History · 3 min read
The stool that was never meant to be sat on
It became a symbol of a people, a political idea and a nation’s soul.
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History · 3 min read
A governor asked for a seat, and a war followed
Yaa Asantewaa turned a political crisis into one of the best-known acts of resistance in Ghanaian history.
Culture · 3 min read
Kente is a language before it is fashion
The cloth is not only something Ghana produces. It is a way knowledge moves between generations.
Culture · 2 min read
Nyame and Asase Yaa: the Sky Father and the Earth Mother
Any Akan funeral; any farm on a Thursday, when the earth rests.
Places · 2 min read
Okomfo Anokye's Sword
The sword site at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Bantama, Kumasi. It is there. You can stand over it.
People · 2 min read
The Miracles of Okomfo Anokye
Awukugua in the Eastern Region, his birthplace, where several of the sites are shown to visitors.
History · 2 min read
The Hundred Years of the Anglo-Asante Wars
Fort Kumasi (Kumasi Fort and Military Museum); the coastal forts at Cape Coast, Elmina and Anomabo.
Culture · 2 min read
Akwasidae: the kingdom, still running
Every six weeks, on the Akan forty-two-day calendar
History · 2 min read
Osei Tutu: the hostage who came back
Manhyia Palace Museum, Kumasi; Feyiase, south of Kumasi.
History · 2 min read
Under the Kum Tree: how Kumasi got its name
Kumasi; Bantama; and Kumawu, an hour northeast.
Places · 2 min read
The Hunter Who Found a Lake Where No Lake Should Be
Lake Bosomtwe, 30 km southeast of Kumasi, in a crater a million years old.
Culture · 2 min read
The King Who Lost a War and Gave His Name to a Cloth
Ntonso, on the Kumasi–Mampong road, where the cloth is stamped by hand.
Culture · 2 min read
Two Men Watched a Spider Work
Bonwire, 18 km from Kumasi. You will hear the looms before you see them.