Ashanti people

E359886
Akan people ethnic group

The Ashanti people are a major Akan ethnic group from present-day Ghana, historically known for their powerful kingdom, rich cultural traditions, and distinctive art and craftsmanship.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ashanti people canonical 19
Asante people 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm adinkra cloth printing ⓘ
goldweight casting ⓘ
kente weaving ⓘ
stool carving ⓘ
capitalHistoricalState Kumasi ⓘ
clanSystem abusua ⓘ
colonialConflictWith British Empire ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalArea forest zone of southern Ghana ⓘ
currencyHistorical gold dust ⓘ
historicalState Ashanti Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Asante Kingdom

Ashanti Empire ⓘ
knownFor adinkra symbols ⓘ
brass casting ⓘ
centralized monarchy ⓘ
gold craftsmanship ⓘ
kente cloth ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
language Asante Twi ⓘ
languageFamily Akan language ⓘ
surface form: Akan languages

Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorFestival Adae Kese ⓘ
Akwasidae ⓘ
musicTradition drumming ensembles ⓘ
Fontomfrom ⓘ
surface form: fontomfrom drums

talking drums ⓘ
notableLeader Nana Yaa Asantewaa ⓘ
Opoku Ware I ⓘ
Osei Tutu I ⓘ
Prempeh I ⓘ
notableWar Anglo-Ashanti Wars ⓘ
populationCenter Kumasi ⓘ
surface form: Kumasi metropolitan area
region Ashanti Region ⓘ
Brong-Ahafo Region ⓘ
Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
surface form: Central Region of Ghana

Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
religion Akan traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal descent ⓘ
subgroupOf Akan ethnic groups ⓘ
symbol Ashanti flag ⓘ
Golden Stool ⓘ
traditionalQueenMotherTitle Bretuo ⓘ
surface form: Asantehemaa
traditionalRulerTitle Asantehene ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

kente cloth → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Ashanti Empire → ethnicBase → Ashanti people ⓘ
Akan people → notableSubgroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Ashanti Region → namedAfter → Ashanti people ⓘ
Ashanti Region → hasEthnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Fante people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asante people
Twi → usedByEthnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asante people
Kumasi → ethnicCenterFor → Ashanti people ⓘ
HMS Ashanti → namedAfter → Ashanti people ⓘ
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Bonwire → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Ashanti people ⓘ
Adanwomase → hasEthnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Asantehene → appliesToEthnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Golden Stool → ethnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Anglo-Ashanti Wars → ethnicGroupInvolved → Ashanti people ⓘ
Akwasidae festival → ethnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ
Nyame → worshippedBy → Ashanti people ⓘ
Akwasidae → observedBy → Ashanti people ⓘ
Odwira → associatedWith → Ashanti people ⓘ
Adae Kese → associatedWith → Ashanti people ⓘ
Adowa → ethnicGroup → Ashanti people ⓘ