Looted Asante Artefacts: Can anyone in good conscience sustain a law that protects illegality? - Otumfuo jabs British govt

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John 1 year ago

Am sure the UK government will begin to think about reviewing their legal provisions and return everything possibly with cash as reparations.

Am sure the UK government will begin to think about reviewing their legal provisions and return everything possibly with cash as reparations.
Judas 1 year ago

Kwaku should also tell the Ashantis in the UK to come back to their imaginary kingdom. I guarantee no Ashanti will leave with him hahaha

Kwaku should also tell the Ashantis in the UK to come back to their imaginary kingdom. I guarantee no Ashanti will leave with him hahaha
Eddy the King 1 year ago

They should also make laws that protects illegal migrants once they get to the uk they can not be deported, hypocrisy

They should also make laws that protects illegal migrants once they get to the uk they can not be deported, hypocrisy
FRANKIE 1 year ago

Solid reasoning @Eddy the King. The hypocrisy of the British is legendary. Their whole kingdom was built by buccaneers and pirates who looted from every corner of the world and were knighted with 'Sir' as their reward.

Solid reasoning @Eddy the King. The hypocrisy of the British is legendary. Their whole kingdom was built by buccaneers and pirates who looted from every corner of the world and were knighted with 'Sir' as their reward.
OGyam 1 year ago

@Frankie, it is a bit rich coming from Asantehene, whose ancestors also looted from various kingdom within Gold Coast /Ghana. The vast majority of the artefacts belong to Denkyira, Assin, Fante, Brong, Ahafo, Akwamu, Sefwi, ...
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@Frankie, it is a bit rich coming from Asantehene, whose ancestors also looted from various kingdom within Gold Coast /Ghana. The vast majority of the artefacts belong to Denkyira, Assin, Fante, Brong, Ahafo, Akwamu, Sefwi, Bossa, etc. A fact which is lost on Kwaku Dua himself. He is just as bad as the people he is accusing. Total nonsense as far as am concerned.
Wise Narrator 1 year ago

@Eddy illegal immigrants help UK government in so many ways. UK government needs all forms of immigration to build its economy.

@Eddy illegal immigrants help UK government in so many ways. UK government needs all forms of immigration to build its economy.
Joe 1 year ago

Hope the Asantehene will return all Lands stolen from Bono.

Hope the Asantehene will return all Lands stolen from Bono.
Agyapa 1 year ago

Wei! All that you boast of, were they not looted. You're killing people in Tuobodom all in the name of non existing kingdom and you're crying about common artifacts that don't even belong to you.

Wei! All that you boast of, were they not looted. You're killing people in Tuobodom all in the name of non existing kingdom and you're crying about common artifacts that don't even belong to you.
Civilized Tuobodom have the right to swear Allegiance to the Golden Stool 1 year ago

Shithole calling yourself “Agyapa”

Civilized Tuobodom have the right to swear Allegiance to the Golden Stool

You can go to hell where you belong, if you don’t want any Kingdom to

Shithole calling yourself “Agyapa”

Civilized Tuobodom have the right to swear Allegiance to the Golden Stool

You can go to hell where you belong, if you don’t want any Kingdom to
John 1 year ago

If at this time you still think there is Asante kingdom is non existent then you are clearly of those with envy and jealousy in your family blood.go and find out who and who constitute this your Ghana and come n tell us if th ...
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If at this time you still think there is Asante kingdom is non existent then you are clearly of those with envy and jealousy in your family blood.go and find out who and who constitute this your Ghana and come n tell us if there is a kingdom or not.mboaa.

Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

Asantehene y3 Hypocrite. I knew he was a fool but not to this extent. If you're a man mobilize your called asante warriors and face the British. When are you going to restore the lands your ancestors took from Takyimanhene? ...
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Asantehene y3 Hypocrite. I knew he was a fool but not to this extent. If you're a man mobilize your called asante warriors and face the British. When are you going to restore the lands your ancestors took from Takyimanhene? Especially the Tano-Subin lands? Wo y3 nyaaatwim. Kwasia tutu
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwaisatoliwaa, u backward maggot!

Akoa agyimi papa!

U want ASHANTIS to face British in what?

If there’s a fight right now, such a GOOFY SON OF BITCH like u ll be recruited to serve as a cannon fodder to clear the ...
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Kwaisatoliwaa, u backward maggot!

Akoa agyimi papa!

U want ASHANTIS to face British in what?

If there’s a fight right now, such a GOOFY SON OF BITCH like u ll be recruited to serve as a cannon fodder to clear the way for us!

U stinking piece of SHIT
Roy 1 year ago

What is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. If asantehene is requesting the return of looted items in war, he should also return those lands and artifacts looted by his kingdom in war. Is this not logic?

What is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. If asantehene is requesting the return of looted items in war, he should also return those lands and artifacts looted by his kingdom in war. Is this not logic?
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Name one artifact that was looted by Ashanti’s and which tribe those artifacts belonged to?

Again, name one land that was stolen by Ashanti’s?

Name one artifact that was looted by Ashanti’s and which tribe those artifacts belonged to?

Again, name one land that was stolen by Ashanti’s?
@Self-made, WABODAM ONG? 1 year ago

Even Tuobodom, Offuman, Tanoso, Japekrom, Berekum, Nkoranza, Sampa, Nyarkrom and many other places in the Ahafo which don't belong to Asante are being grabbed by Kwasia Tutu all in the name of paramountcy tactics. Kwasiakwa!

Even Tuobodom, Offuman, Tanoso, Japekrom, Berekum, Nkoranza, Sampa, Nyarkrom and many other places in the Ahafo which don't belong to Asante are being grabbed by Kwasia Tutu all in the name of paramountcy tactics. Kwasiakwa!
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Grabbed by who?

Akoa t3 kwasia!!

Is SamPA BONO?

Aden na wogyimi saaa!!

Grabbed by who?

Akoa t3 kwasia!!

Is SamPA BONO?

Aden na wogyimi saaa!!
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

Sampa is Bono. Sena Bloyi.... Let your stupid amakom Jay-Z stay in Amakom forever. Sampa is on Bonoland

Sampa is Bono. Sena Bloyi.... Let your stupid amakom Jay-Z stay in Amakom forever. Sampa is on Bonoland
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwasia, how is Sampa Bono? Sampa is nafana, u stupid , retarded buffoon!!

“ The Nafana are a Senufo people living in the central north-west of Ghana and the north-east of Côte d'Ivoire, in the area east of Bondoukou. ...
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Kwasia, how is Sampa Bono? Sampa is nafana, u stupid , retarded buffoon!!

“ The Nafana are a Senufo people living in the central north-west of Ghana and the north-east of Côte d'Ivoire, in the area east of Bondoukou. They number about 45, 000 (SIL/GILLBT 1992) and they speak Nafaanra, a Senufo language. They are surrounded by Gur speakers to the north, the isolated Mande speaking Ligbi people to the east, and the Akan speaking Abron to the south”

Kwaisatoliwaa, are bafana people bono now? Do they speak BONO? Wo y3 kwasia piii

Again your bono regional house of chiefs cldnt submit their report to the Kumasi high court which shows how they are struggling to do that and your hero nana dormaahene ll be disgrace comes oct when the court comes back from recess!!

U fucking, bum ass liar
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwasiatoliwaa, TAABOW!! lmaooo

Sampa is SENUFUO people and have nothing or no connection to Bono!! This is the same shit nana dormaahene is doing by inciting bono people against Sampa by saying they are Bono’s but the S ...
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Kwasiatoliwaa, TAABOW!! lmaooo

Sampa is SENUFUO people and have nothing or no connection to Bono!! This is the same shit nana dormaahene is doing by inciting bono people against Sampa by saying they are Bono’s but the Sampa people knows their story and histories!

DORMAA NNI TAABOW lmaoooo

Dormaaa NNI aboa mu aboa!

Dormaaa PREKO!!

U think u can changed history rather? Bono is her heterogeneous region and there’s no way anyone can changed that history!!

TAABOW DORMAAA nnie Lmaooo
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

Your Kwasia tutu lied that his alumi stool spoje to him, you retarded Bum. Tell us if your alumi stool of Canada owifuo speaks Nafana. Sampa is forever Bono. ofuii do you even know the location of Sampa. I never knew that alu ...
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Your Kwasia tutu lied that his alumi stool spoje to him, you retarded Bum. Tell us if your alumi stool of Canada owifuo speaks Nafana. Sampa is forever Bono. ofuii do you even know the location of Sampa. I never knew that alumi stool speaks Nafana on Bono land. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA foolish liars. Your double forehead like tipper truck. LMAOOOOO dude you really need to consider head transplant LMAOOO

selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwaistoliwaa, u crackhead fiend lmaooo

WO TIRI S3 TETE TRUMPHET lmaooo

U retarded sick bastard!

DORMAAA NNI TAABOW haha

See this crackhead saying, Sampa is on BONO LAND?

Kwaisa, u LITTLE PUPPY haha

Now ...
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Kwaistoliwaa, u crackhead fiend lmaooo

WO TIRI S3 TETE TRUMPHET lmaooo

U retarded sick bastard!

DORMAAA NNI TAABOW haha

See this crackhead saying, Sampa is on BONO LAND?

Kwaisa, u LITTLE PUPPY haha

Now they ain’t Bono again but they on BONO LAND?

Wo ho s3 the MAP OF AGEGE lmaooo
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwaisatoliwaa, refute the fact that Sampa isn’t BONO and stop your bullshit, idiotic excuse of LOCATION!

U fuckinng tweaaa

Now they ain’t BONOS again but they are LOCATED ON BONO LANDS!!

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Kwaisatoliwaa, refute the fact that Sampa isn’t BONO and stop your bullshit, idiotic excuse of LOCATION!

U fuckinng tweaaa

Now they ain’t BONOS again but they are LOCATED ON BONO LANDS!!

Yarefoo, gyimifoo bi ba!!

Kwasia, Bono isn’t for only Bono people but they are a lot of towns in BONO that aren’t Bono’s eg is BANDA!!

Banda is on Bono land but Banda ain’t Bono’s!!

U bloody swine! Wo gyimifooo papa!!

U said Sampa is Bono and not they ain’t but u using location to justified your points! U RETARD!

Again, no Ashanti have said that, Samoa are Ashantis!!

Who don’t know that? Only NITWIT SCUMBAG like u don’t understand, u stupid DIRTBAG! Tweaaa

Lmaooo
Kanawu 1 year ago

Go to war if you want it back.

Go to war if you want it back.
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

Exactly, Asantes have looted and illegally taken the lands of Takyimanhene and he's now crying over artefacs his ancestors lost to the British. Is this not the case of " Thief man, thief thief man?

Exactly, Asantes have looted and illegally taken the lands of Takyimanhene and he's now crying over artefacs his ancestors lost to the British. Is this not the case of " Thief man, thief thief man?
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwasia, he has looted which lands!

Aboafunu, why can’t TAKYIMANHENE go to corut

He did recently with tuobodm and he was clinically defeated!

YOUR HEAD LIKE ANDROID KEYPADS haha

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Kwasia, he has looted which lands!

Aboafunu, why can’t TAKYIMANHENE go to corut

He did recently with tuobodm and he was clinically defeated!

YOUR HEAD LIKE ANDROID KEYPADS haha

Wo ano kankan s3 WO PAPA TRUMU lmaoo
@Self-made, WABODAM ONG? 1 year ago

Who did same with Tuobodom and was defeated? Aboafunu, dummy are you claiming Tuobodom for your criminal Kwaku Dua who's hiding behind fake paramountcy status for his stooges who aren't even natives of Tuobodom to grab lands ...
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Who did same with Tuobodom and was defeated? Aboafunu, dummy are you claiming Tuobodom for your criminal Kwaku Dua who's hiding behind fake paramountcy status for his stooges who aren't even natives of Tuobodom to grab lands through divide-and-conquer?? Wabodam, the irony, he's gone bonkers over ceased war items that don't belong to him since time immemorial??? Hahahahaha.
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Woy3 kwasiapanyin papa

Go and read the think house of chiefs verdict last month!

U stupid SCUMBAG

Woy3 kwasiapanyin papa

Go and read the think house of chiefs verdict last month!

U stupid SCUMBAG
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

Asantehen is the most foolish entity ever. Akoa ataba . I thought you foolish ass antes brag about being warriors. why don't you face the Royal Navy of GB and let's see something. MMoa

Asantehen is the most foolish entity ever. Akoa ataba . I thought you foolish ass antes brag about being warriors. why don't you face the Royal Navy of GB and let's see something. MMoa
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwasia, we used our dicks to horny dormaa girls haha

We don’t fight

When fighting comes, we ll gather the BONO people to do it for us haha

Kwasia, stop using my words!

DORMAAA NNI TAABOW haha

Kwasia, we used our dicks to horny dormaa girls haha

We don’t fight

When fighting comes, we ll gather the BONO people to do it for us haha

Kwasia, stop using my words!

DORMAAA NNI TAABOW haha
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Keep on replying to yourself, YAREFOO lmaooo

Keep on replying to yourself, YAREFOO lmaooo

Jidoshaki 1 year ago

Kuntu kata bohoo piaaw Otumfuo, piaaw Asantehene, piaaw kotoko hene.bleeding is allowed wai..... We are waiting for your envious comment.

Kuntu kata bohoo piaaw Otumfuo, piaaw Asantehene, piaaw kotoko hene.bleeding is allowed wai..... We are waiting for your envious comment.
ASANTE KINGDOM 1 year ago

Envious comments have started flowing.

Envious comments have started flowing.
Tosh 1 year ago

Well said Nana

Well said Nana
Kwaku Anim 1 year ago

Kotokohene, Nana mo ne kasa. Peeaawwww!!!
Nokware trodooo na wo aka no. The ball is in the British court to do the right thing and return all the stolen cultural artifacts to their undisputed rightful owners,albeit, Asantema ...
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Kotokohene, Nana mo ne kasa. Peeaawwww!!!
Nokware trodooo na wo aka no. The ball is in the British court to do the right thing and return all the stolen cultural artifacts to their undisputed rightful owners,albeit, Asanteman.
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

I'm in UK. I'm going to write to the provost of the British Museum not to return anything back to this foolish man. They were proceeds of war. The same way asantes also looted items from their war expeditions. I'm a UK tax pa ...
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I'm in UK. I'm going to write to the provost of the British Museum not to return anything back to this foolish man. They were proceeds of war. The same way asantes also looted items from their war expeditions. I'm a UK tax payer and vote in elections. I will petition my local MP and then go tot the house of commons to meet the minister in charge of culture and communities. Asantefour mmoa They wanted to fill the vacuum the British left. However, Nkrumah stopped them. That's why the likes of Asantehene and Napo hates Nkrumah.
selfmade KING 1 year ago

See this irrelevant son of a dirty DORMAA dick sucking cunt saying he’s going to write to the provost of the British museum lmaooo

Like the provost gives a shit about a Ghanaian DIRTBAG living on government handouts to ...
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See this irrelevant son of a dirty DORMAA dick sucking cunt saying he’s going to write to the provost of the British museum lmaooo

Like the provost gives a shit about a Ghanaian DIRTBAG living on government handouts to survive!

Dormaaa nni ba KURASENNI lmaooo

If u hate Asantehene so much and u are a man with BALLS singling and dangling between your STINKING, dirty THIGHS, go there and face him and let see lmaooo

Kwaisapanyin, they will put your APE SHIT self in chains in both legs and feets and deport u to Ghana but they wldnt even put u in a plane, they ll locked you in some ship toilet to Ghana DORMAA AHENKRO haha haha

Akoa y3 KWAISA!

Wotiri s3 U DID HEAD TRANSPLANT lmaooo

Kurasenni, dormaaa nni ABOA MU ABOA haha
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwasiatoliwaaa. Kurasenni, dormaaa aboa lmaooo

U are ways here telling me how u want to fight a 70 something Otumfuo and how u ll knock him out, so u have the opportunity now to go and get your request now!

He’s in ...
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Kwasiatoliwaaa. Kurasenni, dormaaa aboa lmaooo

U are ways here telling me how u want to fight a 70 something Otumfuo and how u ll knock him out, so u have the opportunity now to go and get your request now!

He’s in the uk now as am speaking so go and request that fight? Lmaooo

Kwaisafunu, ABOA TABA, OHIANI BI BA who wears RUG AND LEAVES but want to play with APONKYE lmaooo

Now this dirty, backward, filthy and irrelevant dormaaa piece of shit has changed his tune and saying rather he’s a British tax paying citizen and hence he ll write to the PROVOST, meet the minister blah blah blah instead of going for the boxing match u always bragged where haha

OHIANI NNI BI BA wo firi HALF PLOT DORMAA, instead of thinking about your MMBROWAA life, u always here fooling and disgracing your parents!

Go and request the BOXING fight now with OTUMFUO because he’s right there in UK and u always say that, u know of his mansions in uk and this time he even staying there, so walk there and let see! Lmaooo

Your HAIRY, stinking KOOKOBO BUTTY will be captured and put in chains like a FIEMAA ADW333 and ship to Ghana and to HALF PLOT DORMAA AHENKRO and they ll lock u up in some RICKETY shop TOILET hahah
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

I saw your picture on facebook. LMAAAAOoo no wonder you're full of shit. Youe double forehead like scary movie. You certainly need a head transplant. HAHAHAHHA with some dirty dreadlocks . hahahahahha i@ve circulated it on so ...
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I saw your picture on facebook. LMAAAAOoo no wonder you're full of shit. Youe double forehead like scary movie. You certainly need a head transplant. HAHAHAHHA with some dirty dreadlocks . hahahahahha i@ve circulated it on social media now
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwasia, I saw your pic on YouTube long time ago on SAHARA and u looked like A PIECE OF FRIED FISH from a cold STORE lmaooo

Your red, black and blue BLEACHING FACE like a rotten cunt lmaooo

And this BLEACHING FISH ha ...
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Kwasia, I saw your pic on YouTube long time ago on SAHARA and u looked like A PIECE OF FRIED FISH from a cold STORE lmaooo

Your red, black and blue BLEACHING FACE like a rotten cunt lmaooo

And this BLEACHING FISH have A SUIT on lmaooo

Hahahah

Kwasiatoiwaaa, am not on Facebook!!

Am on YOUTUBE and anyone can see on YOUTUBE because am not a criminal like u who a lot of pepper are looking for lmaooo

Come to YOUTUBE am there!

U rotten FISH lmaooo
selfmade KING 1 year ago

I have your pic on SAHARA football and I ll circulate it rather for everyone to SEE WHO BASTIE is and we ll see who have some SERIOUS PROBLEMS lmaooo

U the one who has insulted NIGERIANS and ASANTEHENE HERE all these yea ...
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I have your pic on SAHARA football and I ll circulate it rather for everyone to SEE WHO BASTIE is and we ll see who have some SERIOUS PROBLEMS lmaooo

U the one who has insulted NIGERIANS and ASANTEHENE HERE all these years and u called NIGERIANS ZOOGERIANS and should I circulate your pic, u ll SEE YOUR SMOOTHNESS LEVEL IN BRITAIN Lmaoooo

U know NIGERIANS don’t play

Am not a criminal and I haven’t done anything bad so if circulate my pictures, what’s going to happen to me?

Have I raped your mother?

Kill someone? Hell no

But u, u have INSULTED NIGERIANS and OTUMFUO with unprintable words and should I put your PICTURE that I have of u, u can’t live in Britain!

I saw your pic on SAHARA FOOTBALL AND YOUR VIDEOS before u TOOK IT DOWN lmaooo

Fuck around and find out!

U can CIRCULATE my pics if u have it, nothing ll happen to me becasue unlike u, u have INSULTED NIGERIANS and some of these NIGERIANS comes herr to read your comments
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

Asantehene wo y3 kwasia papapapapapa. Didn't you loot the same from Bonos? Ofuiiii Now you're crying. When will you return the artefacts your ancestors looted from others? Wagyimi papapapapapapapapapap Kwasia Tutu II. Wo hwen ...
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Asantehene wo y3 kwasia papapapapapa. Didn't you loot the same from Bonos? Ofuiiii Now you're crying. When will you return the artefacts your ancestors looted from others? Wagyimi papapapapapapapapapap Kwasia Tutu II. Wo hwene mu kooooo S3 Bomoti
Kontihene 1 year ago

Your mother and father have wasted their sperms for nothing.

Your mother and father have wasted their sperms for nothing.
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Your father didn’t put a sperm inside your mother farting cunt to gave birth to u but rather your father let your mother opened her dick sucking mouth and FARTED inside her mouth lmaooo

U the result of that FARTING and ...
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Your father didn’t put a sperm inside your mother farting cunt to gave birth to u but rather your father let your mother opened her dick sucking mouth and FARTED inside her mouth lmaooo

U the result of that FARTING and no wonder your had stinks like FART lmaooo

Dormaaa NNI TIBONKOSO lmaooo

@ bastie
John 1 year ago

You,your father,mother and your entire family are all animals and idiots.Kwasia,odwan ba like you.can you ever insult your useless and irresponsible parents?Kwasiaka and Aboa like you.Envy and bitter people,you will continue ...
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You,your father,mother and your entire family are all animals and idiots.Kwasia,odwan ba like you.can you ever insult your useless and irresponsible parents?Kwasiaka and Aboa like you.Envy and bitter people,you will continue to wallow in poverty.
Kennedy chima peters 1 year ago

Selfmade, am Nigerian, can u give me bastie pic pls?plsss

Selfmade, am Nigerian, can u give me bastie pic pls?plsss
Kontihene 1 year ago

Kotokohene thank you for the bold speech, the British government is going to ponder over this, and whatever they stole including the bars of gold and kilos of gold dust will be given back, King Solomon of our time, thank you.

Kotokohene thank you for the bold speech, the British government is going to ponder over this, and whatever they stole including the bars of gold and kilos of gold dust will be given back, King Solomon of our time, thank you.
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Stoner 1 year ago

That's why you have to stop doing Paa pas and Ashanti's should stop doing too known because they were defeated and HUMILIATED , THATS WHY OBRONI TOOK THEIR TREASURES. IF YOU JNOW YOU ARE NOT STRONG LIKE THE ACCRA PEOPLE WHO ...
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That's why you have to stop doing Paa pas and Ashanti's should stop doing too known because they were defeated and HUMILIATED , THATS WHY OBRONI TOOK THEIR TREASURES. IF YOU JNOW YOU ARE NOT STRONG LIKE THE ACCRA PEOPLE WHO DEFEATED THE BRITISH, DONT MAKE PAA PAA. EVEN The British have the original GOLDEN STOOL BECAUSE BRITISH RAILWAYS WORKERS TOOK IT TO THE BRITISH AFTER THEY SEARCHED AND COULDN'T FIND IT ORIGINALLY. TWEAAAA
Afua Iceland 1 year ago

Why the insults? We must be proud of our culture. What is wrong about asking UK to give back our treasure? It is in our own interest. After all their museums are generating income from them.......

Why the insults? We must be proud of our culture. What is wrong about asking UK to give back our treasure? It is in our own interest. After all their museums are generating income from them.......
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Envious comments have started flowing
Kojo 1 year ago

Nana Kasa..!

Nana Kasa..!
Akora 1 year ago

Let Asante also give back their spoils of war

Let Asante also give back their spoils of war
ROG 1 year ago

Government should step in and declare that the artifacts are going nowhere back but staying in the country in compliance with national and international law!

We should challenge Bawumia and Mahama and all other presidenti ...
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Government should step in and declare that the artifacts are going nowhere back but staying in the country in compliance with national and international law!

We should challenge Bawumia and Mahama and all other presidential candidates to declare their position on the permanent recovery of the looted items!
Sage 1 year ago

Africans and shallow thinking. Ashanti should also return all the loot they took from the tribes they defeated. Since the dawn of time, all humans (black, white, Asian, African, European, Arab) have taken spoils of war... inc ...
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Africans and shallow thinking. Ashanti should also return all the loot they took from the tribes they defeated. Since the dawn of time, all humans (black, white, Asian, African, European, Arab) have taken spoils of war... including most notably our own Ashantis for our famed war dominance and exploits in the Gold Coast. The only peculiarity about the British is that, unlike others who simply squandered their war loot, the British documented and preserved them. This, however, does not weaken their rightful claim to that war bounty...and the Ashantis cannot lay any meaningful claim to it. It is merely out of British charity that they seem it fit to return those items for documentary and historical reasons. So for all intents and purposes, it is a loan. If Ashanti has an issue with that, the Golden Stool can decline to take that loan offer
Gambo 1 year ago

May I ask. Does the golden stool even belong to the Ashantis? Let's check the original history and stop the distorted history that Okomfo Anokye commanded it from heaven. I know many ignorant Ashantis may insult me on this on ...
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May I ask. Does the golden stool even belong to the Ashantis? Let's check the original history and stop the distorted history that Okomfo Anokye commanded it from heaven. I know many ignorant Ashantis may insult me on this one.
Yaw 1 year ago

You know you aren't making any sense that's why you fear being insulted. You've been bleeding too much. Are you that jealous? Abha, hid your jealous small.

You know you aren't making any sense that's why you fear being insulted. You've been bleeding too much. Are you that jealous? Abha, hid your jealous small.
P Wood 1 year ago

The bleeding continues, understandably so. If u can’t beat them throw mud at them.
The Asantehene continuously show leadership by protecting the legacy and tradition bequeathed to him yet people continue to bleed.
He d ...
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The bleeding continues, understandably so. If u can’t beat them throw mud at them.
The Asantehene continuously show leadership by protecting the legacy and tradition bequeathed to him yet people continue to bleed.
He doesn’t shy away from showcasing his tradition even on international platforms.
Those bleeding should be bold to showcase theirs.
Bastie Asantefournyinaahene 1 year ago

Asantehene doesn't have any culture. Name just one thing you asantes created or contributed in Akan culture, arts and custom. Zerooooo , nothing

Asantehene doesn't have any culture. Name just one thing you asantes created or contributed in Akan culture, arts and custom. Zerooooo , nothing
selfmade KING 1 year ago

Kwasiapanyin, we have a lot of cultures that invented and one of them is THE camouflage warfare where the Ashanti soldiers blended in with their environment to deceive the enemies !

Kwaisa ofui bi ba!’

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Kwasiapanyin, we have a lot of cultures that invented and one of them is THE camouflage warfare where the Ashanti soldiers blended in with their environment to deceive the enemies !

Kwaisa ofui bi ba!’

Battle tactics

The Ashanti tactical system was decentralized in order to suit the thick forest terrain of West Africa. The growth of jungles often hindered large scale clashes involving thousands of soldiers in the open. Ashanti tactical methods involved smaller sub units, constant movement, sub movement, ambushes and more dispersed strikes and counter-attacks. In one unusual incident in 1741 however, the armies of Asante and Akyem agreed to "schedule" a battle while they jointly assigned some 10,000 men to cut down trees to make space for a full scale clash. The Asante won this encounter.[37]

A British commentary in 1844 claimed Ashanti tactics involved cutting a number of footpaths in the bush in order to approach and encircle the enemy force. The Ashanti army formed in line and attacked the enemy upon reaching the initial jump-off point. Other British accounts describe the use of converging columns by the Ashanti army whereby several marching parallel columns joined into one general strike force, maneuvering before combat. The converging column strategy was used by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Napoleonic Wars as well as the British in their war with the Ashanti.[19] The 'march divided, fight together' was the original raison d'etre of the division. These standardized tactics had often yielded the Ashanti victory. In battle, the Ashanti troops carried their guns exactly at the same angle, before they turned towards the enemy and fired volleys on command.[38] Scouts screened the army of the enemy as it marched in its columns, then withdrew as the enemy became close. At the beginning of combat, the advance guard moved up in 2 or 3 long lines, discharged its muskets and paused to reload. The second line would then advance to fire and reload. A third rear line would then repeat the advance – fire-reload cycle. This "rolling fire" tactic was repeated until the advance halted.[13] Flanking units were also dispatched as part of the fire and maneuver model.

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MILITARY WIKI
Military of the Ashanti Empire
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Ashanti army
Participant in Ashanti–Fante War, the Anglo-Ashanti wars
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Ashanti Military Field Marshal c. 1819, by Thomas E. Bowdich.
Leaders Asantehene (commander-in-chief)
Headquarters Kumasi
The Ashanti Empire was an Akan empire and kingdom from 1701 to 1957, in modern-day Ghana. The military of the Ashanti Empire first came into formation around the 17th century AD in response to subjugation by the Denkyira Kingdom.[1] It served as the main armed forces of the empire until it was dissolved when the Ashanti became a British crown colony in 1901.[2] In 1701, King Osei Kofi Tutu I won Ashanti independence from Denkyira at the Battle of Feyiase and carried out an expansionist policy.[3]

The Ashanti army prior to the 18th century used predominantly bows with poisoned arrows, swords, spears and javelins. King Osei Tutu I instituted reforms in the army such as the adoption of military tactics used by other Akan kingdoms. Through trade with Europeans at the coast, the Ashanti acquired firearms and artillery. By the 19th century, the army was primarily equipped with muskets and rifles. Transportation across water bodies was achieved through canoes and line and raft ferries. The army was also accompanied by military engineers. Cavalry was not adopted alongside the Ashanti infantry. In order to mobilize personnel for the army, volunteers and contingents from tributaries were supplemented with a core of professional soldiers. The Ashanti developed various tactics such as encirclement and pincer movement.

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History

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The Ashanti originally centered on clans which were headed by a paramount chief or Amanhene. The clans did not have a standing and organized army that operated on a centralized chain of command.[4][5] The Ashanti clans became tributaries of another Akan state, Denkyira who exerted influence over much of the Gold Coast. In the mid-17th century the Oyoko, an Ashanti clan which was led by Chief Nana Oti Akenten, started consolidating with the other Ashanti clans into a loose confederation against the Denkyira gradually strengthening and improving the armies of the clans.[6]
War of Independence

In the 1670s the head of the Oyoko clan and successor to Nana Akenten, Osei Kofi Tutu I, began another rapid consolidation of Akan clans. He sought cooperation via diplomacy and warfare.[7] King Osei Kofu Tutu I and his chief advisor, Okomfo Anokye led a coalition of influential Ashanti city-states against their common enemy, the Denkyira. With a larger and better organized army, the United Ashanti Kingdom defeated the Denkyira at the Battle of Feyiase, proclaiming its independence in 1701. Osei Tutu through diplomacy and warfare induced the leaders of the other Ashanti city-states to declare allegiance and adherence to Kumasi, the Ashanti capital. Thus, forming a united kingdom instead of a confideracy. King Osei Tutu and his adviser Anokye, followed an expansionist policy to absorb other kingdoms and increase the status of the Ashanti kingdom into an empire.[3]

Reforms under Osei Tutu I

Osei Tutu centralized the loose confideration of Akan states in order to organize and professionalize the military. He also expanded the powers of the Judiciary system within the Centralized government. Eventually, the loose confideration of small city-states unified as a kingdom and grew into an empire. Newly conquered areas had the option to either join the Ashanti Empire or become tributary states.[8]

Osei Tutu placed strong emphasis on the military organization of the Akan Union states prior to the war with Denkyira. He adopted the military organization of Ashanti allies, Akwamu, and honed the Union army into an effective fighting unit.[9] Osei Tutu improved the battle strategy of the union army through the introduction of the pincer formation whereby soldiers attacked from the left, right and rear. This formation was later adopted by several other kingdoms in the Gold Coast. The Ashanti military declined in 1901 after the empire was defeated by the British following the War of the Golden Stool.

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Organization

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Ashanti foot soldier
The Asantehene was the commander-in-chief of the Ashanti military.[10] The army of the Ashanti Empire was organized into 6 parts. Each had various sub divisions. The organization of the Ashanti army was based on local Akan military systems such as the organization of the Akwamu army. Ashanti military systems were independent of European military forms.[11] The six parts of the Ashanti army were:

Scouts (Template:Translation)
Advance guard (Template:Translation)
Main body (Template:Translation)
Personal bodyguard (Template:Translation)
Rear-guard (Template:Translation)
Two wings-left (Template:Translation) and right (Template:Translation). Each wing having two formations: right and right-half (Template:Translation), left and left-half (Template:Translation)
In battle, the army used advanced guard, main body, rear guard and right and left wings on the move. This organization enabled the Ashanti generals to maneuver their forces with flexibility. Reconnaissance and pursuit operations were carried out by the scouts.[12] The scouts were made up of professional hunters who used their skill of marksmanship to snipe at advancing enemy forces in response to detection by the enemy. This was executed often from a perch high in trees. In order to draw the enemy's force and compel them to reveal their positions in the jungle foliage, the scouts carried long wooden sticks with hooks on the end which they used to shake trees as if someone were in them. Scouts were precluded from an involvement in prolonged fighting. After exchanging a few shots with the enemy, they withdrew through the next wave of troops which was the advanced guards.[13] The advanced guard could also serve as initial storm troops or bait troops to get the enemy to reveal their position and strength. The Template:Translation or personal guards protected the king or high ranking nobles on the battlefield. The rear guard however, might function for pursuit or as a reserve echelon. The two wings aided in the tactics of the Ashanti during battle through the encirclement of the opposing force or striking at the rear.[12]

Individualized acts of daring were encouraged, such as rushing out into the open to chop off the heads of dead or wounded enemies. A tally of these trophies was presented to the commanding general after the end of the engagement.[14] There was in existence severe discipline in the Ashanti army. Soldiers who showed cowardice or indiscipline were whipped with heavy swords carried by special continents of enforcer troops known as the sword-bearers. Ashanti soldiers had to memorize the following saying: "If I go forward, I die; if I flee, I die. Better to go forward and die in the mouth of battle." Enforcers were mostly deployed forward between the scouts and the main force but eased back during battle to observe faltering soldiers.[15] The ankobia or special police functioned as special forces and bodyguards to the Asantehene. They served as a source of intelligence for suppressing rebellion.[16] It is unknown if the Ashanti had cavalry like other West African kingdoms however, horses were introduced in the kingdom around the 18th century. Mounted horses occasionally feature among the small brass sculptures used as gold weights in the Ashanti Empire.[17] Canoes and wooden ferries were used for troop transport. British captain, Brackenbury described an amphibious landing of Ashanti troops in the late 19th century on Assin. He estimated that two ferries of boats crossed the River Pra with 12,000 men in five days with 30 men per boats and four trips an hour. [18] In a feature seldom seen among African armies, the Ashanti also deployed units of medical personnel behind the main forces, who were tasked with caring for the wounded and removing the dead.[19] A full time medical corps was established as a branch of the Ashanti army by the late 19th century.[20]
Mobilization, recruitment and logistics

A small core of professional warriors was supplemented by peasant levies, volunteers and contingents from allied forces or tributary kingdoms. Grouped together under competent commanders such as Osei Tutu and Opoku Ware, such hosts began to expand the Ashanti empire in the 18th century on into the 19th, moving from deep inland to the edges of the Atlantic. One British source in 1820 estimated that the Ashanti could field into battle a potential 80,000 troops, and of these, 40,000 could in theory, be outfitted with muskets or blunder-busses.[21]

Slaves marched behind the main body of the army, carrying supplies on their head.[22] The army was also accompanied by carpenters responsible for building shelters, blacksmiths to repair weapons and sutlers to sell food and drink. Some wives followed their husbands to war where they cooked for them at camp and provided water during battle.[23] Infrastructure such as road transport and communication throughout the empire was maintained via a network of well-kept roads from the Ashanti mainland to the Niger river and other trade cities.[16][24]

Equipment

Arms

Before the unification of the Ashanti clans as one kingdom and empire, the bow, shield and arrow were the weapon of choice. The Ashanti became familiar with fire arms in the 18th century. By the 19th century, majority of the Ashanti troops were armed with a variety of guns. This includes the standard European trade musket; Long Dane.[25] A handful of the Ashanti had modern breechloading British Snider–Enfield rifles that fired deadly bullets.[26][27] British reports from 1878–1881, estimated that the Ashanti had a total of 1000–5000 modern rifles.[28] In addition, they employed 1000 well-worn French smoothbore muskets originally used in 1814 at the battle of Waterloo.[26] However, Ashanti guns were obsolete compared to first rank European firearms. General Nkwanta, head of the Ashanti army's general council is reported to have done a detailed assessment of new breech-loading European firearms in 1872–73 and was alarmed by the obsolescence of Ashanti muskets in comparison to their European counterparts. Good quality powder was in short supply. Most of the gunmen did not use wadding to compact the powder down into the barrels but simply dumped in it while adding a variety of lead slugs, nails, bits of metal or even stones. This made an impressive pyrotechnic display, but demanded opponents to be in close range.[25] Available guns as well as pouches for ammunition were carefully protected with leopard or leather skin covers. Soldiers carried thirty to forty gunpowder charges within reach, which was individually packed in small wooden boxes for quick loading. The buckskin belt worn by the soldiers provided alternate weapons such as several types of knives and machete.[14] Blunderbuss also formed part of Ashanti weapon arsenal.[29][30]

Artillery

The Ashanti obtained some cannons from the Dutch but only mounted them at important and sacred places in the capital, Kumasi.[31] Ashanti king, Kwaku Dua signed a military agreement which involved the yearly supply of Ashanti troops to the Dutch army in exchange for Dutch artillery pieces. The Dutch suppliers provided the Ashanti king with immobile cannons on ships rather than field carriages.[32] There existed in Kumasi, a Cannon-square that housed a trophy of Dutch Cannons.[33]

Melee

Akrafena

Main article: Akrafena
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20th century Akrafena sword
The Akrafena is an Ashanti sword, originally meant for warfare. It served as an alternative to the Ashanti guns.[34] Other Ashanti war swords included;[35]

• Afenatene: It was used by the Ashantis to penetrate the hearts of war opponents. The design of the sword is different from an Akrafena as it contains sculpt art of the akoma (heart), denkyem (crocodile), akuma (axe) and the sankofa on the blade.

• Afenanta: The Afenanta is a "Double Blade Sword" used by the Ashanti in warfare, primarily for cutting human ligaments during battle.

Akrafena martial art

There existed schools that taught the techniques of the Ashanti swords in the past. The schools still hold the genuine Ashanti Swords techniques in modern Ghana.[36] According to Davidson, there were 20 fighting postures in training; The Ashanti people practitioners of the past generally used low kicking techniques to distract, dismantle and disable the opponent when holding the sword in one hand and sheath in the other. The sword-based fighting techniques are similar in part to that of Eskrima whiles the combat hand-techniques as well as the kicking techniques are similar in part to that of Wing Chun.[36]

Battle tactics

The Ashanti tactical system was decentralized in order to suit the thick forest terrain of West Africa. The growth of jungles often hindered large scale clashes involving thousands of soldiers in the open. Ashanti tactical methods involved smaller sub units, constant movement, sub movement, ambushes and more dispersed strikes and counter-attacks. In one unusual incident in 1741 however, the armies of Asante and Akyem agreed to "schedule" a battle while they jointly assigned some 10,000 men to cut down trees to make space for a full scale clash. The Asante won this encounter.[37]

A British commentary in 1844 claimed Ashanti tactics involved cutting a number of footpaths in the bush in order to approach and encircle the enemy force. The Ashanti army formed in line and attacked the enemy upon reaching the initial jump-off point. Other British accounts describe the use of converging columns by the Ashanti army whereby several marching parallel columns joined into one general strike force, maneuvering before combat. The converging column strategy was used by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Napoleonic Wars as well as the British in their war with the Ashanti.[19] The 'march divided, fight together' was the original raison d'etre of the division. These standardized tactics had often yielded the Ashanti victory. In battle, the Ashanti troops carried their guns exactly at the same angle, before they turned towards the enemy and fired volleys on command.[38] Scouts screened the army of the enemy as it marched in its columns, then withdrew as the enemy became close. At the beginning of combat, the advance guard moved up in 2 or 3 long lines, discharged its muskets and paused to reload. The second line would then advance to fire and reload. A third rear line would then repeat the advance – fire-reload cycle. This "rolling fire" tactic was repeated until the advance halted.[13] Flanking units were also dispatched as part of the fire and maneuver model.

Battle of Amoaful
Scene from Third Anglo-Ashanti War 1874
The Ashanti also used hammer and anvil tactics in wars such as the third Anglo-Ashanti war. In 1874 a strong British force under Sir Garnet Wolseley, armed with modern rifles and artillery, invaded the territory of the Ashanti Empire. The Ashanti did not confront the invaders immediately, and made no major effort to interdict their long, vulnerable lines of communication through the jungle terrain. Their plan appeared to be to draw the British deep into their territory, against a strong defensive anvil centred at the town of Amoaful. Here the British would be tied down, while manoeuvring wing elements circled to the rear, trapping and cutting them off. Some historians (Farwell 2001) note that this was approach was a traditional Ashanti battle strategy, and was common in some African armies as well.[39] At the village of Amoaful, the Ashantis succeeded in luring their opponents forward, but could not make any headway against the modern firepower of the British forces, which laid down a barrage of fire to accompany an advance of infantry in squares. This artillery fire took a heavy toll on the Ashanti, but they left a central blocking force in place around the village, while unleashing a large flanking attack on the left, that almost enveloped the British line and successfully broke into some of the infantry squares. Ashanti weaponry however, was poor compared to the modern British guns.[40] As one participant noted:

"The Ashantees stood admirably, and kept up one of the heaviest fires I ever was under. While opposing our attack with immediately superior numbers, they kept enveloping our left with a constant series of well-directed flank attacks."[12]
Wolesey had anticipated the Ashanti "horseshoe" formations, and had strengthened the British flanks with the best units and reinforced firepower. He was able to shift this firepower to threatened sectors to stymie enemy maneuvers, defeating their hammer and anvil elements and forcing his opponents to retreat.[41] One British combat post-mortem pays tribute to the slain Ashanti commander for his tactical leadership and use of terrain:

"The great Chief Amanquatia was among the killed. Admirable skill was shown in the position selected by Amanquatia, and the determination and generalship he displayed in the defence fully bore out his great reputation as an able tactician and gallant soldier."[42]

DORMAA NNI TAABOW, Ashanti’s invented the ANVIL AND HAMMER military system that was used by Napoleon during the Napoleon wars! Kwaissto, DUMB ASS IDIOTA lmaooo

These are warfare tactics that was invented by ASHANTIS and only a foolish DORMAA TAABOW wood as FANTIS called wood ll dispute this lmaoo

Kwasiatoowaaaaa haha
Santo 1 year ago

The British people are crazy animals. Enacting laws to protect an illegality? God is watching.

The British people are crazy animals. Enacting laws to protect an illegality? God is watching.

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