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Queen Mother
Yaa Asantewaa I
Warrior
Birth name
Nana Yaa Asantewaa
Born
c. 1840 (1840) Besease, Ashanti Empire
Died
17 October 1921(1921-10-17) (aged 80–81) Seychelles
Allegiance
Ashanti Empire
Yaa Asantewaa War
War of the Golden Stool
Children
One
Yaa Asantewaa I (born October 17, 1840 – October 17, 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okese, the Edwesuhene, or ruler, of Edwesu. In 1900, she led the Ashanti war also known as the War of the Golden Stool, or the Yaa Asantewaa War of Independence, against the British Empire.[1]
^Appiah, Kwame Anthony, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (eds), Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, 1999, p.276.
YaaAsantewaa I (born October 17, 1840 – October 17, 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was...
YaaAsantewaa Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Ejisu Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is usually...
The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the YaaAsantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was a campaign...
The YaaAsantewaa Museum is a museum in Ejisu Municipal District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It was built to honor Ashanti leader YaaAsantewaa, who...
Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu I Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II Togbe Osei III YaaAsantewaaYaa Naa Yakubu II Rucker, Walter C. (2015-09-28). Gold Coast Diasporas:...
23 January 2019. Boateng, Osei (1 April 2001). "YaaAsantewaa on stage: The Exploits of YaaAsantewaa, the Warrior Queen of the Asantes in Ghana". New...
is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is known for the YaaAsantewaa Girls Secondary School. The school is a second cycle institution. Community...
Ensemble – YaaAsantewaa-Warrior Queen", UK Theatre Web, Archive Listings. Osei Boateng, "YaaAsantewaa on stage: The Exploits of YaaAsantewaa, the Warrior...
Museum The Prempeh II Jubilee Museum The Asante Traditional Buildings YaaAsantewaa Museum Several festivals are celebrated in the region, including the...
(2002). YaaAsantewaa: An African Queen who Led an Army to Fight the British. Asirifi-Danquah Books. ISBN 978-9988-8028-1-3. Asirifi-Danquah (2002). Yaa Asantewaa:...
while at Achimota College. They had three daughters: Zanetor Rawlings, YaaAsantewaa Rawlings, Amina Rawlings; and one son, Kimathi Rawlings. Junior Agogo...
then served in the West African Frontier Force, fighting during the YaaAsantewaa War. Elected Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa in 1912, he became a member of...
as the gallery's creative director. The gallery also organises the YaaAsantewaa Art Prize, which recognises African female artists in the international...
fought with the British many times, but the most notable war being the YaaAsantewaa war in which she led the Ashantis. Demographics of Ghana Ethnic groups...
Golden Stool". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-02-22. "Queen-Mother YaaAsantewaa and the Golden Stool. | Hadithi Africa". Retrieved 2020-02-22. "Akan...
Residents at the Kumasi Fort. The resistance was led by Asante queen YaaAsantewaa, Queen-Mother of Ejisu. From March 28 to late September 1900, the Asante...
schools such as Prempeh College, T I Ahmadiyya School, Opoku Ware School, YaaAsantewaa Girls' Senior High School and St. Louis Senior High School in Kumasi...
E. Kwasi Nukpor Rural bank building 1984 1984 20 cedis Queen Mother YaaAsantewaa Miner, army officer, student, demonstrators 1986 50 cedis Young man...
Yaa Serwaa Sarpong is the General manager of EIB English Cluster which comprises Starr Fm, GHOne TV, and Agoo TV. Nana Yaa studied at YaaAsantewaa Girls'...
Samory Ture's new-founded Wassoulou Empire in 1898 and the Ashanti queen YaaAsantewaa in 1902, most West African military resistance to colonial rule resulted...
Region)]] Tongu Upper East Region Wilaa Festival (Takpo, Upper West Region) YaaAsantewaa Festival Oti Region)]] Ɔvazu Festival (Akposokubi) Oti Region, formally...
and the making of Ghana: A Centenary History, 1876–1976. Accra, 1996. YaaAsantewaa and the Asante – British War of 1900–1. Accra, 2003. Africa in the Twentieth...
considerable power. One of the greatest leaders of Ashanti was Nana YaaAsantewaa (1840–1921), who led her subjects against the British Empire during...