The Story of Badu Bonsu II: The King whose head was kept in a jar for over a century

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Kwabina Ebo 1 year ago

So why are we not telling these stories at schools?

So why are we not telling these stories at schools?
Mahama will not reduce rent, electricity, food, fuel prices 1 year ago

The alpha number is 1. God has ordained this number for victory. Any one who wants personal blessings from God, and economic turnaround should vote for number 1.

The alpha number is 1. God has ordained this number for victory. Any one who wants personal blessings from God, and economic turnaround should vote for number 1.
nana 1 year ago

You are sick, NPP is collapsing the economy and yet you want us to vote for them. My friend change your mind, someone shoild go and another to come .

You are sick, NPP is collapsing the economy and yet you want us to vote for them. My friend change your mind, someone shoild go and another to come .
Sul 1 year ago

YOU FOLLOW POLITICS AND PLAY WITH GOD.....HE WILL ONE DAY ASK YOU WHERE HE TOLD YOU 1 IS HIS NUMBER AND THAT TIME BAWUMIA WILL NOT EVEN KNOW YOU DID THAT STUPID ANALYSIS FOR HIM

YOU FOLLOW POLITICS AND PLAY WITH GOD.....HE WILL ONE DAY ASK YOU WHERE HE TOLD YOU 1 IS HIS NUMBER AND THAT TIME BAWUMIA WILL NOT EVEN KNOW YOU DID THAT STUPID ANALYSIS FOR HIM
L 1 year ago

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Ebony 1 year ago

There comes a member of the nation wreckers brigade. If you didn't see GHc 3.38 to a dollar under JDM tenure then you should see GHc16 to a dollar in the midget and the clown tenure.
Idiots and beneficiaries are going to vo ...
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There comes a member of the nation wreckers brigade. If you didn't see GHc 3.38 to a dollar under JDM tenure then you should see GHc16 to a dollar in the midget and the clown tenure.
Idiots and beneficiaries are going to vote for bawumia and the loose nose and mouth napo
Ernestine Sackey 1 year ago

NPP IS THE BEST PARTY.

NPP IS THE BEST PARTY.
DotCom 1 year ago

If these criminals are the best the NPP can produce, then God help us. I am sure we have better, honest and dedicated Ghanaians who are ready to carry on the mantle. Where have you been for the past eight years? Haven’t you ...
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If these criminals are the best the NPP can produce, then God help us. I am sure we have better, honest and dedicated Ghanaians who are ready to carry on the mantle. Where have you been for the past eight years? Haven’t you seen the scale of corruption in the country? Haven’t you seen the lawlessness where everybody does what he or she wants? Haven’t you seen or heard of the unlawful killings and arrests? Haven’t you seen the exorbitant costs of school fees, medicines, food, etc? Wake up my friend and vote the NPP out, they are a disaster.
Dedicate 1 year ago

Say it again!!!

Say it again!!!
SAMO KO WOKROM 1 year ago

SECONDI-TAKORADI IS AHANTA LAND NOT FOR FANTI'S.
FANTI'S ARE PURE IMMIGRANTS TO SECONDI-TAKORADI.

SECONDI-TAKORADI IS AHANTA LAND NOT FOR FANTI'S.
FANTI'S ARE PURE IMMIGRANTS TO SECONDI-TAKORADI.
James Afful 1 year ago

...but who contends it is for Fantis? We never lay claim to it

...but who contends it is for Fantis? We never lay claim to it
.com 1 year ago

We will not give the gold to the whiteman because it is not for free. But they should help us to develop.

We will not give the gold to the whiteman because it is not for free. But they should help us to develop.
Dean 1 year ago

This story is factually inaccurate. Badu Bonsu was killed in an ambush by a duch official at a place called poase a suburb of sekondi.

There is more to this story than what is here

This story is factually inaccurate. Badu Bonsu was killed in an ambush by a duch official at a place called poase a suburb of sekondi.

There is more to this story than what is here
Pelicles 1 year ago

So, tell us the real story.

So, tell us the real story.
Badu Nyewae 1 year ago

Badu Bonus was not killed in an ambush. He was captured in the ambush and sent to Busua where he was tortured to death
Several of his sub chiefs were taken to Surinam which was a Dutch colony

Badu Bonus was not killed in an ambush. He was captured in the ambush and sent to Busua where he was tortured to death
Several of his sub chiefs were taken to Surinam which was a Dutch colony
Yohanes, NYC 1 year ago

That’s right. The account of Ahantas carried away as captives to Surinam has historical and modern proofs. Day names in Surinam is similar to the Ahantas. Eg Kofi, Afiba, etc

That’s right. The account of Ahantas carried away as captives to Surinam has historical and modern proofs. Day names in Surinam is similar to the Ahantas. Eg Kofi, Afiba, etc
Godson Tengey. 1 year ago

The Akans always had the Europeans executing them and embarrassing them. Kofi Karikari , former Asantehene head was also sent to a European museum. The British took the Asantehene Royal Throne and sent Yaa Asantewa, Otumfuor ...
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The Akans always had the Europeans executing them and embarrassing them. Kofi Karikari , former Asantehene head was also sent to a European museum. The British took the Asantehene Royal Throne and sent Yaa Asantewa, Otumfuor and most of the Kumasi Chiefs to die in Seychelles. The British burnt down Kumasi totally three times, and then burnt down Burnt down Manhyia after looting everything expensive there, once. Iw was only LA the British couldn't burnt down and destroy after their conflict. What a calamity, awurade
Hunter 1 year ago

YOU LA IDIOT!!! THE NAMES OF AKANS ARE WRITTEN IN HISTORY BOOKS FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND FIGHTING SPIRIT. IF YOU KILL 1000 ANOTHER 1000 WILL RISE UP AGAIN. THAT IS US!!! GENERATIONS OF AKAN CHILDREN WILL READ AND LEARN HOW BRAVE ...
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YOU LA IDIOT!!! THE NAMES OF AKANS ARE WRITTEN IN HISTORY BOOKS FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND FIGHTING SPIRIT. IF YOU KILL 1000 ANOTHER 1000 WILL RISE UP AGAIN. THAT IS US!!! GENERATIONS OF AKAN CHILDREN WILL READ AND LEARN HOW BRAVE AND STRONG THEIR FORE FATHERS AND MOTHERS WERE. THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE FOR THEM TO LIVE A FREE LIFE AND PROUD OF THEIR LEGACY AS AKAN CHILDREN. THERE IS NO EMBARRASSMENT ONLY SENSE OF PRIDE AS AKANS!!! WE THANK OUR FORE FATHERS AND MOTHERS FOR THEIR BRAVERY. WE ARE FREE AND PROUD TODAY BECAUSE OF THEM!!!

WHAT ABOUT YOU??? YOUR CHILDREN WILL COME AND LEARN HOW TO SHIT BY THE BEACH SIDE. NO LEGACY OR ANYTHING TO BE PROUD OF.
Knowledge 1 year ago

@hunter you are village idiot and lack simple comprehension. I’ve travelled extensively across the country and all the villages and towns including your village they shit in the bush just behind their filthy homes. Accra is ...
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@hunter you are village idiot and lack simple comprehension. I’ve travelled extensively across the country and all the villages and towns including your village they shit in the bush just behind their filthy homes. Accra is Ghana and Ghana is Accra. Period
Hunter 1 year ago

ACCRA IS GHANA AND GHANA IS ACCRA HAHAHHAHA WHO CARES??? AFTER ALL YOU GAS HAVE SOLD YOUR HERITAGE FOR NOKOFIO. YOU SLEEP OUTSIDE ON BENCHES WHILES FOREIGNERS LIKE AKANS AND NIGERIANS SLEEP INSIDE ON BEDS.

YOU LIVE ON YOU ...
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ACCRA IS GHANA AND GHANA IS ACCRA HAHAHHAHA WHO CARES??? AFTER ALL YOU GAS HAVE SOLD YOUR HERITAGE FOR NOKOFIO. YOU SLEEP OUTSIDE ON BENCHES WHILES FOREIGNERS LIKE AKANS AND NIGERIANS SLEEP INSIDE ON BEDS.

YOU LIVE ON YOUR OWN LANDS AS SLAVES AND CANT EVEN AFFORD TO BUY LANDS AND HOUSES IN DOLLARS. IS THIS THE ACCRA YOU ARE PROUD OF?HAHAHAHA
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO EAT KENKEY AND PEPPER FOR LONG. AND SHIT BY THE BEACHES. HAHAHAHA
Bravo to Ahantas 1 year ago

This is the kind of stories we want to hear, not who sold his soul to the colonizers for tea and sugar.

This is the kind of stories we want to hear, not who sold his soul to the colonizers for tea and sugar.
Godson Tengey. 1 year ago

@Hunter,by the way the Gas haven't lost their lands at all. They are only leased as determined by the long laws of the State. So stop tickling yourself that if you buy a land in Accra, then it's yours for good so the Gas have ...
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@Hunter,by the way the Gas haven't lost their lands at all. They are only leased as determined by the long laws of the State. So stop tickling yourself that if you buy a land in Accra, then it's yours for good so the Gas have lost all lands for good. You are a big fool . You mean somebody who was living with Obroni for centuries and enlightened and will sell their lands for good, lost all their lands to villagers from the bushes where Obroni wasn't residing and were extremely backward. Come on, how can an enlightened man lose their lands for good to villagers? Please come again
Nii Amoah 1 year ago

Oh really? That guy was only mentioning history and mentioned La and am not sure he's from there. But hey without them , the whole Africa won't have been free from the white man's colonial yoke. That's why Kwame Nkrumah himse ...
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Oh really? That guy was only mentioning history and mentioned La and am not sure he's from there. But hey without them , the whole Africa won't have been free from the white man's colonial yoke. That's why Kwame Nkrumah himself allowed the red fowl, the La totem to represent the CPP Flag and the CPP flag this became the first political flag to have kicked white colonial rule for black Africa . Tell me which tribe was ever able to do that. All you guys Akans, Ibos, Yorubas, Mende, Luo, all of you were walloped by OBRONI that's why you couldn't fight him to gain independence first for black Africa but the only British succumbed in Accra during the 1856 poll tax conflict which made the British to subsequently allow Ghana to get Independence early. Please please who are you again? Shitting at the British? Oh mine, the whites were in Accra with toilets long again until you guys came from the bush to shit at the beaches of Accra. Which people live in the kiosks dotted all over Accra? And which people lives in the uncompleted buildings dotted all over Accra? It's you guys and the same guys who go to shit at the beaches. Please can you go back to live in your hometown? We will pay you monthly for that okay
Spazza 1 year ago

People are really dying of jealousy in Ghana...hahaha.Not our fault if history doesnt regard you cowards with the IQ of cretins...hahaha

People are really dying of jealousy in Ghana...hahaha.Not our fault if history doesnt regard you cowards with the IQ of cretins...hahaha
Kofi Ghanaba 1 year ago

The Dutch and other colonists like the British and the French kept heads of African chiefs who resisted them.Many can be found in their museums.The Dutch descendants in South Africa called Afrikaners instituted Apartheid in S ...
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The Dutch and other colonists like the British and the French kept heads of African chiefs who resisted them.Many can be found in their museums.The Dutch descendants in South Africa called Afrikaners instituted Apartheid in South Africa.The Afrikaners later realized they were not pure white.They had children with black South Africans.
Sul 1 year ago

WHAT SENSE PAAAA DOES THIS MAKE FOR US

WHAT SENSE PAAAA DOES THIS MAKE FOR US
Kwame Angel 1 year ago

And the Dutch also came with the Bible.

And the Dutch also came with the Bible.
Joyce 1 year ago

Kwame don't let them deceive u, Christianity comes from Africa, read ur bible well nd do researching, that's what they want us to believe, that they ar superior in everything

Kwame don't let them deceive u, Christianity comes from Africa, read ur bible well nd do researching, that's what they want us to believe, that they ar superior in everything
Dada 1 year ago

No Bible came from Africa. It came to enslave Africans. Have you heard of the slave Bible? It was typically written for enslaved Africans. Obey your master even if they are cruel to you. Wonder why Nana is a slave to the impe ...
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No Bible came from Africa. It came to enslave Africans. Have you heard of the slave Bible? It was typically written for enslaved Africans. Obey your master even if they are cruel to you. Wonder why Nana is a slave to the imperialists? The bible only brought calamities to Africa.
You're an IDIOT if you didn't know this! 1 year ago

AFRICANS KNEW CHRISTIANITY BEFORE EUROPEANS. You only need to among the knowledgeable to get this.

AFRICANS KNEW CHRISTIANITY BEFORE EUROPEANS. You only need to among the knowledgeable to get this.
Cudjoe USA 1 year ago

Now talk about the Ashanti king who's head has been chop off and kept in Bono

Now talk about the Ashanti king who's head has been chop off and kept in Bono
Citizen8 1 year ago

These colonial masters and their audacity. You go to someone's territory to exploit his resources with impunity, murdered him and took his head to your country.

These colonial masters and their audacity. You go to someone's territory to exploit his resources with impunity, murdered him and took his head to your country.
Ama 1 year ago

Honestly, I'm so angry. Imagine the audacity. Is just that we Africans are not united if not by now we should put this wicked people where they belong. We are still allowing them to exploit us same slavery just different met ...
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Honestly, I'm so angry. Imagine the audacity. Is just that we Africans are not united if not by now we should put this wicked people where they belong. We are still allowing them to exploit us same slavery just different methods
Abrafi 1 year ago

These were horrifying times for our Elders.Yet they prevailed!
But here we ate these days seem nothing experienced nothing yet we always complain instead of fighting to make the country better through hard work we rather hp ...
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These were horrifying times for our Elders.Yet they prevailed!
But here we ate these days seem nothing experienced nothing yet we always complain instead of fighting to make the country better through hard work we rather hp around with arrogance insulting Elders for all that they are foing
Gogomi 1 year ago

The sub-chief called Eteroe. was the precursor - in deed and in fact, to the evil "clearing agent" that we now have, misleading the country.

The sub-chief called Eteroe. was the precursor - in deed and in fact, to the evil "clearing agent" that we now have, misleading the country.
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Kofi Ghanaba 1 year ago

Christianity was introduced by the colonists after the slave trade.The Basel missionaries came in 1828.Less than 200 years.The same white man who came with the gun brought the Bible.

Christianity was introduced by the colonists after the slave trade.The Basel missionaries came in 1828.Less than 200 years.The same white man who came with the gun brought the Bible.
Samurai 1 year ago

That's one mean-assed no nonsense looking individual right there. Lots of this kind of history should be taught in our schools instead of the trash we are paying for.

That's one mean-assed no nonsense looking individual right there. Lots of this kind of history should be taught in our schools instead of the trash we are paying for.
BOY KOFI 1 year ago

I have some doubt about the supposed head of King Badu Bonsu 11.
The features on the portait seem to be a "half cast" person rather than a real Ahanta King.
I would like to know if Ghana government conducted any DNA Test to ...
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I have some doubt about the supposed head of King Badu Bonsu 11.
The features on the portait seem to be a "half cast" person rather than a real Ahanta King.
I would like to know if Ghana government conducted any DNA Test to confirm the authenticity.
Besides,the University of Lieden should give us the records pointing to the research works on the head.
What has been the response from the academics in Ghana? Tnx.

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