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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The Asante Conquest of Ahafo in the 18th Century: A Historical Legacy |
Author: | Kwarteng, Kwame Osei |
Year: | 2002 |
Periodical: | Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana (ISSN 0855-3246) |
Issue: | 6 |
Pages: | 59-66 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Ghana West Africa |
Subjects: | Ahafo polity Ashanti polity ethnic warfare history 1700-1799 Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration History, Archaeology Brong-Ahafo Region (Ghana) Ashanti (African people) civil wars |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/41406668 |
Abstract: | Until the creation of the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana in April 1959, Ahafo constituted part of Asante, politically, administratively and traditionally. Examination of the literature and documentary evidence leads to the conclusion that the greater part of Ahafo land was captured and annexed to Asante between 1721 and 1722 through the instrumentality of the chiefs of Akwaboa, Hia, Bari-Offinano, Nyinahin, Assuowin and Nkawie-panin, as well as the Buaso Odikro. The conquered territory was systematically colonized by the Kumasi wing chiefs. Ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |