Nene Odonkor Azu (died in 1867 in

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) was the first '' Konor'', or

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, of the Manya Krobo and reigned 1835 until his death in 1867.Daniel Miles McFarland, ''Historical Dictionary of Ghana'',

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, 1995, p. 120.Roger Gocking, ''The History of Ghana'', Greenwood Press, 2005, p. 54. He was succeeded by Sakite I, who ruled Manya Krobo from 1867 until his death in 1890. In 1855, two

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aries, Johannes Zimmerman and C. W. Locher travelled to Odumase in the state of Krobo, 50 miles (80 km) northeast of the

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ian capital,

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, where they were warmly welcomed by Odonkor Azu, who entrusted one of his sons, Tei, to them to be baptised educated and brought up as a Christian.

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