caption death_place death_date birth_place other_names birth_date alt image article_title name occupation
kwasi boakye in 1899 . bogor , dutch east indies 9 june 1904 24 april 1827 yes kumasi , kingdom of ashanti aquasie boachi 24 april 1827 kwasi boakye aquasie boachi.jpg kwasi boakye
 kwasi boakye ashanti prince raised in the netherlands
kwasi boakye

kwasi boakye -lrb- 24 april 1827 -- 9 june 1904 -rrb- , sometimes archaically spelt as `` aquasi boachi '' , was a dutch mining engineer who was born a prince of the ashanti empire .
together with his cousin kwame poku he was sent in 1837 by his king to the netherlands to receive education , as part of larger negotiations between ashanti about the recruitment of ashanti soldiers for the dutch east indies army .
although kwame poku did return to the gold coast as planned , kwasi boakye stayed in the netherlands .
he was trained as a mining engineer at the fore-runner of delft university , where he graduated in 1847 .
in 1850 , he was sent to the dutch east indies .
there he was discriminated by his superior cornelius de groot van embden , for which he received financial compensation in 1857 .
as part of the compensation , he was awarded an estate in bantar peteh , south of buitenzorg .
he died on this estate in 1904 .
dutch writer arthur japin wrote a novel based on the brothers ' lives , `` de zwarte met het witte hart '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , translated in english as `` the two hearts of kwasi boachi '' .
