Yaa Asantewaa

Yaa Asantewaa() (wɔwoo no  Ahinime bosome da a ɛtɔ so du-nson (17), wɔ afe apem ahanwɔtwe ne aduanan [1840]). Na ɔyɛ Ejisuhemaa wɔ Asanteman mu a ɛka Ghana ho nnɛ da yi. Ne nua barima Nana Akwesi Afrane Okese a ɔyɛ Ejisuhene na ɔpaw no. Ɔdii Asantefoɔ ko a yɛfrɛ no sikadwa ko na yɛsan frɛ no Yaa Asantewaa ko a atia Abrɔfo a wɔdi yɛn so.[1] Appiah, Kwame Anthony, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (eds), Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, p. 276.

 Mfe a edi kan 
Wɔwoo no wɔ Besease wɔ afe apem ahanwɔtwe wɔ Ghana atɔe fam, na wɔyɛ mmɔfra mmienu na Yaa Asantewaa yɛ ba panin. Ne nua barima Afrane Panin bɛyɛɛ Ejisuhene kuro a ɛbɛn wɔn. Yaa Asantewaa nyinii no oduaa nnɔbae wɔ asase a ɛbɛn Boankra. Ɔkɔtɔɔ aware so na ɔnyaa babea.[2] Korsah, Chantal (22 July 2016). "Yaa Asantewaa". Dangerous Women. Retrieved 20 February 2017.https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/07/22/yaa-asantewaa/

Owuu wɔ mfe apem ahankron ne aduonu baako (1921). Na ɔyɛ okuanni ne ɔbatan mapa. Ɔyɛ obi a n'adwene mu dɔ, amanyɔnni, banbɔnni, ɔhemmea,ne odikanfo. Yaa Asantewaa bɛgye din ɛnam sɛ odii Ashanteman anim ko tiaa Britishfoɔ bere a na wɔpɛ sɛ wɔgye Ashanteman Sika Dwa Kɔkɔɔ.

 Atuateɛ Mfitiaseɛ 
Berɛ a ne nua no di hene no, Yaa Asantewaa hunuu sɛ Asanteman nni daakye biara ɛnam nnoɔma bi ɛrekɔso a ɔmo ankasa ho ntɔkwa di mu akotene firi afe apem ahannwɔtwe aduowɔtwe mmi3nsa(1883) de kɔsi aduowɔtwe nwɔtwe(1888) so  . Berɛ a ne nua no wuii wɔ afe apem ɔhanwɔtwe adukron nan so no ɔde ne tumi sɛ ɔhemaa paw ne nana sɛ Ejisuhene. Berɛ a abrɔfo no de no ne Asantehene Prempeh a ɔdi kan ne Asanteman mu mpanimfoɔ kɔtoo Sychelles no Yaa Asantewaa bɛdii mu wɔ Ejisu-Juaben mansini mu. Wɔbɔɔ Prempeh a ɔdi kan no baeɛ no, buroni a ɔdi ɔman Gold Coast so no Frederick Hodgson kaa sɛ ɔhia sika dwa no Asanteman ahyɛnso. Saa adesrɛdeɛ yi maa Asanteman mu mpanimfoɔ waka no kɔhyia sieɛ  dwenee ɔkwan a wɔbɛfa so abɔ wɔn hene ho ban berɛ a ɔreba no. Na nteaseɛ nni wɔn a wahyia ntam fa ɔkwan a wɔbɛfa so. Yaa Asantewaa a saa berɛ no na ɔwɔ hɔ sɔree de nsɛm wei too mpanimfoɔ a wahyia hɔ no ;

Afei mahu sɛ mo mu binom suro sɛ wɔbɛkɔ wɔn anim ako ama yɛn hene. Sɛ ɛyɛ Osei Tutu, Okomfo Anokye ne Opuku Ware I akokoduru nna no a, anka atitire rentra ase nhwɛ sɛ wɔnfa wɔn hene a wɔnto tuo. Anka Oboroni biara ntumi nnya akokoduru ne Asante hene  no nkasa wɔ ɔkwan a gɔvena no kasa kyerɛɛ mpaninfoɔ atitire anɔpa yi no so. Enti ɛyɛ nokware sɛ Asante akokoduru nni hɔ bio? Minnye nni. Ɛrentumi nyɛ saa! Ɛsɛ sɛ meka wei sɛ: Sɛ mo, Asante mmarima no, moankɔ ɔkoo no anim a, ɛnneɛ yɛbɛkɔ. Mɛfrɛ me mfɛfoɔ mmaa. Yɛbɛko atia aborɔfo no. Yɛbɛko akosi sɛ yɛn mu nea otwa toɔ no bɛhwe ase wɔ ɔko no mu.

Nansa yi mahunu sɛ mo mu bi suro sɛ wɔbɛgyina ako agye wɔn hene. Sɛ nka ɛyɛ Ɔsei Tutu, ɔkɔmfo Anɔkye ne Opoku Ware mo akokuoduru pɛn so a nka ahemfo ntena hɔ nhwɛ sɛ yɛbɛfa wɔn hene a atuo biara nto. Nka buroni biara nni hɔ a ɔbɛtumi akasa sɛdeɛ ɔman panin kasa kyerɛɛ ahemfo anɔpa yi. Nti ɛyɛ ampa sɛ Asante akukuoduru no nni hɔ bio? ɛwɔ sɛ meka wei ; sɛ mo mmarima a mo wɔ Asante anni kan a ɛnneɛ yɛbɛdi kan. Mɛfrɛ me fɛfoɔ mmaa, yɛbɛko akɔ si sɛ yɛbɛku deɛ ɔbɛka wɔ ɔkono.

Asante mantam ahemfo bebree yii Yaa Asantewaa sɛ ɔnni Asante akofoɔ anim.

 Atuatew no ne nea efii mu bae 
Efi March 1900 no, atuatewfo no twaa Britania abankɛse a ɛwɔ Kumasi, faako a na wɔakɔhwehwɛ guankɔbea no. Abantenten no da so ara gyina hɔ nnɛ sɛ Kumasi Abankɛse ne Asraafo Tete Nneɛma Akorae. Asram pii akyi no, awiei koraa no, Gold Coast amrado no somaa asraafo dɔm a wɔn dodow yɛ 1,400 sɛ wɔnkɔsiw atuatew no ano. Wɔ ɔko no mu no, Ɔhemmaa Yaa Asantewaa ne n’afotufo a wɔbɛn no paa dunum—Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpase, Nana Kwaku Duah, Nana Yaw Akoto, Nana Abena Nkyinkyim, Nana Osei Tutu II, Nana Adjei Kwaku, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem, Nana Kofi Kumi, Nana Kwabena Nkyinkyim, Nana Wɔkyeree Okwan Nkyinkyim, Nana Agyeman Badu, Nana Ntiamoah, Nana Ababio, Nana Afia Nkyinkyim, ne Nana Osei Bonsu—de wɔn kɔɔ nnommumfa mu kɔɔ Seychelles, ɛwom mpo sɛ wɔankyerɛkyerɛ n’afotufo no din pɔtee mu kɛse wɔ nhoma ahorow a ɛwɔ hɔ no mu de. Ná atuatew no gyina hɔ ma ɔko a etwa to wɔ Anglo-Asante akodi ahorow a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ afeha a ɛto so 19 mu no mu. Wɔ saa akasakasa yi mu no, Ashanti akofo bɛboro 2,000 hweree wɔn nkwa bere a wokunkum Britania asraafo bɛyɛ 1,000 nso. Eyi ne nnipa dodow a wowuwui sen biara wɔ Anglo-Asante akodi no mu na ɛkɔɔ so asram 6. Wɔ 1 Ɔbɛnem 1902 mu no, awiei koraa no, Britaniafo faa asasesin a na Asante Ahemman no adi so bɛyɛ mfe ɔha no, na ɛdanee Asantefo no bɛyɛɛ Britania abotiri no ahobammɔbea.

Fredrick Mitchell Hodgson hwehwɛɛ sɛ Ashanti ahemman no de wɔn tete "sika kɔkɔɔ asɛnka agua" no bɔ afɔre bere a wɔde wɔn ho mae no. Sikakɔkɔɔ asɛnka agua no ayɛ Ashanti man no kra ho sɛnkyerɛnne a wobu no fi afeha a ɛto so 17 mu. Nsuo no tenten yɛ nsateakwaa 18 na ne tɛtrɛtɛ yɛ nsateakwaa 12. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtra so da na mmom wɔde si Ashanti hene no ahengua nkyɛn. Ɛmfa ho sɛ Britaniafo dii Ashanti asraafo no so nkonim no, wɔandan sika kɔkɔɔ asɛnka agua no da. Wɔde sika kɔkɔɔ atoro atoro bi kɔmaa Britania amrado bere a na ɔman no ahofadi ho sɛnkyerɛnne, tete sika kɔkɔɔ asɛnka agua no sie dwoodwoo no. Wɔ 1920 mu no, Afrikafo a wɔyɛ keteke kwan kuw bi huu sikakɔkɔɔ asɛnka agua a ahintaw no na wɔsɛee no. Ashantifoɔ no buu wɔn atɛn na wɔbuu wɔn kumfɔ. Britania atumfoɔ no tuu nsɛmmɔnedifo no fii Golden Coast atubraman no mu ansa na wɔrekum wɔn. Britania atubrafo penee so sɛ wɔremfa wɔn ho nhyɛ Sikakɔkɔɔ asɛnka agua no mu bere a wohuu nea ade no kyerɛ no. Wɔda so ara de Sikakɔkɔɔ Nsuo di dwuma nnɛ de hyɛ Asantehene (Ashanti sodifoɔ) ase na wɔhyɛ no abotiri.

Nana Yaa Asantewaa wui wɔ nnommumfa mu wɔ Seychelles wɔ 17 October 1921. Ne wu akyi mfe abiɛsa, wɔ 17 December 1924 no, wɔmaa Ɔhene Prempeh I ne Asante ahemfie a na wɔakɔ nnommumfa mu no mufo afoforo a wɔaka no kwan ma wɔsan kɔɔ Asante. Ɔhene Prempeh I hwɛ hui sɛ wɔbɛsan de Nana Asantewaa ne Ashantifo afoforo a wɔakɔ nnommumfa mu no amu aba ma wɔasie wɔn wɔ adehye mu yiye.

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