9 June 1904(1904-06-09) (aged 77) Bantar Peteh, Dutch East Indies
House
Bretuo
Father
Kwaku Dua Panin
Alma mater
Delft Royal Academy
Freiberg Mining Academy
Occupation
Mining engineer
Relatives
Kwame Poku (cousin)
Kwasi Boakye or Kwasi Boachi (24 April 1827 – 9 June 1904) was a Prince of the Ashanti Empire who was sent to the Netherlands together with his cousin,[1] Kwame Poku, in 1837, by his father, King Kwaku Dua Panin, to receive education as part of larger negotiations between the Ashanti and the Dutch about the recruitment of Ashanti soldiers for the Dutch East Indies Army.[2][3][4]
^"This Ashanti prince became the first black engineer in the world in the 1850s". Face2Face Africa. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^Van Kessel 2002.
^Crabbe, Nathaniel (4 July 2019). "Meet the Ashanti prince who was the first black Mining Engineer in the world". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^"Meet Kwasi Boakye, Otumfuo Kwaku Dua's son who was sent to the Netherlands to study but never returned". THE POST. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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