Ashanti

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Ashanti is a major ethnic group and former powerful kingdom in what is now Ghana, known for its rich culture, military strength, and influential role in West African history.

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Ashanti canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
former kingdom
subgroup of the Akan people
approximateFoundationCentury 17th century
approximateFoundationYear c. 1670
artForm gold weights
metalwork
textile weaving
wood carving
capitalOfFormerKingdom Kumasi
clanSystem abusua (matrilineal clans)
colonialStatus British protectorate
continent Africa
cosmologyFeature belief in a supreme being (Nyame)
veneration of ancestors
country Ghana
culturalInfluence influential in West African history
demographicSignificance one of the largest ethnic groups in Ghana
economyHistoricallyBasedOn gold trade
kola nut trade
slave trade
engagedInConflictWith British Empire
Denkyira
Fante Confederacy
ethnonym Asante
foundedBy Osei Tutu I
governmentType monarchy
heritageStatus important component of Ghanaian national identity
historicalStateType kingdom
incorporatedInto Gold Coast Colony
surface form: Gold Coast colony
keyAdvisorToFounder Okomfo Anokye
knownFor centralized political organization
complex legal system
elaborate festivals
gold resources
military strength
rich culture
language Asante Twi
languageFamily Akan languages
Niger–Congo languages
legalInstitution Asanteman Council
locatedInPresentDay Ashanti Region
surface form: Ashanti Region, Ghana
majorFestival Adae Kese
Akwasidae
notableRuler Nana Yaa Asantewaa
Opoku Ware I
Osei Tutu I
Asantehene
surface form: Prempeh I
partOfModernState Ghana
surface form: Republic of Ghana
peakPowerCentury 18th century
19th century
region West Africa
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional Akan religion
rulingDynasty Oyoko dynasty
seriesOfWars Anglo-Ashanti Wars
successionSystem matrilineal
titleOfRuler Asantehene
traditionalCapital Kumasi
traditionalPoliticalStructure confederation of chiefdoms
traditionalSymbol Adinkra symbols
Golden Stool
kente cloth
surface form: Kente cloth
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gold Coast unifiedWith Ashanti
British West Africa includes Ashanti
Keyshia Cole associatedAct Ashanti
Ja Rule associatedAct Ashanti
Bonwire ethnicGroup Ashanti
Osei Tutu I ethnicGroup Ashanti
Okomfo Anokye ethnicGroup Ashanti
Onyankopon people Ashanti
Akwasidae culture Ashanti