Asantehene narrates events that led to the famous Sagrenti War

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Bastie Asantefourhene 3 months ago

You local champions simply met a more sophisticated, powerful bully. Hahahahahaha

You local champions simply met a more sophisticated, powerful bully. Hahahahahaha
Listo 3 months ago

True.Same way bono kingdom was destroyed by more sophistacated,powerful bullies.Shit happens

True.Same way bono kingdom was destroyed by more sophistacated,powerful bullies.Shit happens
Frank Agyena-Karikari 3 months ago

The Asantehene should also state that the then Asantehene was trying to be autocratic. So Juaben which had become fed up with the Asantehene did not offer any resistance to the British invaders so Kumasi was caught unguarded. ...
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The Asantehene should also state that the then Asantehene was trying to be autocratic. So Juaben which had become fed up with the Asantehene did not offer any resistance to the British invaders so Kumasi was caught unguarded. Every Asantehene should know and understand that he is the Paramount Chief of Kumasi and cannot lord over the other Paramount Chiefs. That is what the present Asantehene wants to do. The people of New Juaben, Kokofu, Bekwai and the other AMANTOUR States will not agree. Kwaku Dua, hasten slowly if you want Asanteman to be respected.
AB 3 months ago

It must be added that the word Sagrenti actually means Sir Garnet ( Sir Garnet Wolseley ) who was the British Governor in charge of the Gold Coast at that time. Apparently , the Ashantis could not pronounce the name well henc ...
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It must be added that the word Sagrenti actually means Sir Garnet ( Sir Garnet Wolseley ) who was the British Governor in charge of the Gold Coast at that time. Apparently , the Ashantis could not pronounce the name well hence Sagrenti
MUGU YARO 3 months ago

ACTUALLY SIR GARNET WOLSELEY WAS BROUGHT FROM INDIA TO WHIP ASHANTI ASS. HE DID WHIP ASS.

ACTUALLY SIR GARNET WOLSELEY WAS BROUGHT FROM INDIA TO WHIP ASHANTI ASS. HE DID WHIP ASS.
we also have a history to tell 3 months ago

Hahs! what a troll. You looted the entire treasury of BonoManso through unprovoked war taking away 'Sikadwa Kofi' using Baffoe Pim shenanigans as the basis for your reckless war which supposed to be solved through a family se ...
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Hahs! what a troll. You looted the entire treasury of BonoManso through unprovoked war taking away 'Sikadwa Kofi' using Baffoe Pim shenanigans as the basis for your reckless war which supposed to be solved through a family settlement. Today you're blaming everyone for your losses. What is good for the goose is good for the gander
Listo 3 months ago

Any proof that artefacts were looted from Bonoman?You shouldn't be talking about unprovoked war as though Bonoman never started wars before Ashanti kingdom was born.

Any proof that artefacts were looted from Bonoman?You shouldn't be talking about unprovoked war as though Bonoman never started wars before Ashanti kingdom was born.
Tokugawah 3 months ago

The Asantehene is completely distorting history. In 1810 the Asantehene Kwame Osei attacked and conquered the Fantes. He said he is as big as the largest fish in the sea, Bonsu, and renamed himself Kwame Osei Bonsu. He captur ...
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The Asantehene is completely distorting history. In 1810 the Asantehene Kwame Osei attacked and conquered the Fantes. He said he is as big as the largest fish in the sea, Bonsu, and renamed himself Kwame Osei Bonsu. He captured the Elmia Castle and would have taken the castle to Kumasi if Instead he demanded an annuity al rent of £80 from the Dutch who occupied the Elmina Castle. In 1872 the Dutch wanted to leave the Gold Coast and sold their possessions including the Elmina Castle to the British who did not pay the rent. The Asantes attacked the British with a large force of 100,000 and the British brought in Sir Garnet Wolseley, a General with a great deal of war experience. He brought in a machine with circular saw to clear the bush road to Kumasi to enable his troops to march speedily and built 250 bridges to enable his 7 mm and 32 mm cannons cross the rivers. In 3 months he conquered and burnt down Kumasi. Kofi Karikari, the Asantehene ran from Kumasi but the British accepted his pleas for peace and at the Treaty of Fomena the Ashantes were deprived of all their territories and were to pay reparations of 50,000 ounces of gold. This was never paid. Kofi Karikari was destooled after the war and Treaty.
Some of these old players 3 months ago

Mo d33,gyimiiii n inferiority complex...so they should've sat down for the white man to be bringing lies cheating and looting ...they came and told you your religion and your type of ruling was wrong theirs was better..3n3 y3 ...
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Mo d33,gyimiiii n inferiority complex...so they should've sat down for the white man to be bringing lies cheating and looting ...they came and told you your religion and your type of ruling was wrong theirs was better..3n3 y3 n3...continue to be a slave and praise your master...wish all the tribes had joined Asantes to fight..atleast, they were smart.
seth 3 months ago

Of all the tribes in the area no one captured and sold their fellow African into slavery like the Ashantis. Many of the wars that they fought with the British was to get them to refrain from this abominable activity.
Shame a ...
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Of all the tribes in the area no one captured and sold their fellow African into slavery like the Ashantis. Many of the wars that they fought with the British was to get them to refrain from this abominable activity.
Shame and remorse are what they should be talkimg about, not glory.
Wise Kingdom 3 months ago

Ashantis never sold a single slave to Europeans. Ashanti came into being in 1700. Europeans captured ghanaians to overseas for slavery 200 years before Ashanti tribe was formed. In logical sense Ashanti could not be the tribe ...
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Ashantis never sold a single slave to Europeans. Ashanti came into being in 1700. Europeans captured ghanaians to overseas for slavery 200 years before Ashanti tribe was formed. In logical sense Ashanti could not be the tribe that gave people to Europeans. Ashanti tribe was enemy of white men in Ghana. Ashanti tribe was victim of slavery. White men captured Ashanti people into slavery by the help of other Ghanaian tribes. Use common sense, if you have brains
Zuu 3 months ago

I don't think nana knows any Abt history

I don't think nana knows any Abt history
Benjamin Netanyahu 3 months ago

So you were beaten. Kafra. Was the destruction like Gaza? However, the Britished should not have whipped Yaa Asantewaa's ass terribly like that on the way to the Seychelles Islands

So you were beaten. Kafra. Was the destruction like Gaza? However, the Britished should not have whipped Yaa Asantewaa's ass terribly like that on the way to the Seychelles Islands
Bastie Asantefourhene 3 months ago

Yaa asantewaah was a mistress to the British officers in Seychelles. They fucked her brutal

Yaa asantewaah was a mistress to the British officers in Seychelles. They fucked her brutal
Az 3 months ago

Your fore bears were probably watching and masturbating to that.

Your fore bears were probably watching and masturbating to that.
Kwaku Aputae and Kwadwo Tsibu 3 months ago

Yaa Asantewaa's vagina was smelling bad bad but Sagrenti didn't mind. He covered his nose with kontomire leaf

Yaa Asantewaa's vagina was smelling bad bad but Sagrenti didn't mind. He covered his nose with kontomire leaf
Cuss 3 months ago

Yourgresy great grandfather must have been eating it to know how it smelt.He then went to kiss your great great grandmother. As a result folks in your family have swollen lips whuch became part of your genes.hahahahahahaha

Yourgresy great grandfather must have been eating it to know how it smelt.He then went to kiss your great great grandmother. As a result folks in your family have swollen lips whuch became part of your genes.hahahahahahaha
British Murderer of Ashantes. 3 months ago

You were severely defeated so why are you still talking about this war? Sometimes I don't understand Africans because they confirm what other races say about them having low IQ and being brain dead. This is a sad war for Asha ...
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You were severely defeated so why are you still talking about this war? Sometimes I don't understand Africans because they confirm what other races say about them having low IQ and being brain dead. This is a sad war for Ashantes because many many Ashantes were BAYONETED to death with their blood flowing and women crying. Ashantes couldn't find any place to sleep because during this war Obroni burnt down the whole Kumasi. Then the Asantehene residence itself, the Royal Palace was burnt down, before their treasures stolen. All these while, the British soldiers were laughing and taking pictures of the things they have destroyed and looted, and sending photos home to laugh at another savage primitive African tribe vanquished. But still Ashantes can't feel the disrespect and shame about this, especially as in the Southern Ghana, another Ghanaian tribe trounced the British when they attacked, and the British left never to come back. So why why is an Asantehene still talking about this war, this great British Victory? Have you seen the Americans talking about the battles they have lost before, like Vietnam war where they lost? Every country talks about wars they have won. So why are Ashantes still having low iqs and the ones with higher iqs are the ones born and living in Accra? Asantefour , oh my God it's terrible
Some of these old players 3 months ago

This shows how stupid and dumb you are.Have you heard victory speech being given?.we talk about ,events to remember the gallant effort Our forefathers gave to that war...how the resisted...Dumb ppl like you are the ones who a ...
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This shows how stupid and dumb you are.Have you heard victory speech being given?.we talk about ,events to remember the gallant effort Our forefathers gave to that war...how the resisted...Dumb ppl like you are the ones who always paint the world a rosy place fir their kids and families..there are up and downs in life,your share both for ppl to learn from it...dummy
United Nations 3 months ago

Thank you Bossu. The Ashantes resisted like Hamas. But the way they were beaten severely was very bad. Not good at all. Like a genocide

Thank you Bossu. The Ashantes resisted like Hamas. But the way they were beaten severely was very bad. Not good at all. Like a genocide
Captain planet 3 months ago

Riddle, riddle. What tribe in Ghana was defeated by the Ashanti's, warriors from Benin, 180 German soldiers, inherited by the French and the British as spoils of war. But behave like educated, brave and civilised people but ...
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Riddle, riddle. What tribe in Ghana was defeated by the Ashanti's, warriors from Benin, 180 German soldiers, inherited by the French and the British as spoils of war. But behave like educated, brave and civilised people but they are far from this virtues.
seth 3 months ago

No such defeat ever happened!

No such defeat ever happened!
judischrislam 3 months ago

The Asanteman and for that matter other parts of Africa and the New world had fallen as victims of the the "Doctrine of Discovery." This doctrine allowed the so called Christian nation to claim the lands of societies that we ...
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The Asanteman and for that matter other parts of Africa and the New world had fallen as victims of the the "Doctrine of Discovery." This doctrine allowed the so called Christian nation to claim the lands of societies that were non Christians by any means.
The native Americans have taken the Pope to task on this issue.
OZYMANDIAS 3 months ago

International Thieves.
The British are universally known for their stealing and looting of valuable items from the land they attacked. Now that everyone knows how perfidious the British naturally are, no one respects them a ...
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International Thieves.
The British are universally known for their stealing and looting of valuable items from the land they attacked. Now that everyone knows how perfidious the British naturally are, no one respects them anymore. The “ Great” no longer reflects what their country has become. Lazy fools who think they can now survive without the input of the very people they stole from.
Kwadwo 3 months ago

@Ozy kwaseato! What improvement did our useless chiefs ever did to improve our lives? No sooner had the Brits got rid of the murderous, slave trading wankers like Kofi Karikari and useless Prempeh than they brough a modicum ...
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@Ozy kwaseato! What improvement did our useless chiefs ever did to improve our lives? No sooner had the Brits got rid of the murderous, slave trading wankers like Kofi Karikari and useless Prempeh than they brough a modicum of civilisation to Ashanti. Now, at least they invented, telephone, trains, electricity, toothbrush, computers, steam engine, spinning ginny, antibiotics, television, etc. What in God's name did any of our useless slave trading Kings ever left us. Even Manhyia Palace as it stands now was built by them instead of the primitive wattle and daub shit hole that Karikari and Prempeh lived in cramped with human fucking skills slaughtered by them for human sacrifice stinking to high heavens?
Bastie Asantefourhene 3 months ago

Oxymandias the Asante dog. You’re now writing in the language of the “thieves “ akoa agyimi . The British did Ghana a great favour

Oxymandias the Asante dog. You’re now writing in the language of the “thieves “ akoa agyimi . The British did Ghana a great favour
Kwami - US 3 months ago

So where were Warrior Wontumi and his Soldiers hiding then? Maybe in his galamsey hole! What is the title of the book that was launched during the just ended 150 years celebration? “ The Fall and Rise of The Ashanti or The ...
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So where were Warrior Wontumi and his Soldiers hiding then? Maybe in his galamsey hole! What is the title of the book that was launched during the just ended 150 years celebration? “ The Fall and Rise of The Ashanti or The Rise and Fall of The Ashantis”! Just curious
Kwame 3 months ago

The Anglo Saxons believe that the world and the people living therein starting from Richard the Lionheart are their property.
Since that is the belief of the Anglo Saxon he murdered the natives of America, Australia, New Zea ...
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The Anglo Saxons believe that the world and the people living therein starting from Richard the Lionheart are their property.
Since that is the belief of the Anglo Saxon he murdered the natives of America, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, among others took possession of their land and properties.
Those who escaped from being assassinated, murdered and maimed were put into concentration camps.
In 2003 Anglo Saxons resolved and decided to occupy Iraq and steal her natural resources.
They then accused Saddam Hussein of having tons of weapons of mass destruction.
They assassinated, murdered and maimed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
In the Iraqi port city of Basra and in the Basra Delta, they exterminated all the Negro population there, who are my relatives.
seth 3 months ago

What everyone is hiding about the many wars that the Ashantis fought with the British is that, the British wanted the Ashantis to stop capturing and selling people into slavery. This was after the trade and practice were abol ...
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What everyone is hiding about the many wars that the Ashantis fought with the British is that, the British wanted the Ashantis to stop capturing and selling people into slavery. This was after the trade and practice were abolished internationally. The Ashantis won't stop and therefore, the many wars. Even a prominent Ashanti chief wrote to his British trading partners to disregard the Abolishment of Slave Trade and so they could continue with the horrendous trade. Also the Brtish were very much against rampant human sacrifice parctices by the Ashantis. Indeed, the treaty that the Ashanti had to sign, after they were vanquished in the Sagrenti war, specifically obliged them to stop among others, also this horrible human sacrifice tradition.
We need to be telling the truth and not falsifying history!!!!
Twum 3 months ago

Hearing the comments of the Asantehene means Ghana is at the crossroad of big social challenges. Ghanaians have to be alert. The Asantehene seems not to mince his words anymore, setting dangerous precedent.
It’s about ti ...
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Hearing the comments of the Asantehene means Ghana is at the crossroad of big social challenges. Ghanaians have to be alert. The Asantehene seems not to mince his words anymore, setting dangerous precedent.
It’s about time the state begin to take things seriously to regulate chieftaincy.
1. No chief should have any authority beyond his regional boundaries.
2. No chief should serve any state or stool beyond his or her regional boundaries.
Chieftaincy should be made to adhere to constitutional measures. No inflammatory language from chiefdoms.
Mpa 3 months ago

Was he there when it happens he's narrating history as he was there. Asantes never won a war only the dankyeras they got

Was he there when it happens he's narrating history as he was there. Asantes never won a war only the dankyeras they got
Emmanuel Adasibo Asumadu 3 months ago

The heading should be infamous barbarian Sagrenti war. Any blackman who supports British wars against the Asante are traitors to Africa Unity the causes of Africa underdevelopment hence they will forever suffer the wrath of A ...
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The heading should be infamous barbarian Sagrenti war. Any blackman who supports British wars against the Asante are traitors to Africa Unity the causes of Africa underdevelopment hence they will forever suffer the wrath of ALMIGHTY LORD through Holy Tano, Antoa Nyama, Boakoduro, Mim Buo, Bobo, Kankan Nyame, Oson and all deities of the world. AMEN
Emmanuel Adasibo Asumadu 3 months ago

The heading should be infamous barbarian Sagrenti war. Any blackman who supports British wars against the Asante are traitors to Africa Unity the causes of Africa underdevelopment hence they will forever suffer the wrath of A ...
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The heading should be infamous barbarian Sagrenti war. Any blackman who supports British wars against the Asante are traitors to Africa Unity the causes of Africa underdevelopment hence they will forever suffer the wrath of ALMIGHTY LORD through Holy Tano, Antoa Nyama, Boakoduro, Mim Buo, Bobo, Kankan Nyame, Oson and all deities of the world. AMEN
British Murderer of Ashantes. 3 months ago

The British murdered a lot of Ashantes, they killed thousands at once with cannons while they were unarmed and were screaming, and they raped a lot of Ashante women and afterwards killed them . Then they matched to to the so ...
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The British murdered a lot of Ashantes, they killed thousands at once with cannons while they were unarmed and were screaming, and they raped a lot of Ashante women and afterwards killed them . Then they matched to to the so called Asantehene palace who they allowed to escape and stole everything important there while laughing at this primitive weak tribe. Then they burnt Otumfuor palace down whiles laughing and singing British songs. 150 years later, instead of Asantehene commemorating the Sacking of Kumasi and Manhyia and Massacre of Ashante, he's rather celebrating the event called SAGRENTI WAR. AND BROTHER SAGRENTI WAR BY ITS WORD AND EVENT MEANS TOTAL MURDEROUS BRITISH VICTORY. ARE YOU NUTS? CELEBRATE THE SACKING OF KUMASI AS A SAD EVENT BUT SAGRENTI WAR WAS WHEN ASHANTES WERE MOWED DOWN BY MR GARNETT WOLSELEY CANNONS . AND ASHANTES TOO STILL THINK THEY ARE SMART TODAY? HAHAHAHA. APUUUUUUUU
Asikan 3 months ago

Sagrenti war, what war was that?
Ghana was was not anywhere near Sagrenti.

Sagrenti war, what war was that?
Ghana was was not anywhere near Sagrenti.
King 3 months ago

We are thinking of living standards you are fooling around with old war stories.

We are thinking of living standards you are fooling around with old war stories.
Ex-Pope 3 months ago

And what led to the Schapps War?

And what led to the Schapps War?
Stone Age Africans 3 months ago

Even today Africans still believe in their primitive inhumane and human sacrifice religion.

Even today Africans still believe in their primitive inhumane and human sacrifice religion.

Asantehene narrates events that led to the famous Sagrenti War

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