Anyinam is a town and capital of the
Atiwa East District
Atiwa East District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and share ...
located in the
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of
Ghana
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.
Anyinam is the birthplace of
Osei Tutu
Osei Kofi Tutu I ( – ) was one of the founders of the Ashanti Empire, assisted by Okomfo Anokye, his chief priest. He led an alliance of Asante states against Denkyira, the regional hegemon, defeating them at the 1701 Battle of Feyiase. H ...
. According to
Gus Casely-Hayford
Augustus Lavinus Casely-Hayford (born 1964) is a British curator, cultural historian, broadcaster and lecturer with ancestral Ghanaian roots in the Casely-Hayford family.
He is presently the Director of V&A East and was formerly the Directo ...
, "Today Anyinam remains sacred to the
Asante
Asante may refer to:
*Asante people, an ethnic group in Ghana
*Asante Empire
*Asante (name)
*Asante dialect, a dialect of the Akan languages
* Asante Kotoko S.C., a Ghanaian professional association football club
*Asante (album), 1974 jazz album b ...
." The village contains a shrine in commemoration of Osei Tutu's birth.
References
Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana)
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