The Ashanti Empire founded in 1670 occupied what is now southern Ghana, a modern democracy. Still today, gold is everywhere, and it’s part of a period in African and European history that we ...

Look into economic development based on slavery as well as the development of foreign colonies. Students could examine the role of slavery in the Ashanti Empire.

Okomfo Anokye (born Tsali in Notsie in the Volta Region) was a traditional priest originally from Volta Region before making his name in the Asante Empire. Kwame Fimpon Anokye as he was named from ...

・UK returns 32 royal artifacts to Ghana's Ashanti Empire after 150 years. ・Artifacts to be displayed on long-term loan at the Palace Museum. ・Return negotiated with Ashanti ruler; permanent ...

Ashanti at the Target Center in Minneapolis (Photo by Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) The music industry continues to process the sudden loss of Irv Gotti, the influential founder of Murder Inc ...