Statecraft & Independence
Peerless
Osei Tutu I
1660 – 1717
Founded the Asante Empire, and received the Golden Stool
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Why they are here
With the priest Okomfo Anokye he welded the Asante states into one empire, and the Golden Stool that came down at his feet has held the soul of the nation ever since.
Osei Kofi Tutu I founded the Asante Kingdom with the priest Okomfo Anokye, and was its first Asantehene.
By tradition Okomfo Anokye called down the Sika Dwa Kofi, the Golden Stool, which descended and came to rest at Osei Tutu's feet. From his reign onward the Asante have held that the Stool houses the soul of the nation — which is why, two centuries later, a British governor's demand to sit on it provoked the War of the Golden Stool and Yaa Asantewaa's rising.
By tradition Okomfo Anokye called down the Sika Dwa Kofi, the Golden Stool, which descended and came to rest at Osei Tutu's feet. From his reign onward the Asante have held that the Stool houses the soul of the nation — which is why, two centuries later, a British governor's demand to sit on it provoked the War of the Golden Stool and Yaa Asantewaa's rising.
- BlackPast — The Golden Stool (17th c.–)
- Ancient Origins — The Asante Empire of Ghana and the Anglo-Asante Wars
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