1 week ago

When will the Black African nations see sense and get out of this bloody UN?

When will the Black African nations see sense and get out of this bloody UN?
FTT 1 week ago

Reducing the price of cocoa is more than slavery

Reducing the price of cocoa is more than slavery
AG 1 week ago

The conclusion that there were no laws governing slavery at that time and therefore no crime was committed is an offensive respond in my opinion. Why was it only the black Africans who were subjected to such offensive treatme ...
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The conclusion that there were no laws governing slavery at that time and therefore no crime was committed is an offensive respond in my opinion. Why was it only the black Africans who were subjected to such offensive treatment. If at that time they knew it was right to treat other people as human beings, they would have known that treating the black Africans the way they did constituted a crime.Since their method of operation was selective it was a deliberate attempt to maltreat the black Africans, and this is crime.
Mahama 1 week ago

Kwaisa Mahama! Instead of figuring galamsey see what interest him!

What a fool

Kwaisa Mahama! Instead of figuring galamsey see what interest him!

What a fool
supreme KAPO 1 week ago

Mahama what a foolish bastard

Akoa agyimi papa

Galamsey is raging like wild fire

And instead of using such opportunities to tell the international world to help us solve it

Look at the TANI BA and the nonsense ...
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Mahama what a foolish bastard

Akoa agyimi papa

Galamsey is raging like wild fire

And instead of using such opportunities to tell the international world to help us solve it

Look at the TANI BA and the nonsense he’s concentrating on

Tani nni agyimi papa
Dickson 1 week ago

Yes, the UN by majority vote has acknowledged and accepted that slavery was and is a crime against humanity. In the demand for reparation I agree on its legitimacy and a right by Africans to make. However l suppose it's not c ...
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Yes, the UN by majority vote has acknowledged and accepted that slavery was and is a crime against humanity. In the demand for reparation I agree on its legitimacy and a right by Africans to make. However l suppose it's not convincing as to what and how the money will be used. Am of the view that Africans including those in the diaspora need to come together and strategies with clarity how the money will be put together how it will be used. Africans need to organise ourselves better to be able to exert pressure on the nations that benefited from this heinous crime pay. There is still a long way to go.
Kk 1 week ago

Reparations belong to the African American and Caribbean descendants—our brothers and sisters who endured the agony. Not to those who sold their own for whiskey and guns. Africans and slave masters made that deal. Why prete ...
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Reparations belong to the African American and Caribbean descendants—our brothers and sisters who endured the agony. Not to those who sold their own for whiskey and guns. Africans and slave masters made that deal. Why pretend now? That’s greed. Let us fight for the ones who actually bore the pain.
PLEASE DONT TRUST MAHAMA. IBRAHIM WILL BUY ANOTHER PLANE!! 1 week ago

His brother will buy another plane out of reparation money, and tell the whole world this plane is for bringing African diaspora to Ghana to visit Elmina Castle!

His brother will buy another plane out of reparation money, and tell the whole world this plane is for bringing African diaspora to Ghana to visit Elmina Castle!
Osei Kwabena 1 week ago

The UN should stick to their policies of maintaining peace and security in the world. The United States is right to remind the UN to focus on these policies. Which countries should receive reparations if most countries includ ...
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The UN should stick to their policies of maintaining peace and security in the world. The United States is right to remind the UN to focus on these policies. Which countries should receive reparations if most countries including Ghana sold their own people to the slave masters? Mahama, are you greedy for money? Why the rush for money?
"Di wo fie asem".
Nana Kwame 1 week ago

U.S of A ,,, no size,, I mean they are sizeless,,, I really admire Trump

U.S of A ,,, no size,, I mean they are sizeless,,, I really admire Trump
agyeman 1 week ago

JOSEPH IN THE BIBLE WAS A SLAVE SOLD TO POTIPHAR THE PHARAOH. SO THE THOSE TIMES BEFORE THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN AND EGYPT BEING AN AFRICAN COUNTRY, THEY SHOULD RECEIVE REPARATION. WARPED MINDS.

JOSEPH IN THE BIBLE WAS A SLAVE SOLD TO POTIPHAR THE PHARAOH. SO THE THOSE TIMES BEFORE THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN AND EGYPT BEING AN AFRICAN COUNTRY, THEY SHOULD RECEIVE REPARATION. WARPED MINDS.
Sammy 1 week ago

Does the actions of Unitd States of America currently contribute to maintenance of World peace?

Does the actions of Unitd States of America currently contribute to maintenance of World peace?
Eric 1 week ago

Reparations, if paid, must be given to descendants of the slaves who worked in the cotton fields and sugar cane plantations and not those who sold them.

Reparations, if paid, must be given to descendants of the slaves who worked in the cotton fields and sugar cane plantations and not those who sold them.
The Don 1 week ago

I agree with the USA

I agree with the USA
dog meat 1 week ago

Very idiotic to ask for freedom from the same people who enjoyed slivery. you take freedom , you do not ask to be free. what the fundamental human rights, the right to live. you take freedom . you have the resources and askin ...
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Very idiotic to ask for freedom from the same people who enjoyed slivery. you take freedom , you do not ask to be free. what the fundamental human rights, the right to live. you take freedom . you have the resources and asking for freedom. look at upper Volta.
THEREALTRUTH 1 week ago

Is ANYONE SUPRISED THEY ARE JUSTIFYING WICKEDNESS BY SAYING SLAVERY WASNT AGAINST THE LAW THEN...SLAVERY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SIN. THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING TO KEEP A LAND THEY MURDERED AND STOLE AND THINK ITS NOT WRONG...THEY ARE ...
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Is ANYONE SUPRISED THEY ARE JUSTIFYING WICKEDNESS BY SAYING SLAVERY WASNT AGAINST THE LAW THEN...SLAVERY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SIN. THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING TO KEEP A LAND THEY MURDERED AND STOLE AND THINK ITS NOT WRONG...THEY ARE THE UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA...THEY HAVE NOT MORALITY.. THE LIE AND SAY THEY ARE WHITE..TO LOW RATE PEOPLE...THERE IS NO ACTUAL WHITE PEOPLE ITS A LIE FOR 360 YEARS..THEY ARE RED OR PINK..NOT WHITE BUT YET THEY HOLD ON TO LIES...REPARATION HAS AFFECTED EVERY BLACK PERSON IN AMERICA AND AFRICA IN SOME FORM..THEY THE SNAKES ARE LIVING AND ENJOYING WEALTH CREATED BY OUR ANCESTORS. WE SHOULD BE ENJOYING THAT WEALTH...THEY STOLE PEOPLE wages and lives...Trust me they are snakes...lying destroying snakes.
James 1 week ago

We are still slaves, don't pay anything

We are still slaves, don't pay anything
Completely Foolish Excuse 1 week ago

The American government is running away from their responsibility to pay reparations for their involvement in slave trade . Same as the British government and all those who voted against and also abstained from voting.

Th ...
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The American government is running away from their responsibility to pay reparations for their involvement in slave trade . Same as the British government and all those who voted against and also abstained from voting.

The message is clear , we don’t want to pay for our crimes against The Black Race .
nanatom 1 week ago

WHO SOLD THE SLAVES? WAS IT NOT OUR OWN PEOPLE?

WHO SOLD THE SLAVES? WAS IT NOT OUR OWN PEOPLE?
Zakarakis 1 week ago

President Mahama is indeed Dr Kwame Nkrumah 2nd in contemporary times. To be able to get the WORLD BOW in support of a motion recognizing slavery as the most heinous crime against humanity is a REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. Take or ...
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President Mahama is indeed Dr Kwame Nkrumah 2nd in contemporary times. To be able to get the WORLD BOW in support of a motion recognizing slavery as the most heinous crime against humanity is a REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. Take or leave it, President Mahama is a global ETHICO MORAL LEADER. Do not be surprised to see or hear that streets and various monuments are named in his honor in some countries around the world.
selfmade KING 1 week ago

Akoa Kwaisa piiiii lol

Akoa agyimi papa herrrrrrr

Akoa Kwaisa piiiii lol

Akoa agyimi papa herrrrrrr
Pelicles. 1 week ago

John Mahama, pay workers who have worked for years without pay, and stop the slavery reparation nonsense. Who in your family was sold to anyone anywhere during those areas?

Keep dreaming that some monetary compensation wou ...
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John Mahama, pay workers who have worked for years without pay, and stop the slavery reparation nonsense. Who in your family was sold to anyone anywhere during those areas?

Keep dreaming that some monetary compensation would come from someone somewhere. Damn you.
my eyes everywhere. 1 week ago

for mahana galamsey is good not thinking is against nature and humanity Ghanaians are experiencing ,but to him only slave trade is in humane and to champion to get some money back for his selfihness .

for mahana galamsey is good not thinking is against nature and humanity Ghanaians are experiencing ,but to him only slave trade is in humane and to champion to get some money back for his selfihness .
Kofi YoHannes (Houston Texas) 1 week ago

Africans and our leaders are masters of playing the victim always.

It must be established first of all that: slavery in any shape or form is inhumane, abhorrent, unacceptable and all bad adjectives you can think of.
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Africans and our leaders are masters of playing the victim always.

It must be established first of all that: slavery in any shape or form is inhumane, abhorrent, unacceptable and all bad adjectives you can think of.
The fact must also be established that the slavers did not come to catch our brothers and sisters with the barrel of the gun. Our chiefs and leaders SOLD their kin to the slavers. It was business at the time.

The practice was apparently pervasive here b4 the slavers came to do it en-mass scale. We sold our kin in exchange for stupid things.

The Americans were right to vote against the move.
We were partners in crime with the slavers…..even though the balance of power was tilted slightly against us.

To be sold out into slavery especially for deviant and antisocial behaviors was a part of our culture according to oral history. They did that to serve as deterrence to all. It was probably akin to life imprisonment or the death sentence in modern times. The belief was that you were not expected back in your family or community when you were given out.

It is the height of intellectual dishonesty if the true picture of things are not painted for all to see.
Target 1 week ago

This talk about reparations was dead and buried in the 90’s. It was championed by African Americans. I don’t know why President Mahama pushed this nonsense in the United Nations. Just like the absurd 24 hour economy. Ghan ...
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This talk about reparations was dead and buried in the 90’s. It was championed by African Americans. I don’t know why President Mahama pushed this nonsense in the United Nations. Just like the absurd 24 hour economy. Ghana has problems Mr President. Concentrate on that and discard your push to be Internationally recognized.
God - nana 1 week ago

Come and take All Africans to America
Done

Come and take All Africans to America
Done
Kk 1 week ago

This is the results of not knowing your own history, and not doing intensive research. This makes our president looks like a plunker.

This is the results of not knowing your own history, and not doing intensive research. This makes our president looks like a plunker.
Useless being 1 week ago

Their hypocrisy would not yield them anything good. Israel and America are evil countries that are given peace.

Their hypocrisy would not yield them anything good. Israel and America are evil countries that are given peace.
Zakarakis 1 week ago

The US and Israel are the FORCES FOR EVIL in the world. Because HUMANITY AND HUMANENESS do not matter to them. That is why the rest of the world voted for the motion and left them behind.

The US and Israel are the FORCES FOR EVIL in the world. Because HUMANITY AND HUMANENESS do not matter to them. That is why the rest of the world voted for the motion and left them behind.
Saviyo 1 week ago

If Israel should see the justifications of slavery as being legal rights of the begousies of that times, then Hitler should be celebrated for the Holocaust. The crimes of slavery against numerous Africans outweighs that of th ...
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If Israel should see the justifications of slavery as being legal rights of the begousies of that times, then Hitler should be celebrated for the Holocaust. The crimes of slavery against numerous Africans outweighs that of the Holocaust.
JULOR CAESAR 1 week ago

The USA, because of the heavy shame that bears from the slave trade and slavery within its shores, continues to do everything it can to ensure even its own African-Americans don't make slavery a national issue in the USA. The ...
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The USA, because of the heavy shame that bears from the slave trade and slavery within its shores, continues to do everything it can to ensure even its own African-Americans don't make slavery a national issue in the USA. The USA has managed to keep the history of slavery from its elementary and high school text books so its students don't get to learn about the evil acts of rained on African-Americans. It therefore comes as no surprise that the USA will oppose any slavery reparations talk at the United Nations. And America's lackey Israel, though its a huge recipient of holocaust reparations from Germany, will always deviously vote with the USA in opposition of slavery reparations.
Ghanaba KK 1 week ago

What a world ? But was the UN set up to allow the capture of leaders of Sovereign states into another foreign country and the blatant assassination of leaders of other Sovereign states ?
Was the UN also formed to allow natio ...
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What a world ? But was the UN set up to allow the capture of leaders of Sovereign states into another foreign country and the blatant assassination of leaders of other Sovereign states ?
Was the UN also formed to allow nations to blatantly attack, invade and destroy other Sovereign states only to turn back to rebuild as a business to them?
The Great 1 week ago

Hypocrites, but reparations paid to Israel by Germany under duress was legal.

Hypocrites, but reparations paid to Israel by Germany under duress was legal.
Supremo 1 week ago

Once US has voted against, massa, forget it. In every trade, there must be a seller and a buyer but it seems accusing fingers are pointed at only the sellers, what about the sellers as the two made it possible for the tradin ...
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Once US has voted against, massa, forget it. In every trade, there must be a seller and a buyer but it seems accusing fingers are pointed at only the sellers, what about the sellers as the two made it possible for the trading of Africans to happen. Ok, let JDM tell us in all, the number of Africans sold out ? How many males and females, how many from Gold Coast, Mali, Niger, then Upper Volta etc ? If African leaders are able to come with the list of their nationalities and their names, age at the time they were sold and sold by whom ? If our leaders are able to provide the data as described above, then I will take them serious. Who abolished the slave trade in the first place? Was it not the same europeans who abolished it and had it not been them, selling of our brothers and sisters would been continuing till now. Africans made the slave trade happened so let it belongs to history because each side is equally guilty, the seller and the buyer. My grandmother would say 'this is fight and fight'so no one can be charged guilty of the sort. The Africans offered their own kinsmen and sold them to the europeans so why blaming only the buyers without saying anything to the sellers? Yes UN has voted for it but nothing will come out of it in terms reparations.
Gbetsimu 5 days ago

FORM UNITED STATES OF AFRICA NOW!!!!!!!

FORM UNITED STATES OF AFRICA NOW!!!!!!!

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