Otumfuo’s Sister Is New Asantehemaa
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has appointed his 83-year-old sister as the new Asantehemaa Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has appointed his 83-year-old elder sister, Nana Ama Konadu, as the new...
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New Asantehemaa Outdoored [Photo]
The Asanteman Council has announced Nana Ama Konadu as the next Asantehemaa. She succeeds the mother of the Asantehene, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who died in November 2016 at the age of 111. She...
Manhyia Observes 80 Days of Asantehemaa’s Death Today
The thirteenth queen mother who was buried with gold ornaments died on November 14, 2016. The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi of the Ashanti region will be observing the 80days of the death of the...
Accra-Kumasi Route Transport Operators Recorded Low Sales During Asantehemaa’s Burial
Traders and transport operators at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra recorded low sales in January 2017 during the burial rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. This was due...
Feb. 6th Set For 80th Day Celebration of the Late Asantehemaa
Feb. 6th set for 80th Day Celebration of the Late Asantehemaa The Manhyia Palace under His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has annouced the date for the 80th day celebration of the Late...
Otumfuo To Name New Asantehemaa This Week
Barring any last minute changes, a new queen mother of the Asante Kingdom will be named this week to succeed the Nana Afia Sewaah Kobi Ampem II who died in November last year. The Manhyia Palace...
Nurses have been implored to be decorous in their enagagements with patients seeking medical care as per their noble profession they have chosen to serve humanity. The Ashanti Regional Coordinator of...
Dear Allotey Jacobs, I Don’t Want To Be An Ashanti
By James Kofi Annan Mr Allotey Jacobs, you have made two very important comments that have caught my attention this week. In congratulating Kwamena Duncan, the Minister Designate for the Central...
Airtel Mourns With Otumfuo and Asanteman
Members of Airtel Ghana’s senior leadership team joined His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the entire Asanteman Traditional Council and thousands of sympathisers to mourn the Asantehemaa Nana Afia...
The ‘unconstitutionality’ of Manhyia’s Ban On Movement and Curfew
Some have raised issues with the declaration by Asanteman (Manhyia Palace) that resulted in shops closing down (essential services were exempted) and residents of Kumasi staying indoors leaving the...
Kokofuman Hemaa To Act As Asantehemaa
Kokofuman Hemaa, Osagyefo Bayie, will be the acting Queen Mother of the Ashanti Kingdom The Kokofuman Hemaa, Osagyefo Bayie, has been announced the acting Queen-Mother of the Ashanti Kingdom. This...
Kokofuman Hemaa To Act As Asantehemaa
The Kokofuman Hemaa, Osagyefo Bayie, has been announced the acting Queen-Mother of the Ashanti Kingdom. This follows the death of the Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, the late...
Let’s Promote Africa’s Rich Culture
By Marian Ansah The four-day final burial rites of the longest serving Queenmother of the Ashanti Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, which kicked off on Monday and ended on Thursday unraveled...
Asantehemaa Goes Home
The Dead speaks not. The Dead sees not and the Dead hears not. When we literally smell something up in the air, we get the sense that something’s cooking. When we hear ‘Fontonfrom’ drums...
Asantehemaa Laid To Rest
After 111 years on Mother Earth, 39 of which was spent as the queen mother of the Ashanti Kingdom, the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II was yesterday given the final farewell on her journey to the...
Kumasi Bounces Back To Life After Asantehemaa’s Burial
Kumasi has bounced back to life hours after the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, was laid to rest on Thursday night. Businesses and schools within the metropolis, which remained shut...
Kumasi Bounces Back To Life After Asantehemaa’s Burial
Kumasi has bounced back to life hours after the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, was laid to rest on Thursday night. Businesses and schools within the metropolis, which remained shut...
Activities At Kumasi To Bounce Back After Asantehemaa’s Burial
Ghost town as commercial activity was barred from 8pm until 4 am today. Activities within the Kumasi metropolis are expected to bounce back today, following the burial of the late queen mother, Nana...
Executioners Scare Mourners
Scores of mourners who besieged the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi yesterday were scared to the marrow following the emergence of traditional palace executioners, who were dressed in a scary manner as if...
Kumasi Goes Dead As Otumfuo Buries Mother
The capital of the Ashanti Region, Kumasi, was virtually a ghost town yesterday following an order from the Manhyia Palace that residents should stay indoors owing to the funeral of the departed...