This people's capital has a name roughly meaning "The tree lives!," and was founded after a priest planted two trees on the spot where one survived after the other died.
This people's capital has a name roughly meaning "The tree lives!," and was founded after a priest planted two trees on the spot where one survived after the other died. Queen Yaa led the final uprising of these people, who defeated the Denkyera and received rent from the Dutch for the use of Elmina castle, a key slave trading fort. Osei Tutu founded this kingdom, a subgroup of the Akan ethnicity which developed (*) kente cloth. British officer Garnet Wolsley besieged their capital at Kumasi, forcing them people to defend a sacred object which descended from heaven and was never allowed to touch ground. For 10 points, name this African kingdom home to the sacred Golden Stool, which was in modern-day Ghana.
This people's capital has a name roughly meaning "The tree lives!," and was founded after a priest planted two trees on the spot where one survived after the other died.
Ashanti kingdom [or Asante]