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| Title: | The Rise and Fall of the Asante |
| Author: | Oroge, E. Adeniyi |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Periodical: | Tarikh |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 31-45 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ghana |
| Subjects: | history Ashanti polity Ashanti History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
| Abstract: | Describes the history of the Asante, the largest section of the Akan peoples who constitute nearly 50% of the entire population of modern Ghana, in the 17th, 18th, and 19th century in the following sections: origin and early history - factors in the rise of the Asante empire - Obiri Yeboa - Osei Tutu - Opoku Ware - critical period - the Kwadoan revolution - the peak of Asante power - collapse. Bibl., maps, photographs. |