• Osei Kofi Tutu I (c. 1660 – c. 1717) was one of the founders of the Ashanti Empire, assisted by Okomfo Anokye, his chief priest and a distant relative...
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    Osei Tutu II (born Nana Barima Kwaku Duah; 6 May 1950) is the 16th Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April 1999. By name, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct...
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    in 1670, and the capital Kumase was founded in 1680 by Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I on the advice of Okomfo Anokye, his premier. Sited at the crossroads...
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    when the Asante became a British crown colony in 1901. In 1701, King Osei Kofi Tutu I won Asante independence from Denkyira at the Battle of Feyiase and...
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  • English or Christian names. Some notable people with such names are: Osei Kofi Tutu I (reigned c. 1675 / c. 1680 – c. 1717), one of the co-founders of the...
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  • Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I (died 1717), founder of the Ashanti Confederacy Osei Kwadwo, Ashanti king Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene Osei Telesford (born...
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  • of Opoku Ware's predecessor Osei Kofi Tutu I. Scholars such as Wilks, Fynn and Boahen argue the death date of Osei Kofi Tutu around 1712 or 1717. Scholars...
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    Kumasi, majority agree it emerged as the capital of Ashanti under Osei Kofi Tutu I in the late 17th century. In the early 18th century, Kumasi was invaded...
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    of the Ashanti. The national emblem was created by Asantehene Nana Osei Kofi Tutu I (r. 1695 – 1717). The Ashanti national emblem is a red Porcupine (or...
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  • apparently later confirmed by Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II during his visit at Awukugua in 2014. When Osei Kofi Tutu I succeeded to the throne of the Kumaseman...
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  • Osei Tutu Senior High School is an all-boys senior high school located in Akropong in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is ranked among the best senior...
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  • Leah Tutu (born 1933), his wife Osei Kofi Tutu I (died 1717), Ashantehene, ruler of Kumasi, co-founder of the Empire of Ashanti Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II...
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    the Oyoko clan, Osei Kofi Tutu I, began another rapid consolidation of Akan peoples via diplomacy and warfare. King Osei Kofi Tutu I and his chief advisor...
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  • Embedded, a real-time operating system created by ENEA Ose (demon) Ose (Osei Kofi Tutu I), King of the Ashanti Empire Old St. Edwardian, a person who attended...
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  • division in the battle of Katamanso in 1826. In 1834, Kwaku Dua Panin succeeded Osei Yaw Akoto. His wives included Nana Takyiau and her sister, Nana Konadu Somprema...
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  • Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I. 1701: Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I. 1701–1714: War of the Spanish Succession is fought...
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    during the reign of Osei Kofi Tutu I, who were inspired by the web designs of a spider. In the 18th century, Asantehene Opoku Ware I was documented by Danish...
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  • of Ashanti (complete list) – Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (c.1675/80–1717) Amaniampon, Regent (1717–1720) Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750) Kusi Oboadum...
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  • under Southwest Europe Ghana Kingdom of Ashanti (complete list) – Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (c.1675/80–1717) Denkyira, or Agona (complete list) – Mumunumfi...
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  • Sasraku I, also played an important role in the life of King Osei Kofi Tutu I of Ashanti by protecting him from Denkyira. It was at Akwamu that Osei Tutu met...
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  • several settlements. Kumasi was established by the first Ashanti king, Osei Kofi Tutu I, along with the state priest, Okomfo Anokye, in the 17th century. It...
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    Oyoko Dynasty of Osei Tutu Opemsoo, who formed the Empire of Ashanti in 1701 and was crowned Asantehene (King of all Asante). Osei Tutu held the throne...
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    Ashanti influence were won during the reign of Opoku Ware I (died 1750), successor to Osei Kofi Tutu I. By the 1820s, successive rulers had extended Ashanti...
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    International Organization for Migration (IOM). Kofi Kinaata received notable recognition from Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II during the General Conference of the...
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    Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I as the capital of the Ashanti Empire. Various accounts exist on the formation of the city. One states that Osei Tutu negotiated...
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  • Afriyie, a sister of Kusi Obdodom, and Owusu Afriyie who was a son of Osei Kofi Tutu I. Kwadwo came into power around 1764 as replacement of Kusi Obodum whose...
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  • Kosiamoa, sister of Dakon, the ill-fated successor of Opoku Ware I, and niece of Osei Kofi Tutu I, a formidable king who was the co-founder of the Ashanti Empire...
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  • the gold trade between the coast and the north. By the 17th century, Osei Kofi Tutu I (c. 1695 – 1717), with help of Okomfo Anokye, unified what became the...
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    Golden Stool (redirect from Sika Dwa Kofi)
    to descend from the sky and land on the lap of the first Asante king, Osei Tutu. Such seats were traditionally symbolic of a chieftain's leadership, but...
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    Niccolao Manucci, Italian writer and traveller in India (b. 1639) Osei Kofi Tutu I, founder of the Ashanti Confederacy (b. c. 1660; killed in action)...
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