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The construction of Elmina & other coastal forts, shifted the hood trade southwards, creating a new economic hub for various Akan & non-Akan traders.
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Important information! Before the Europeans arrived, southern Akan traders took their gold to the north. The northern Akan states of Wankyi, Bonomanso, & Nsoko which formed Bonoman, produced woven cloth, gold-weights, & other valuable goods for trade.
Before 1482, Akan gold reached Mali indirectly through Wangara middlemen, traded for goods from the Sahel and North Africa. The Portuguese arrival on the coast disrupted this system, shifting the Akan gold trade southwards to Elmina and the Atlantic.
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RT @AkanAxis: Before 1482, Akan gold reached Mali indirectly through Wangara middlemen, traded for goods from the Sahel and North Africa. T….
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The "Ntwea" Family of the Fantes also holds the same "dog with a fire stick" with his mouth migration story but not sacked or led out by anyone. They believe on their journey, their dog went home for a fire stick to lead them and since then, dog is a good friend of the family.
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All Akan societies have oral traditions of either descending from the sky or emerging from a hole in the ground. These traditions, no matter how out of touch they may seem in the modern era, were sacred to our ancestors.
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The Dormaa state was founded & ruled by the Aduana abusua. They believe their ancestors were led out of a hole in the ground by a dog carrying fire in its mouth. The Dormaahene’s comments towards the Asante are equally applicable to his own ancestral oral traditions.
“If anyone tells you they can summon something to descend from the sky, it’s a lie. Didn’t you see when the Golden Stool was recently outdoored, it looked welded?” . - Dormaahene Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Dr. Agyemang Badu II
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RT @DingaCisse: Scenes at Kwame Afframs enstoolment before he takes his oath as Omanhene of Kumawu (An Asante state). August 1925, Kumawu i….
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An unknown photographer noted that the tallest of the three buildings belonged to the Asantehene, the one on the left to the Mamponghene, and the one on the right to the Bekwaihene.
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RT @DingaCisse: A photograph of Ya Aduna the granddaughter of the then Queen-mother of Kumawu (Kumawuhemaa) Ya Amponsa. Circa 1921-32, Kuma….
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Beautiful!.
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RT @AkanArchives: A portrait of a woman wearing Makai, a traditional hairstyle from Elmina (1918).
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On the far right & left, two individuals can be seen standing by the structures, putting into perspective the massive scale of the pre-colonial Asante traditional buildings.
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