The Curator at the Manhyia Palace Museum, Justice Brobbey, has drawn similarities between the Ark of the Covenant in biblical ...

The Golden Stool had great historical and symbolic significance for the Ashanti people and the Governor's demand was perceived as nothing short of a declaration of war: they responded by besieging the ...

During the 19th century the British fought minor wars in Africa to secure British control of colonial territories. These included the: Ashanti Wars in West Africa. Matabele Wars in South Africa.

Banda Ahenkro, the capital town of the Banda District, is one of the ancient communities in the west-northern part of the ...

During her brother's reign, Yaa Asantewaa saw the Ashanti Confederacy go through a series of events that threatened its future, including civil war from 1883 to 1888. When her brother died in 1894 ...

It began when Afia Pokua criticised the Ashanti king's handling of tensions with other ethnic groups, the deference that politicians show him, and expressed her frustration about the apparent ...

Looted by British military forces from the Asantehene’s court during the 19th century Anglo-Ashanti Wars, Homecoming exhibits the relics in their homeland for the first time in 150 years.