Ghana: The Ashanti Empire (TRIH ep 269)
1701 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the history of the Ashanti (Asante) Empire in what they frame as part of their 'World Cup Odyssey' episode on Ghana. They trace Ashanti origins and foundation myths, the role of Ose Tutu and his advisor Okomfo Anokye (creator of the Golden Stool), and the state's political and military consolidation in the 17th–18th centuries. The conversation covers the Ashanti’s wealth from gold and the slave trade, its sophisticated but non-literate bureaucra...
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