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Fante Confederacy
The Fante Confederacy (also called a confederation, federation, and other similar terms) powerful alliance of small kingdoms and autonomous city-states in what is now coastal Ghana, united by the Fante people. Centered on the political and spiritual hub of Mankessim, the confederacy emerged in the late 17th century as a major regional force. It expanded through diplomacy, warfare, and trade alliances to incorporate multiple neighboring states and played a decisive role in shaping the Gold Coast's political landscape. At its height, the Fante Confederacy controlled key coastal trade routes and ports such as Anomabo, which became the most important center on the coast. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Fante played a crucial role as middlemen in the Atlantic trade, controlling access between inland states and European merchants along the coast. Ports such as Anomabo flourished under Fante control, becoming key centers for the export of enslaved people and goods. Their str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denkyira
Denkyira (also known as Denkira, Denchira, Inguira, or Dinkira) was a powerful Akan kingdom that rose to prominence in precolonial Ghana, dominating large parts of the forest zone in the south-central Gold Coast. Centered around its capital at Abankeseso, Denkyira emerged as a leading gold-producing polity and a formidable military power, particularly during the 17th century. It wielded considerable influence over neighboring states such as Adansi, Sefwi , Aowin, Wassa, Assin, Twifo, and Kwaman, and played a critical role in shaping regional trade and warfare. In 1701, Denkyira was defeated by the Asante Empire and became a vassal. After a failed rebellion in 1824, the Denkyirahene and his people escaped south of the Ofin River, and maintain a non-sovereign monarchy based in Dunkwa to the present day. History Origins and ancestry Oral traditions trace Denkyira’s ancestral roots to Bonoman in the forest–savanna transition zone of what is now southern Ghana, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth
A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth or the common wealth – echoed in the modern synonym "public wealth"), it comes from the old meaning of "wealth", which is "well-being", and was deemed analogous to the Latin ''res publica''. The term literally meant "common well-being". In the 17th century, the definition of "commonwealth" expanded from its original sense of " public welfare" or " commonweal" to mean "a state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state". The term evolved to become a title to a number of political entities. Three countries – Australia, the Bahamas, and Dominica – have the official title "Commonwealth", as do four U.S. states and two U.S. territories. Since the early 20th century, the term has been used to name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agona Swedru
Agona Swedru is a town and the capital of Agona West Municipal District, a district in the Central Region, Ghana, Central Region of south Ghana. Agona Swedru has a 2010 Human settlement, settlement population of about 55,239 people. Akwambo is the main festival celebrated by the people of Agona Swedru and it is celebrated in the month of August. Agona Swedru is popularly known for the planting trading of plantain. The name `Swedru` was originated from the planting of plantain within the town. There are two public senior high schools located in the Agona Swedru, namely; Swedru Senior High and Swedru School of Business. Economy # Farming # Trading See also *Agona West Municipal District *Central Region, Ghana, Central Region References External linksAgona West Municipal District website Populated places in the Central Region (Ghana) {{CentralRegionGH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assin District
Assin District is a former district that was located in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However, in August 2004, it was split off into two new districts: Assin North District (now currently known as Assin Central Municipal District; capital: Assin Fosu) and Assin South District (capital: Nsuaem Kyekyewere). The district assembly was located in the northwest part of Central Region and had Assin Fosu Assin Fosu is the capital of Assin Fosu Municipal Assembly, in the Central Region of Ghana.Central Region (Ghana) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a city and the capital of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Cape Coast Metropolitan District and the Central Region (Ghana), Central Region of Ghana, Ghana. It is located about from Sekondi-Takoradi and approximately from Accra. The city is one of the most historically significant settlements in Ghana. As of the 2010 census, Cape Coast has a population of 108,374 people. The majority of people who lived in the city are Fante people, Fante. The city was once the capital of the Fetu Kingdom, an aboriginal Guang people, Guan kingdom located north of Cape Coast. Once the Europeans arrived, they established the Cape Coast Castle, which eventually went under the hands of the British Empire, British who named the castle and its surrounding settlement the headquarters of the Royal African Company. Cape Coast became the capital of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast from 1821 until 1877, where it was transferred to Accra. Cape Coast is a educational hub in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsi Kingdom
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Assin
The Assin (also known as Asin and Asen) are an ethnic group of the Akan people and Guan (Etsii) people who live in Ghana. The Assin people live predominantly in the Central Region of Ghana. The capital of the Assin district is Assin Foso Assin Fosu is the capital of Assin Fosu Municipal Assembly, in the Central Region, Ghana, Central Region of Ghana.Cape Coast-Kumasi Highway, with Assin Manso as their capital city. The Assin Attendansu (or Atandanso) live to the west of the Highway, with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Gold Coast
The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea'') was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch (ethnic group), Dutch, beginning in 1612. The Dutch began trading in the area around 1598, joining the Portuguese which had a trading post there since the late 1400s. Eventually, the Dutch Gold Coast became the most important Dutch colony in West Africa after Battle of Elmina (1637), Fort Elmina was captured from the Portugal, Portuguese in 1637, but fell into disarray after the abolition of slavery timeline, abolition of the slave trade in the early 19th century. On 6 April 1872, the Dutch Gold Coast was, in accordance with the Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–71, ceded to the United Kingdom. History The Dutch settle on the Gold Coast The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in contemporary Ghana. By 1471, they had reached the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast (British Colony)
The Gold Coast was a British Empire, British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. The term Gold Coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the administration of the Governor of the Gold Coast. These were the Gold Coast itself, Ashanti (Crown Colony), Ashanti, the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Northern Territories protectorate and the British Togoland, British Togoland trust territory. The first European explorers to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil. In 1483, the Portuguese came to the continent for increased trade. They built the Castle of Elmina, the first European settlement on the Gold Coast. From here they acquired slavery, slaves and gold in trade for European goods, such as metal knives, beads, mirrors, rum, and guns. News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komenda Wars
The Komenda Wars were a series of wars from 1694 until 1700 largely between the Dutch West India Company and the English Royal African Company in the Eguafo Kingdom in the present day state of Ghana, over trade rights. The Dutch were trying to keep the English out of the region to maintain a trade monopoly, while the English were attempting to re-establish a fort in the city of Komenda. The fighting included forces of the Dutch West India Company, the Royal African Company, the Eguafo Kingdom, a prince of the kingdom attempting to rise to the throne, the forces of a powerful merchant named John Cabess, other Akan tribes and kingdoms like Twifo and Denkyira. There were four separate periods of warfare, including a civil war in the Eguafo Kingdom, and the wars ended with the English placing Takyi Kuma into power in Eguafo. Because of the rapidly shifting alliances between European and African powers, historian John Thornton has found that "there is no finer example of hecom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fetu Kingdom
The Kingdom of Fetu (also spelled Effutu or Afutu) was a Guan-Akan state located along the central coast of present-day Ghana, near modern Cape Coast. Emerging as a distinct polity in the 15th century, Fetu developed into a small but influential kingdom that played a central role in early Atlantic trade on the Gold Coast. Though originally founded by Guan-speaking migrants, Fetu became culturally and politically integrated into the wider Akan world, adopting matrilineal inheritance, asafo military companies, and court institutions characteristic of Akan polities. From the late 15th century onward, Fetu maintained complex relations with European powers—particularly the Portuguese, Dutch, Danes, and English—leveraging its strategic position near the fortress of Elmina. It served as a key broker between inland Akan gold traders and European merchants. The kingdom is noted for resisting Portuguese monopolistic ambitions and periodically allying with rival European powers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomoa District
Gomoa District is a former district that was located in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 29 February 2008, it was split off into two new districts: Gomoa West District (capital: Apam) and Gomoa East District (capital: Gomoa Afransi). The district assembly was located in the southeast part of Central Region and had Apam as its capital town. History Gomoa District was mainly inhabited by the Akan-subgroup Fantes. The inhabitants were mainly farmers and fishermen. Apam was the capital of Gomoa District. The native name for this region was “Apaa.” Most of the people living in Apam were engaged in the fishing industry, supplying the land-locked villages surrounding it with fish. There was also a vibrant salt industry in Apam, in which salt is got from the lagoon. There is a secondary school and a hospital that serves the people of Apam and the surrounding areas. One of the main attractions in Apam is a fort built b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
