Kujera na Zinariya

link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ashanti.svg|thumb|Tutar mutanen Ashanti da ke nuna Kujera na Zinariya a tsakiya.
Kujera na Zinariya (Ashanti-Twi: Sika dwa; cikakken suna, Sika Dwa Kofi "Kujera na Zinariya haife a ranar Juma'a") shi ne kursiyin sarauta da allahntaka na sarakunan mutanen Ashanti kuma babban alamar iko a Asante. A cewar labari, Okomfo Anokye, Babban Firist kuma daya daga cikin manyan wadanda suka kafa kungiyar Asante Confederacy, ya sa kursiyin ya sauko daga sama ya sauka kan cinyar sarkin Asante na farko, Osei Tutu.  Irin waɗannan kujerun aladu ne na alaƙar jagorancin jagora, amma an yi imanin Kujera na Zinariya yana ɗauke da ruhun al'ummar Asante - mai rai, matacce kuma har yanzu ya mutu.

 Symbology da al'ada 
Ana fahimtar kowace kujerar ruhin mai ita kuma idan ba a yi amfani da ita ba ana sanya ta a bango domin sauran rayuka da ke wucewa su huta a kanta. Kujera na Zinariya shine kursiyin sarauta kuma dole ne ya taɓa ƙasa; a maimakon haka an ɗora shi akan bargo. A lokacin rantsar da sabon sarki ana tashe shi kuma a sauke shi akan kujera ba tare da ya taɓa shi ba. Ana ɗauke da Kujera na Zinariya ga sarki a kan matashin kai, saboda Asantehene ne kaɗai aka yarda ya rike. A lokutan bukukuwa, ana sanya Kujera na Zinariya a hagu na sarki akan kursiyin kansa, hwedom dwa (Ashanti, kursiyin da ke fuskantar taron jama'a).

 Rikicin tarihi 
Yaƙe -yaƙe da yawa sun barke akan mallakar kursiyin sarauta. A cikin 1896, an kori Asantehene Prempeh I maimakon haɗarin rasa duka yaƙin da kursiyin. A cikin 1900, Sir Frederick Hodgson, Gwamnan yankin Gold Coast, ya nemi a ba shi damar zama a kan Kujera na Zinariya, kuma ya ba da umarnin a gudanar da bincike. Wannan ya haifar da tawaye da makami da aka sani da War of the Golden Stool, wanda ya haifar da haɗewar Ashanti zuwa Masarautar Burtaniya, amma ya kiyaye tsattsarkan Tsararren Zinare. A shekara ta 1921, ma'aikatan hanya na Afirka sun gano kursiyin kuma sun cire wasu kayan adon zinare. Turawan Burtaniya sun ɗauke su a cikin kariya, kafin a yi musu shari'a bisa al'adar yankin sannan aka yanke musu hukuncin kisa. Turawan Burtaniya sun shiga tsakani kuma a maimakon haka an kore kungiyar. Turawan Ingilishi sun ba da tabbacin rashin tsoma baki a kan kujerar sannan aka fito da shi daga ɓoye.

A 1935 an yi amfani da kujerar a bikin bikin nadin Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II.

 Bayyanar da gwaninta 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Childrens_Museum_of_Indianapolis_-_Queen_Mothers_stool.jpg|right|thumb|An ɗora wani kujerar Akan don mahaifiyar Sarauniya, 1940–1965, a cikin tarin Gidan Tarihin Yara na Indianapolis
Kujera na Zinariya kujera ce mai lankwasa 46 cm tsayi tare da faɗin faɗin 61 cm da zurfin 30 cm. An rufe dukkan farfajiyarta da zinariya, kuma an rataye ta da karrarawa don gargadin sarkin game da haɗari mai zuwa. Mutane da yawa ba su gani ba kuma kawai sarki, sarauniya, yariman gaskiya Ofosu Sefa Boakye, da mashawarta masu ba da shawara sun san buyayyar wuri. An samar da samfura don sarakuna kuma yayin jana'izarsu ana yin baki da jinin dabba, alama ce ta ikon su na tsararraki. Tebur yana ɗaya daga cikin mahimman abubuwan Asante a yau saboda har yanzu yana nuna maye da iko.

Kowace kujera an yi ta ne daga guntun katako na katako na Alstonia boonei (doguwar bishiyar gandun daji tare da ƙungiyoyi masu ƙima) kuma an sassaka ta da wurin zama mai sifar jinjirin wata, tushe mai faɗi da tsarin tallafi mai rikitarwa. Yawancin zane -zane da ma’ana ta alama suna nufin kowane kujera ta musamman ce; kowanne yana da wata ma'ana ta daban ga mutumin da ruhunsa ke zaune. Wasu ƙirar suna ɗauke da sifofin dabbobi ko hotunan da ke tuna mutumin da ya yi amfani da shi. Wasu al'adu sun kwafi sifar gaba ɗaya na Asante kuma an sayar da su a duk duniya.

Idan har abada abokan gaba na Masarautar Asante na Ghana zasu lalata ko kuma suka kama Kujera na Zinariya, masarautar zata fada cikin rudani.

Bayanin da ke sama an ce gargadin da Okomfo Anokye, firist ko masanin gargajiyar masarautar Ashanti wanda ake girmamawa a matsayin babba kuma mai hikima na mutanen Asante kuma zai murƙushe daular Asante.

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