Priest and part of the formation of the Ashanti Empire
Okomfo Anokye
Priest (Okomfo) of the Ashanti Empire
Born
c.1655 Awukugua
Died
c.1717?/c.1719 (aged around 62-64) Ghana
Okomfo Anokye (c.1655-c.1717?/c.1719) was the first priest (Okomfo) of the Ashanti Empire. Anokye is known for his participation in the expansion of the empire.[1] He was also the codifier of the constitution and laws of the Ashanti Empire.[2][3]
OkomfoAnokye (c.1655-c.1717?/c.1719) was the first priest (Okomfo) of the Ashanti Empire. Anokye is known for his participation in the expansion of the...
c. 1717) was one of the founders of the Ashanti Empire, assisted by OkomfoAnokye, his chief priest and a distance relative from the town of Awukugua...
It was later named Komfo Anokye Hospital after OkomfoAnokye, a legendary fetish priest of the Ashanti. It is said that Anokye placed an unmovable sword...
century, the Ashanti king Osei Tutu (c. 1695 – 1717) and his adviser OkomfoAnokye established the Ashanti Kingdom, with the Golden Stool of Asante as...
end of the 17th century, the Ashanti Kingdom's chief Fetish Priest, OkomfoAnokye planted three kum trees at different places: one at Kwaaman, ruled by...
was founded in 1680 by Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I on the advice of OkomfoAnokye, his premier. Sited at the crossroads of the Trans-Saharan trade, Kumase's...
people and the ultimate symbol of power in Asante. According to legend, OkomfoAnokye, High Priest and one of the two chief founders of the Asante Confederacy...
dancing. The name is taken from "Okomfo" the traditional priests in Ghana, the most well known being OkomfoAnokye who summoned the golden stool to establish...
for our king. If it were in the brave days, the days of Osei Tutu, OkomfoAnokye, and Opoku Ware, chiefs would not sit down to see their king taken away...
and tributary to Denkyira Kingdom until 1701, when with the help of OkomfoAnokye, the Ashanti defeated Denkyira at the Battle of Feyiase, and Denkyira...
decided to pursue the Akyems across River Pra against the advice of OkomfoAnokye. While crossing the river with his army, he was shot by the Akyems in...
settled in Jamase. Onoo is a town in the Kwaabre district in Asante. ƆkɔmfoAnɔkye then consecrated the bosomuru for Asanteman and added it to the regalia...
by protecting him from Denkyira. It was at Akwamu that Osei Tutu met OkomfoAnokye. With the aid of Akwamu, Ashanti embarked on a series of campaigns which...
district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Wiamoase is known for the OkomfoAnokye Secondary Secondary School. The school is a second cycle institution...
Asantehene as their king. The Seventy-Seven Laws of Komfo Anokye, drafted by OkomfoAnokye, served as the codified constitution of the Ashanti Empire...
By the 17th century, Osei Kofi Tutu I (c. 1695 – 1717), with help of OkomfoAnokye, unified what became the Ashante into a confederation with the Golden...
Eastern Region of Ghana. It shares borders with Awukugua Akuapem where Okomfoanokye was born The town is known for the Nifahene Stool of Akuapem and the...
instead. The majority of oral sources attribute the choice of site to OkomfoAnokye who was said to have planted two Kum seeds; one in Kwaman and another...
cooperation via diplomacy and warfare. Osei Tutu I and his chief advisor, OkomfoAnokye led a coalition of Ashanti city-states against Denkyira. The coalition...
school Asaman — Kumasi secondary technical school Public school Agona — OkomfoAnokye Secondary Public school Wiamoase — Osei Tutu II College (Great Osec-...
particularly the Larteh and Okere people including Abiriw who are Guans. OkomfoAnokye mps, ghana. "Daniel Botwi". ghanamps.com. ghanamps. Retrieved 21 June...
integrated into the hierarchical restructuring carried out by Osei Tutu and OkomfoAnokye. Nyaako was killed during the attack on Kumasi by King Eibirimoro of...
Benjamin Dwomoh Cheaters - Frank Rajah Arase Best Production Design OkomfoAnokye - Brinks Abdullai and Bismark Gyamerah The Pledge - D.j Vegas/Ghana...
them in a battle against the advice of the great priest of Asante, OkomfoAnokye, where he died from a Kotoku sniper's bullet crossing the river. This...
the Asante nation with the help of his counsellor, the great priest OkomfoAnokye. The seperewa was used to entertain kings, similar to a griot tradition...
"Ivory Coast Banny Charles Konan Banny". VOA News. 21 August 2015. "OkomfoAnokye, the greatest ever Akan shaman (medicine man)". theakan.com. July 2011...
school Agona — Konadu Yiadom Senior High School Public school Asaman — OkomfoAnokye Senior High School Public school Wiamoase — S.D.A. Senior High School...
by the then spiritual leader and counsellor for Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, OkomfoAnokye, it was revealed that the Ashantis could gain victory over the Gyamans...
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