Asante Kotoko but why Nzima and Jamaica Kotoko?

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Pelicles 9 years ago

I was listening to "Amamere TV" host by Adwoa Abrebi and an old man came on that show and explain the meaning of "kotoko" which has nothing to do with the porcupine.

The old man said that the Ashantis got that name from th ...
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I was listening to "Amamere TV" host by Adwoa Abrebi and an old man came on that show and explain the meaning of "kotoko" which has nothing to do with the porcupine.

The old man said that the Ashantis got that name from the position they stand to fight their enemies. They squat and shoot their guns ie {ko to ko}. That is how the name Kotoko came to be and it has nothing to do with the porcupine. Ashanti "ko to ko" kum apem a apem b3ba".
THE AUTHENTIC ANDY-K 9 years ago

First, it appears the tracked edited copy of the article has been published with all the comments made by the reviewer intact.

Secondly, folktale isn't history, and this is just folktale. No wonder it is being contradicte ...
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First, it appears the tracked edited copy of the article has been published with all the comments made by the reviewer intact.

Secondly, folktale isn't history, and this is just folktale. No wonder it is being contradicted already.

Andy-K
TRUE TALK 9 years ago

Asante will say they are this, and they are that. If they have such a great Kingdom, what will the Egyptians say?
All we know is a couple of bush apes cutting people's head when a chief dies.

Asante will say they are this, and they are that. If they have such a great Kingdom, what will the Egyptians say?
All we know is a couple of bush apes cutting people's head when a chief dies.
Aj 9 years ago

Dude hahaha,stop your envious hate towards the Ashantis.God created you to your tribe for you to make history but when you occupied you mind with hatred then it's would be hard for you to raise to the challenge,pls build self ...
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Dude hahaha,stop your envious hate towards the Ashantis.God created you to your tribe for you to make history but when you occupied you mind with hatred then it's would be hard for you to raise to the challenge,pls build self confidence and be proud of tribe that's would help you.stop beating about the bush and make history for your tribe.
KKO 9 years ago

I've always wondered why Asantes think other tribes are jealous of them! They say this especially of Ewes. Then they add that other tribes hate them. Sometimes they say people are envious of them!

I am sure if you ask thos ...
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I've always wondered why Asantes think other tribes are jealous of them! They say this especially of Ewes. Then they add that other tribes hate them. Sometimes they say people are envious of them!

I am sure if you ask those others if they hate, are envious or jealous of Asantes, these people will say a big NO! They will say they are not jealous of Asantes.

It seems it's only the Asantes (admittedly the less educated ones) who think others are jealous of them. You see, for you to think other people are jealous of you is to display your own vanity and pride because you assume that you're better than those people that is why they are jealous of you. Or that you have something that others do not have which is why they are jealous of you. That is also a display of vanity. I think that is why others (admittedly the less educated) accuse Asantes of being too boastful.

Mature and well-rounded people do not accuse others of being jealous of them or of being too proud. They rise above such sentiments.

I personally don't believe anybody is jealous of Asantes. Why should they be? And why should I be bothered if Asantes are too boastful?
AUTHENTIC ANDY-K 9 years ago

These are queries I had tackled before on Okyeame and more extensively in my coming series. I will therefore not delve into them now.

Anyway, just want to observe that you are not acquainted with the book, The Asantes: A P ...
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These are queries I had tackled before on Okyeame and more extensively in my coming series. I will therefore not delve into them now.

Anyway, just want to observe that you are not acquainted with the book, The Asantes: A Proud People, written by whiteman or so. I am. That's why I can vouch that there is much left to be desired in what you wrote. Maybe, we could ask what the Asantes of old had done to be proud of and others are jealous or envious of. Are they things to be proud of in the light of modern knowledge and principles? Have others not done same? Are they also proud? Are they still doing those things? Are others not doing same? Yes, we can ask a whole gamut of questions.

We answer them later.

Andy-K
Kofi. 9 years ago

Phew your are jealous and idiot period

Phew your are jealous and idiot period
KKO 9 years ago

I think we now have the correct text. It seems the writer sent the wrong text to the webmaster.

I think we now have the correct text. It seems the writer sent the wrong text to the webmaster.
NAKED 9 years ago

Andy-K, the anti-Asante you better shut up, and to the guy who said Asantes were not part of the big six, is because Asantes were not part of Gold Coast. Asantes were not part of Gold Coast colonization like your ancestors wh ...
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Andy-K, the anti-Asante you better shut up, and to the guy who said Asantes were not part of the big six, is because Asantes were not part of Gold Coast. Asantes were not part of Gold Coast colonization like your ancestors who were subjected to brutality. Almighty Asantes saved your ancestors from British subjugation when they joined your Gold Coast in 1946, read more about Bans constitution. J.B Dankwa betrayed Asantes, had it not been that like Asanteman is still a nation. Wait we will secede from ghana one day. It's easy for Asantes to secede from Ghana than any other people. Long live Asanteman, long live my Asante people
AKRANTIE-BINI EATER 9 years ago

Wonders will never end. I thought it was Ewes who were not part of the Gold Coast. Now you say it was Asantes? So from Adu-Boahene, Victor Owusu, and all other YenAknafour RAT SHIT Eaters, what the FUCK have you been telling ...
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Wonders will never end. I thought it was Ewes who were not part of the Gold Coast. Now you say it was Asantes? So from Adu-Boahene, Victor Owusu, and all other YenAknafour RAT SHIT Eaters, what the FUCK have you been telling us? You RAT SHIT EATERS, your BRAINS are FUCKED UP from the RAT SHIT.

Kafui Cicilia 9 years ago

Pelicles, what the old man told you is not true. the truth is what has been analyed here. This is the reason why the Ashantis use the porcupine as their crown and you can see it as emblem on Asantehene's car. It means when yo ...
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Pelicles, what the old man told you is not true. the truth is what has been analyed here. This is the reason why the Ashantis use the porcupine as their crown and you can see it as emblem on Asantehene's car. It means when you kill thousands , thousands will come and replaced them. this is meant to reflect how the porcupines releases it quills when under attack
E. A. ADU GYAMFI 9 years ago

The Asantes used to squat and shoot their guns in the same way, the porcupine (Twi =Kotoko) squats to release its bristles when fighting.

The Asantes used to squat and shoot their guns in the same way, the porcupine (Twi =Kotoko) squats to release its bristles when fighting.
flexy bone 9 years ago

i love history! Even when when hear Nzima kotoko i become unhappy because i believe only de Asante should bare that name !!is today that I believe that is legal agreement!but still Fabulous is de best team in Africa

i love history! Even when when hear Nzima kotoko i become unhappy because i believe only de Asante should bare that name !!is today that I believe that is legal agreement!but still Fabulous is de best team in Africa
Jac Timi 9 years ago

Wake up guys, the porcupine does not belong to only the Ashantis. Their emblem has something to do with the porcupine so what is the complain? And what is Hearts Logo doing over there?

Wake up guys, the porcupine does not belong to only the Ashantis. Their emblem has something to do with the porcupine so what is the complain? And what is Hearts Logo doing over there?
Afedigrahamjustice. 9 years ago

And WHO's this unprofessional journalist? What's phobia's logo doing there. Was de logo given to hearts by de Ashanti's? GH soccernet, now u don't have any better story to publish.

And WHO's this unprofessional journalist? What's phobia's logo doing there. Was de logo given to hearts by de Ashanti's? GH soccernet, now u don't have any better story to publish.
$AINT GHFUO, BLACK EXCELLENCE! 9 years ago

THE COLORS BLACK, GREEN N YELLOW ARE ALSO THE FLAG COLORS OF JAMAICA...The porcupine’s quills grow naturally in place. If you don’t know how many days they take to grow then say nothing about the time of growth. The spect ...
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THE COLORS BLACK, GREEN N YELLOW ARE ALSO THE FLAG COLORS OF JAMAICA...The porcupine’s quills grow naturally in place. If you don’t know how many days they take to grow then say nothing about the time of growth. The spectacular thing is that the quills are replaced, not that they are replaced quickly. It is a myth in Ghana that they grow quickly.) .
Kofi. 9 years ago

Peliceis is not true I'm old enough and my family Kotoko comes from the porcupine

Peliceis is not true I'm old enough and my family Kotoko comes from the porcupine
Akora Oteng 9 years ago

Even though we are cousins ,we fought 99 Wars cos Akyems wanted the British to give us all the Tribes in the then Gold Coast Independence as one Country, while the Asantes were fighting to form a Confederacy. Akyems had thei ...
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Even though we are cousins ,we fought 99 Wars cos Akyems wanted the British to give us all the Tribes in the then Gold Coast Independence as one Country, while the Asantes were fighting to form a Confederacy. Akyems had their Paramount Chief, Nana Amoako Atta, barnished to the Seychelles Island.The Akyems were much educated and continued to trouble the British by forming political parties, e.g. UGCC . Most of the leaders were in the BIG SIX which fought for Independence There was NO Asante in the BIG SIX and Kwame Nkrumah was brought in from overseas by Dr .J.B. Danquah, who was the Leader of the UGCC,to be it"s Sec. General. It was the Akyems who killed Osei Tutu 1 in one of such wars with the Asantes. There was no winner in the tribal wars but Gold Coast.
be wise 9 years ago

can you reconcile these articles from wikipedia and Britannica: "https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-B-Danquah#ref282768, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paa_Grant, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Gold_Coast_Convent ...
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can you reconcile these articles from wikipedia and Britannica: "https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-B-Danquah#ref282768, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paa_Grant, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Gold_Coast_Convention".
J.B. Danquah co-founded the UGCC. However, Danquah was credited as the founder of the party because he legally led the team. He was able to organise most of the chiefs of Akyem and to some extend the chiefs of the asante kingdom except that the asantehene would not agree to the terms. It was actually Paa Grant who was credited as "the father of gold coast politics". He, Paa Grant, spearheaded the political movement. He had already organised all the chiefs in Nzema his homeland and the chiefs of the fantes etc but lacked the academic prowess to continue. It was then, there that J.B. Danquah comes in because, not only was he educated but he brilliantly brought together almost all gold coast academicians and some of the most powerful chiefs together thereby facilitating the formation of a joint and reconcilable political party UGCC.

But you guys makes the whole thing appear as an Akyem - Asante affair, very very pathetic.

Am always wondering why the akyems and the asantes crave for some glory that they genuinely to not qualify always wish the hands of history be turned on their favour.
I don't in any way, try to discredit the great asante empire but the asantes and the akyems turns to lie about everything just for some vain glory.a a I can think far for that. whyyyyy ah! you guys don't know shame.
be wise 9 years ago

Throw away with your lying dreams of history...Oh how can you lie like that....Why do you think Anokye (Junior Ano) being an Nzema himself said the Asantes and the Nzimas should not fight themselves (Well for sanity sake i wi ...
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Throw away with your lying dreams of history...Oh how can you lie like that....Why do you think Anokye (Junior Ano) being an Nzema himself said the Asantes and the Nzimas should not fight themselves (Well for sanity sake i will not reveal the secret) because they are brothers. Explain to me why Anokye said that?

Before the arrival of the europeans; the nzimas were the first to contact the Portuguese (at Beyin then the fantes etc go and educate yourself bro)
Don't forget in oral history it is only the Nzemas who have beaten the asantes against all the other akan tribes and how nzema saved your kingdom; go and ask your grandfathers who knows and stop having false impression of yourself...

Please don't conjure falsehood as genuine history ...Nzema was called kotoko (kponz3l3) before Asante kotoko existed, but after the first civil war of nzema where the nzemas lost about 200,000 to 400,000 of their citizens they downplayed the use of kotoko for Erzoah until nzema and asante became strong allies due to the wickedness of King Kaku aka (Kweku akaa or ackaah) whose divisiveness brought about the second and final civil war of nzema where the asantes were invited to come and defend nzema for anokye sake.

I can go on and on for a rich history (not the concocted ones that you the asantes have created for yourselves) but it won't be necessary.

be wise 9 years ago

Nzima means Nzi mba (or 'ma) meaning the people of nzi (it is a river where the Nzimas settled after the fallout from Aban-predease (where all we the akans started ruling at Bono or bonomanso) mind you the nzemas were the fir ...
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Nzima means Nzi mba (or 'ma) meaning the people of nzi (it is a river where the Nzimas settled after the fallout from Aban-predease (where all we the akans started ruling at Bono or bonomanso) mind you the nzemas were the first separatist for Denkyira before you the asantes.

My dear young gentleman, be humble and don't fabricate lies.
Kafui Cicilia 9 years ago

Bewise, we are not here to listen to self created oral history like what you have spewed here. We want to educate ourselve with authentic and documented history and just open your mouth with imagination and say anything ok. W ...
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Bewise, we are not here to listen to self created oral history like what you have spewed here. We want to educate ourselve with authentic and documented history and just open your mouth with imagination and say anything ok. Whwre is written in history that tells that Nzema beat Ashantis. Give me references.
be wise 9 years ago

why did anokye say there should not be fighting between Nzema and asante ? aske them they know it.

I am however referring to the days of Anokye... not from 1695 coming which has been genuinely written in history. So Kafui ...
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why did anokye say there should not be fighting between Nzema and asante ? aske them they know it.

I am however referring to the days of Anokye... not from 1695 coming which has been genuinely written in history. So Kafui you could have asked the writer also to cite which book or documented history says there was a fight between nzema and asante where the nzemas used pointed sticks, that one you don't want to know abe!

My dear sister, the writer has not brought anything "a self created history" and you love..but i have given you facts that you can check yet you attack me... what a dilemma
be wise 9 years ago

an for your information most of nzima history were rather written in french and dutch.. You can at least do some googling abe!

an for your information most of nzima history were rather written in french and dutch.. You can at least do some googling abe!
be wise 9 years ago

Finally ask the writer why asantes calls the nzemas "nzemaa Bayiee" ?

Finally ask the writer why asantes calls the nzemas "nzemaa Bayiee" ?
Gumbihini Atika Atika 9 years ago

Why don't you go into more details of that history instead of just skimming he surface?

Why don't you go into more details of that history instead of just skimming he surface?
be wise 9 years ago

Because I had already corrected what was needed for the article. I did not want to go off topic.

There are history that when you read, will make nonsense of some of his claims. Mind you, I only took on him the falsehood h ...
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Because I had already corrected what was needed for the article. I did not want to go off topic.

There are history that when you read, will make nonsense of some of his claims. Mind you, I only took on him the falsehood he purportedly created about nzemas that is all.
That does not mean his article is worthless.

I mean he concocted that blatantly thinking no one will spot him
KINGKOB 9 years ago

I love listening to History, but didn't learnt history at SHS, but those of us arguing, and supporting this writing, how do we reconcile the opinions of all.
but am happy to hear this

I love listening to History, but didn't learnt history at SHS, but those of us arguing, and supporting this writing, how do we reconcile the opinions of all.
but am happy to hear this
Oti Akenteng 9 years ago

What an historic moment,and not only for the Akans but the whole Ghanaians.Well done Stephen.

What an historic moment,and not only for the Akans but the whole Ghanaians.Well done Stephen.
Stephen-Pipes Afrifa 9 years ago

Indeed the Ashantis are warriors... The story of Yaa Asantewaa even makes one proud, a woman leading men to war and won as well..... Indeed " If thousands are decapitated,thousands shall replace those annihilated

Indeed the Ashantis are warriors... The story of Yaa Asantewaa even makes one proud, a woman leading men to war and won as well..... Indeed " If thousands are decapitated,thousands shall replace those annihilated

Osofo Martin 9 years ago

Why Bechem Chelsea?

Why Bechem Chelsea?
FAFA 9 years ago

ATTRIBUTING ASANTE EXPANSION TO PORTUGUESE PRESENCE & COLONIALISM IS EUROCRENTIC. YOU WRITE:

The Ashantis were mighty warriors and much stronger than their neighbours due to the active trade relations they had with the Por ...
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ATTRIBUTING ASANTE EXPANSION TO PORTUGUESE PRESENCE & COLONIALISM IS EUROCRENTIC. YOU WRITE:

The Ashantis were mighty warriors and much stronger than their neighbours due to the active trade relations they had with the Portuguese who provided them wealth and weapons. The first Asantehene, Osei Tutu, who ruled Ashanti from 1701 to 1717, and his chief priest, Okomfo Anokye, unified the independent chiefdoms into a powerful political and military state.
Appau 9 years ago

Franchising

Franchising
Uncle Ebo 9 years ago

Thanks for the education. It really explains why.

Thanks for the education. It really explains why.
Ben 9 years ago

Kotoko is an Nzema word and the founder of the football team Kotoko being an Nzema used the word.The the truth and give the founder his due respect

Kotoko is an Nzema word and the founder of the football team Kotoko being an Nzema used the word.The the truth and give the founder his due respect
Afrifa Richmond 9 years ago

The past has something to say.Africa and especially Ghana is full of History

The past has something to say.Africa and especially Ghana is full of History

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