In this video on the history of the Yaa Asantewaa and the Asante Kingdom, historian Anokye Frimpong explains why the Ashanti people are considered Bono people.
This is absolutely fascinating. Ghana needs to write in-depth history books and teach the school children. Too many hours learning European history and very little time on their own history.
Around the time of independence African scholars campaigned and got together to compile a general history of Africa. It is a work of several volumes that covers only 2000 years. However this work as the name suggests is just a general history. Through a microscope and on a local level you could do the same and produce volumes of our history
We thank you for bringing this man on your platform. He is a real historian. He need to write a book and also he need a national platform to educate the public. One thing I wanted to emphasize is that , HE SHOULD NEVER FEAR ANY PERSON IN GHANA FOR TELLING THE REAL HISTORY. He must stay focused and telling the real truth of the story!
This was very informative! I am half Bono, Dormaa Ahenkro and my Uncle has told me before that all Akan’s are Bono before they began migration to form other Akan towns around Ghana. Thank you
@@josephad6861 they should certainly use Ghanaian actors but we need a big studio to handle the production. We dont have the funds to make it an international quality movie
Thank you all for stimulating discussions and talks about The Akan Group and Origins. Naturally there would be some discrepancies and Differences of opinions but it’s a Great Start…Thanks again to Kafui and Dr. Anokye.
No historian can dispute the fact all Akans migrated from Bono. The Oyokos from Techiman first came there and established a state called Bono Manso, a state that was inhabited by Akans This identification of I am Bono, I am Ashanti, I am Nzema is a recent phenomenon. Our ancestors identified themselves by their clans. There is no tribe in Ghana as Bono, Ashanti, Nfante, or whatever name of the subgroups of the Akan tribe. All these are names of either confederacy, states, or coalitions of the bigger Akan tribe. If someone says he is an Ashanti, it simply means he is from a state that is part of the Ashanti confederacy, the same applies to Bono which means the person is from a state that is part of the Bono Kyempim coalition or he is part of a state in the Bono geographical area since it is not all states in the Bono geographical area which are part of the Bono Kyempim coalition. Bono is not another word for Akan but rather it means first which is the name the Oyokos of the Techiman state gave to themselves or their state to mean the first people or first state of the Akans in their current location.
Before the Oyokos were the Aduana. That's the Asantemanso. With second Unification of the Ashanti Kingdom came the Confederacy amongst the Amanhene , including Assumegyahene...from Aduana. And Amakom, was already in existence. So what are you talking about?
I think those groups came into existence as a result of European arrival... remember the Europeans don't know much about the natural Akan family system unlike the so called groups.
@@nanaboakye5564If you read it thoroughly you would understand that this was the early akan settlement. Asanteman came much later after they chose to move more southward. Why is this so difficult to understand?
The first Akan group to enter what may be termed as present day Ghana, my aged father discussed with me over 50 years ago, migrated from Bouna (presently, a town in the Ivory Coast). They came with their god called Bona and eventually, first settled around Akrokere, near Obuase. One may not overlook the fact that there could be follow-up clan groups and splinter groups here and there for many reasons and then spread over time. They initially lived in deep caves, valleys, tree-tops, etc until the Adansi people first started putting up buildings and initiated the setting up of relatively permanent communities.
Interesting. I concur that it seems that Ivory Coast was the last staging post before entering Ghana. What were they looking for? What trails do you suppose they made? When was the earliest mining in Obuasi? Which way did the gold travel? Towards Mali or to the coast? If Mali, what is the relationship between these Obuasi Originals & the Mansas? If the coast, then your father has been misinformed.
Thank you. What time frame do you suppose this happened? I’m particularly interested in identifying those who stayed around El Mina. The Portuguese had El Mina built in the 1470s. Who permitted them? Would they be Guans, Fantis or other Akans? What was the reason that caused the Fante to leave the Akan? Why did the Oyoko clan seek to dominate their Akan brethren whereas the Fante did not? Why were the Fante so eager to emancipate themselves from Akan but bootlick the Europeans? Is there a Fante gene? (Ie failure to work with your own people). Can we accept that the Fante Confederacy was made up of elites who had been racially compromised and thus never sought reunification of all Akans? Why did it take a minor clan to produce Yaa Asaantewa (Ghana’s greatest warrior of the colonial )era? Did Casely-Hayford and co really believe in white words, white people and white paper? Rather than the militancy of the Fante militiamen you mentioned? Just some ramblings…
@@Ibnafrikayou write a lot of twaddle. The fort foundation was started 1482 not 1470s. Fante experience was different from the Asante because they were on the coast and had contact with europeans 300 years before Asante even existed. In those 300 years they were subdued and weakened and at time of arrival of the Portuguese they were more or less a nascent state. They absorbed some Guan. Before the fort was built there was resistance but they did not have the firepower to resist. You do realise that Yaa Asantewaa's campaign was not successful. She therefore cannot be the greatest warrior can she! Kaku Ackah, Amihere Kpanyili and Jon Conny all took on europeans and defeated them with much smaller military attachments. You conflate the Fante confederacy which was a union between the Fante states and their Kings with the rights groups such as the ARPS and NCBW which are not the same thing. The confederacy were federal states. The rights groups were more political, there were no such Asante groups until the divisive nlm reared its ugly head. Europeans created a class of mixed race Africans from their very own children as a form of apartheid because they saw their own offspring with African women as partlt sub human. This affected Fante more because they were on the coast and more exposed to contact with europeans. Nothing to do with Fante dna. In fact the Asante created a lot of problems for all the coastal states with their frequent incursions and attacks and Asante were not doing this as an act of solidarity they were acts of hegemony. It is said one Asantehene offered the dutch 1000s of troops to invade Ahanta and capture Badu Bonso the Ahantahene. The coastal states protected the Asante and allowed Asante to grow by preventing europeans from having the need to enter the interior. Stop making ignorant comments.
Those fighting for otumfour has turn a blind eye to this history, especially that useless oheneba media, as great media channel yet you don't learn history, I pity most of the Ashantis also because they refuse to read and learn history.
Ashantis should also tell us why how they came about the Dwet3 Kuduo...that's the real power and the Busumuru Afena they took from Bodwesango a mensah of the Dankyira people
Bonomanso was a transit point for other akans before migrating to other areas. Therefore the assertion that all akans are Bono is inaccurate. If you say Bono(Takyiman) was the first akan group to migrate to Bonomanso and therefore all akans once lived there that will make a sound argument than to say they are Bono just because they once lived there.
Topics I need help with: Where in Cote D’Ivoire did the Akans transit from? How Akan were the ‘kings’ of the Elmina Coast when they ceded our territory to the Portuguese in 1470s? Is Ghanaian history 1430-1700 lost? Does Akan migrations correspond to similar migrations enacted by the Dahomey people? I.E (From 15th Century to 17th Century - Moving away from coastal areas and into the hinterland. If Akan did not fragment from 1500-1700, when do you date the Fante migration to the coast?
Asante was not formed as a state but as a confederacy of Akan states. Asante is an example of the USA, a United States of America as Asante was formed as a United States of some Akan states that were subjects of Denkyira state. Kokofu, Mampong, Bekwai, Kwaman, Offinso, Kumawu, and Asemanya were all separate states already before Asante was formed.
Beyond the confederation Asante after successfully defeating the Denkyira in 1701 at Feyiase went on a route of expansionism. Thus creating an empire. Although the empire has retracted some of the present Akan states are borne from the empire and not the confederacy.
Nobody started wars with them, they left Bono manso and were enslaved by the Denkyria. That's all. Ashantis don't like telling the full truth, only what massages their egos.
@@KingMe1 According to your own statement, the denkyira enslaved them so in your mind, what do you think that enslavement entailed??? That the Denkyira were pampering their slaves? So if the Asantes had to go to war for their independence where is the lie in it? Or you think the Denkyira gained the slaves peacefully and not through wars? We know most of you resent Asantes but at least be intelligent when you go about your anti-Asante antics.
Exactly. The Most Powerful Ashanti Kingdom still exist and cannot be underestimated. How come at a point in time of the annals of the topography of Ashanti Kingdom controls 2/3?
@@KingMe1Your message is contradictory in content. You wrote that nobody started wars with Asantes and then added that they were enslaved by Denkyira. Didn’t Denkyira enslave them through war? Your hatred for Asantes will always influence you to try and write something bad about them. Your last statement is an evidence. Shame on you.
That is how they frame it. None of us were there, and oral history is insular. The Ashantis had notions of empire; as a political territory they never matured beyond warring, encapturing neighbouring peoples, and setting hefty tribute. All other peoples were subservient in their empire and holding no cultural merit. The many wars against the Ga, Akwamu, Ewe & Denkyira are cases in point. The Ashantis never had, and still don’t have a vision for Ghana. Each time we’ve been under Ashanti rule they have diligently found a way to force us back under oppression- be it from white Jesus, white people or their jet black acolytes and parasites.
Bono is not a tribe. Bono is a geographical area where the Akans first settled as said by the lawyer so there are no Bono people as the lawyer later asserted. It can therefore not be said that all Akans are Bono people but it can be said all Akans migrated from Bono area. Bono is not a tribe but a name for an area. By the time the Akans were leaving the Bono area the Akans were living in clans ie aduana, oyoko, etc, not states. Most of those who migrated from Bono came south to settle at the River Pra and Offin basins. As the Akan clans' populations grew in number the mighty men in the clans fought each other and through wars among the clans, and persuasions, the mighty among the clans united different clans in their area to form states, this brought the Akan states. Some of these states were Adansi, Twifo, Denkyira, Kokofu, Assin, etc. Denkyira became mighty and through wars and persuasions gained control over all the Akan states in the River Pra and Offin basin. Some of the states that could not bear with Denkyira again formed a coalition for war against their overload which is Denkyira and they became Asante. Asante was formed centuries after Akans migrated from the Bono area. It is therefore more accurate to say those who broke from Denkyira formed Asante than to say those who broke from Bono formed Asante.
If there is no Bono, then there is no Akan. Jealousy is killing you people. It pains you that Bono is the cradle and civilization of Akan. You can even wish has never existed but here we are and you are mentioning Bono. God bless Bono people
I am not saying there is no Bono but what I am saying is there are no bono people. I acknowledge the fact which is that all the Akan clans first settled in the Bono area. When our ancestors were there they didn't see themselves as Bono but as Akans living at a place they called Bono Manso. Bono is a name for a geographical area with different kinds of people most of them being Akans. Let us learn the facts. Dormaa was at Akwamu, then to Kwaman and finally getting to where it is now. So you can't say Dormaas are Bono people but rather they are Dormaas in Bono area. I identify myself as an Akan because that is the tribe in Ghana. Mfante, Ashanti, Akyem, Wassa, etc are all subgroups of the larger Akan tribe. For example, Ashanti is a coalition of people who swear allegiance to Sikadwa. I am not for anyone, I am proud of myself as an Akan and try to educate the true facts I know about Akans.
You also mix-up ancient, pre-modern and modern histories of the people trying to present a singular picture as though you lived through all those ages! Please, respect existing controversies or historical gaps. They can only be resolved overtime, through careful meta analytical research rather than rushed narratives.
We were told konfo anokye disguise as woman,went to techiman marry the king and finally revealed the secret to asantes,and attack the techiman people and took away their golden stool
the whole thing started from Denkyira and there wasn’t a tribe called Ashanti by than, we are all called Akans, also it was the now Ashanti who started the war when they started to fight the Fante to take their lands, and the Fante went seek help from the Europeans that how it started, the Europeans also decided to take advantage of the situation and started setting the them against each other and the slave trade came in.
The Europeans did not need any motivation to enslave. Anansesem is what you just wrote. They left Europe to come and look for resources including slaves.
@@NanaKNOwusu did you read what I wrote properly before calling it anansesem? I said they took advantage of the situation, I didn’t said they were motivated, some of you don’t read and understand the English properly before jumping into reply
@@fredericakitisu5417 Auntie Frederica, I am not upset with you o, it is the idea that Asante started taking Fantelands and it was when the Fante sought Broni’s help that they took advantage and started the slave trade. Bronii left Europe to come and enslave, period. Google the Age of Discovery or the Age of Exploration for the history. Prince Henry the navigator and the early Portuguese explorers in the 15th century came for gold, resources, and slaves. They were countering the power of the Ottoman Empire. We had nothing to do with it. It was inevitable. Also, Asante did not go and look for Fante lands. They wanted to do away with the middlemen who took their gold and sold them junk.
You asked, *how can all Akans be bono when the guans were the first to even settle in Ghana*? Right? I just answered you straight away... 1. The Akans are not Bono. 2. The guans are not Akans. What you meant is, if there were guans meaning all Akans can't be bono, I agree. But as I said Guans are not Akans, and Bono never existed prior to their settlement in present day Ghana. Read about the Larteh ppl, you will know the origins if the Guans.
The same Denkyria that enslaved Ashantis got their name from Bono. The Akwamus that helped Osei tutu also passed through Bono. Fantes are also from Bono. The head of the Oyoko clan is Techimanhene not Asantehene.
Denkyira had a suzerainty over Kwaaman the nucleus predecessor of what came to be Asante. They didnt enslave them. They were required to pay tribute and serve the Denkyira King. Osei Tutu at one time was at the Denkyira court. It was similar to the later Asanteman in which other kings swear allegiance and pay tribute to Asantehene. You have to think about how you articulate things
Which is which, is he talking about bono area or Tekyeiman . Lawyer please Dormaa is not bono and please Ashanti is not tribe but Amansie, Sekyirae ,Atwima ,Nsuta and more they’re tribes
As a matter of fact, the Sekyere, Adansi, Amansie, Kwabre and the likes were not tribes but States in themselves before ultimately joining to form the United Asante State as we know it today.
Bona is still a god worshipped in Adansi today. Bona means “creator of days” and is in reference to the almighty God that the Akans migrated with from their ancient abodes from the time they started migrating from the Mesopotamian region, through Egypt, Sudan, etc. with their rich Hebraic culture and as the first civilized people with definitive religion. 😂 Akan means first in civilization and Asante the greatest empire!
Thank you but “u also mix-up ancient, pre-modern and modern histories of the people” historical gaps can “only be resolved through careful meta analytical research rather than rushed narratives.”. So now provide one source for your claims that Akan travelled from Mesopotamia thru Egypt & Sudan to their present location. I do not accept the book “The Black people who wrote the Bible” as a credible source.
It cannot be True that all Akans are Bono. That wil be placing the cart before the horse. Akan meaning Akanefoɔ.(the first people) comprise several sub groups including the Bono, Fante, Sehwi, Aowin, Ahanta, Asante, Dankyira, Ahafo, Akyem, and others. The only true Bonos are the Techiman people with all others even in present day Bono and Bono East being of other sub grouping......check the various languages spoken in these areas. Asante as a subgroup of the Akan are very mixed with various other Akan and non Akan groupings forming what is a modern Akan Kingdom lasting about 400 years. Let's try and tell history with anthropological, linguistic evidence and not what Anokye is doing with raw narrations that do not correlate. Cc: Kafui Dey
This guy got his history all mixed up. There was no Asante before Osei Tutu so you can' t say he did not want to go to Asante. Also Obiri Yeboah who was Osei Tutu's uncle was chief of kwaman and not Asante. Lastly, the Akans were at Bono Manso but they were not Bonos. I.e. if they were Bonos which he claims to be a tribe, then they could not have been Akan whcih is also tribe. Bono Manso was a location inhibited by the Akan tribe before they moved southward and created different states such as Amansie, Denkyira, akwamu, akyem, oguaa, etc.
@@appiah-berkorichard6338 I listened to the whole conversation before commenting. You may as well go back and listen well before saying I am quick to judge. i don't think he actually meant to say the Akans were from the bono tribe because that is a contradictory statement. But that is the headline. if you try to recite history orally like that, there is a tendency to mix up your facts and that is what he did. I didn't say he is lying, I said he got his facts mixed up and I pointed those out.
@@princeryan8721 He said vividly that All Akan's stayed in a geographical area called "BONO". SO all Akans are from Bono. It doesn't mean Bono is a tribe. And further went on to say that, they broke out of the area(Bono area) to form various Akan states of which Amansie(present day Asante) was part. So there's nothing like Bono tribe. Just listen to him well. And to point this out, we were all one and will forever be one.
@@appiah-berkorichard6338 @32 second mark, he categorically said " All Akans were Bono people" and that is not same as saying " all Akans lived in Bono Manso"
What about the 400 year and more ago ? That we have the first Asantehene Twum & Antwi. Where was the Bono State at that time? How come that at a point in time, the Ashanti Kingdom controls about more than 2/3 of the size of Ghana, including the Bono, the North ,East and West excluding the Coastal Region? You're condoning and conniving with Dormaahene who were those dependants possibly of Ohemaa Pokuiaa of ,Yamossokrom, Ivory Coast..who ran away hopping . Mr Frimpong you and this guy are trying to distort the History of Ashanti nicely and video without the root course. Who told you that ,Ashanti came from Bono..if Bono are servants to Ashanti Kingdom?
A German lady came to Ghana in the 1930s/40s. Her name was Ava I think, she sat down with the rulers of Bono and they related this same history being repeated here. She’s written over 5 books on the subject where she explores the oral royal history. The book I had was called ‘Sacred origins of the Akan’. It was the most fascinating book on Ghana I’ve read. It was oral history that was agreed upon by each people. Similar to Yoruba, Ashantis find that they want to be perceived as the big players in their region. However, just as Benin precedes Yoruba, Bonohene precedes the Kumasihene which preceded the Asantehene.
What ? There was no Asante 400 years ago. Asante was established around 1701 after Feyiase. Before that their nucleus was Kwaman and Kwaman was subject to the Denkyira. This 2/3 thing cannot be substantiated. What probably happened was at different times they subdued others but not all at the same time. For instance besides the Fante there is no record of them annexing coastal states which was their primary goal for trade. Maybe they just had alliances as they did with the Ga and Nzema.
A dialect is a regional variation of a language, Akan is therefore not a dialect. Akan are a people Akan comprises several related language groups. If say you speak Akan and then start speaking Ahanta to someone from Akuapem (also Akan) they will not understand much of what you say. But both are speaking an Akan language. Akan is not a dialect there are dialects of Akan languages though. For example there are several dialects of Nzema language, Nzema proper, Dwira and Ɛvaluɛ those are dialects
@@Ibnafrikayou havent understood a thing. Some Ewe claim Okomfo Anokye was Ewe. It is not unusual for other people to claim greatness. In this instance this is not an example of Akan ignorance. But you do epitomise it
This guy is so ignorant. He knows nothing about Asante history. It was Komfo Anokye and OSEI TUTU. Obiri Yeboah was not an Asante chief Obiri Yeboah was chief of Kwaman there was no Asante
My father was born in 1933. 24 years before independence. Does that mean he wasn’t a Ghanaian? Try and listen well. Bono comes first. Bono fragmentation takes 500 years before Ashantis reach Kumasi. Kumasi becomes Denkyira, removing all honorific titles from Denkyira, but agreeing that Bono is considered a senior brother in all royal etiquette. The Asante are so named after their confederacy. You should have written ‘He knows nothing about the Oyoko clan’. Foolish people can brag to themselves but when there is a global audience they better learn sense quick. What did Ashanti bring that benefitted the people of Ghana? Cultural legacy, spirituality, philosophy, class dynamics, holding onto the religion of forefathers, trade routes, establishment of cities, inter cooperation with the non Akans. Now that the Schnaaps has left your mind. Ask yourself what good did your folks do in your region? Show me the road, the building, the measure of attainment they ushered in for their people. You cant. You just drink broni’s juice, talk fart and forget we have a war to win. #Ashantimilitarymight.Ghana’splight.
@@Ibnafrikayour first statement is incorrect If someone lived before the Ghana era they could not be Ghanaian as it did not exist. Same applies and moreso with Asante. Its predecessor was Kwaman and Obiri Yeboah was not king of Asante. Kwaman was subject to Denkyera. Asante arose and the name out of necessity (osa nti - because of war). Asante was a union of several states, Kwaman wasnt. Obiri Yeboah was not king of those other states Many things attributed to Asante existed prior to Asante, example the brass gold weights. Even adinkra was adopted by Asante. Because of their conflict with the british and them being the last colonial power in what is now Ghana they recorded many things and attributef them to Asante but their creation goes back further than a mere 300 years. Imagine even the Asante language Twi did not start with Asante. Any record before 1700s is silent about Asante because there was no Asante. You too are indulging in too much nsafuo
You really seem to have issues. Do you know what an anachronism is ? Bono kingdom emerged in 12 century. In 1600s Boa Amponsem was king of Denkyira and at that time Kwaaman (Asante) paid tribute to Denkyira until his successor Ntim Gyakari was defeated at Feyiase in 1701 so which event happened first ?
This is absolutely fascinating. Ghana needs to write in-depth history books and teach the school children. Too many hours learning European history and very little time on their own history.
Facts.
Around the time of independence African scholars campaigned and got together to compile a general history of Africa.
It is a work of several volumes that covers only 2000 years.
However this work as the name suggests is just a general history.
Through a microscope and on a local level you could do the same and produce volumes of our history
Bono is the cradle and civilization of Akan
God bless Bono people
We thank you for bringing this man on your platform. He is a real historian. He need to write a book and also he need a national platform to educate the public. One thing I wanted to emphasize is that , HE SHOULD NEVER FEAR ANY PERSON IN GHANA FOR TELLING THE REAL HISTORY. He must stay focused and telling the real truth of the story!
This was very informative! I am half Bono, Dormaa Ahenkro and my Uncle has told me before that all Akan’s are Bono before they began migration to form other Akan towns around Ghana. Thank you
It's not true
. Your uncle is a LIAR
This could easily be a Hollywood movie
Why not a Ghanaian movie?
@@josephad6861 they should certainly use Ghanaian actors but we need a big studio to handle the production. We dont have the funds to make it an international quality movie
Lawyer Anokye is doing marvelous work on the History of Ghana. He needs a National Stage. Thank you, Lawyer. !!!!
Thank you all for stimulating discussions and talks about The Akan Group and Origins. Naturally there would be some discrepancies and Differences of opinions but it’s a Great Start…Thanks again to Kafui and Dr. Anokye.
Very impressive and educative this man is a real germ
All akans stayed in Bono manso before they moved to other places,Asante was the last Akan group but the most powerful among them.
They won the war again their areas.
I love the narration it just reinforced things I learned in our history. I now understand some details about the Baoule connection.
This is excellent.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
He needs to put all this in book
Very insightful
Thank you Kafui Dey
No historian can dispute the fact all Akans migrated from Bono. The Oyokos from Techiman first came there and established a state called Bono Manso, a state that was inhabited by Akans This identification of I am Bono, I am Ashanti, I am Nzema is a recent phenomenon. Our ancestors identified themselves by their clans. There is no tribe in Ghana as Bono, Ashanti, Nfante, or whatever name of the subgroups of the Akan tribe. All these are names of either confederacy, states, or coalitions of the bigger Akan tribe. If someone says he is an Ashanti, it simply means he is from a state that is part of the Ashanti confederacy, the same applies to Bono which means the person is from a state that is part of the Bono Kyempim coalition or he is part of a state in the Bono geographical area since it is not all states in the Bono geographical area which are part of the Bono Kyempim coalition. Bono is not another word for Akan but rather it means first which is the name the Oyokos of the Techiman state gave to themselves or their state to mean the first people or first state of the Akans in their current location.
Before the Oyokos were the Aduana.
That's the Asantemanso.
With second Unification of the Ashanti Kingdom came the Confederacy amongst the Amanhene , including Assumegyahene...from Aduana.
And Amakom, was already in existence.
So what are you talking about?
Remember, at a point in time, the Asantehene controls more than 2/3 of the topography of the Ghana map.
That cannot be underestimated
I think those groups came into existence as a result of European arrival... remember the Europeans don't know much about the natural Akan family system unlike the so called groups.
@@nanaboakye5564That’s a fact. But that doesn’t negate the history of all Akans as Bono.
@@nanaboakye5564If you read it thoroughly you would understand that this was the early akan settlement. Asanteman came much later after they chose to move more southward. Why is this so difficult to understand?
And this is the truth.
One thing need clearance, the golden stool was first replicated and later replaced by a stolen one.
The fact about Komfo Anokye should be look into.
The first Akan group to enter what may be termed as present day Ghana, my aged father discussed with me over 50 years ago, migrated from Bouna (presently, a town in the Ivory Coast). They came with their god called Bona and eventually, first settled around Akrokere, near Obuase.
One may not overlook the fact that there could be follow-up clan groups and splinter groups here and there for many reasons and then spread over time. They initially lived in deep caves, valleys, tree-tops, etc until the Adansi people first started putting up buildings and initiated the setting up of relatively permanent communities.
Interesting.
I concur that it seems that Ivory Coast was the last staging post before entering Ghana.
What were they looking for?
What trails do you suppose they made?
When was the earliest mining in Obuasi?
Which way did the gold travel? Towards Mali or to the coast?
If Mali, what is the relationship between these Obuasi Originals & the Mansas? If the coast, then your father has been misinformed.
The fantis migrated from Techiman under three warlords obunumankona,Osono and odapagyan
Thank you. What time frame do you suppose this happened?
I’m particularly interested in identifying those who stayed around El Mina.
The Portuguese had El Mina built in the 1470s. Who permitted them?
Would they be Guans, Fantis or other Akans?
What was the reason that caused the Fante to leave the Akan?
Why did the Oyoko clan seek to dominate their Akan brethren whereas the Fante did not?
Why were the Fante so eager to emancipate themselves from Akan but bootlick the Europeans?
Is there a Fante gene? (Ie failure to work with your own people).
Can we accept that the Fante Confederacy was made up of elites who had been racially compromised and thus never sought reunification of all Akans?
Why did it take a minor clan to produce Yaa Asaantewa (Ghana’s greatest warrior of the colonial )era?
Did Casely-Hayford and co really believe in white words, white people and white paper? Rather than the militancy of the Fante militiamen you mentioned?
Just some ramblings…
@@Ibnafrikayou write a lot of twaddle.
The fort foundation was started 1482 not 1470s.
Fante experience was different from the Asante because they were on the coast and had contact with europeans 300 years before Asante even existed.
In those 300 years they were subdued and weakened and at time of arrival of the Portuguese they were more or less a nascent state.
They absorbed some Guan.
Before the fort was built there was resistance but they did not have the firepower to resist.
You do realise that Yaa Asantewaa's campaign was not successful. She therefore cannot be the greatest warrior can she!
Kaku Ackah, Amihere Kpanyili and Jon Conny all took on europeans and defeated them with much smaller military attachments.
You conflate the Fante confederacy which was a union between the Fante states and their Kings with the rights groups such as the ARPS and NCBW which are not the same thing.
The confederacy were federal states. The rights groups were more political, there were no such Asante groups until the divisive nlm reared its ugly head.
Europeans created a class of mixed race Africans from their very own children as a form of apartheid because they saw their own offspring with African women as partlt sub human. This affected Fante more because they were on the coast and more exposed to contact with europeans.
Nothing to do with Fante dna.
In fact the Asante created a lot of problems for all the coastal states with their frequent incursions and attacks and Asante were not doing this as an act of solidarity they were acts of hegemony.
It is said one Asantehene offered the dutch 1000s of troops to invade Ahanta and capture Badu Bonso the Ahantahene.
The coastal states protected the Asante and allowed Asante to grow by preventing europeans from having the need to enter the interior.
Stop making ignorant comments.
They were not warlords but simply leaders
Those fighting for otumfour has turn a blind eye to this history, especially that useless oheneba media, as great media channel yet you don't learn history, I pity most of the Ashantis also because they refuse to read and learn history.
Mr kafui , please your sound needs to be work on next time ooh.
Ashantis should also tell us why how they came about the Dwet3 Kuduo...that's the real power and the Busumuru Afena they took from Bodwesango a mensah of the Dankyira people
Bonomanso was a transit point for other akans before migrating to other areas. Therefore the assertion that all akans are Bono is inaccurate. If you say Bono(Takyiman) was the first akan group to migrate to Bonomanso and therefore all akans once lived there that will make a sound argument than to say they are Bono just because they once lived there.
Very true
Topics I need help with:
Where in Cote D’Ivoire did the Akans transit from?
How Akan were the ‘kings’ of the Elmina Coast when they ceded our territory to the Portuguese in 1470s?
Is Ghanaian history 1430-1700 lost?
Does Akan migrations correspond to similar migrations enacted by the Dahomey people? I.E (From 15th Century to 17th Century - Moving away from coastal areas and into the hinterland.
If Akan did not fragment from 1500-1700, when do you date the Fante migration to the coast?
Historian, please why do you mix pre- Asante period with Asante period.
Asante was not formed as a state but as a confederacy of Akan states. Asante is an example of the USA, a United States of America as Asante was formed as a United States of some Akan states that were subjects of Denkyira state. Kokofu, Mampong, Bekwai, Kwaman, Offinso, Kumawu, and Asemanya were all separate states already before Asante was formed.
Then asante is not tribe,it's a name given to a group of Akan tribe after coming together
As well said, the Asante is not a tribe but you think Bono is a tribe?@@aikinsyeboah3086
@aikinsyeboah3086 Sure, Asante is not a tribe but a confederacy and its people are Akan.
And the Akan can be referred to as an ethnic group.
Beyond the confederation Asante after successfully defeating the Denkyira in 1701 at Feyiase went on a route of expansionism. Thus creating an empire. Although the empire has retracted some of the present Akan states are borne from the empire and not the confederacy.
Did he took his medication before you invited him to the studio
So people started wars against Asantes and they retaliated and now people hate them?
Nobody started wars with them, they left Bono manso and were enslaved by the Denkyria. That's all. Ashantis don't like telling the full truth, only what massages their egos.
@@KingMe1 According to your own statement, the denkyira enslaved them so in your mind, what do you think that enslavement entailed??? That the Denkyira were pampering their slaves? So if the Asantes had to go to war for their independence where is the lie in it? Or you think the Denkyira gained the slaves peacefully and not through wars? We know most of you resent Asantes but at least be intelligent when you go about your anti-Asante antics.
Exactly.
The Most Powerful Ashanti Kingdom still exist and cannot be underestimated.
How come at a point in time of the annals of the topography of Ashanti Kingdom controls 2/3?
@@KingMe1Your message is contradictory in content. You wrote that nobody started wars with Asantes and then added that they were enslaved by Denkyira. Didn’t Denkyira enslave them through war? Your hatred for Asantes will always influence you to try and write something bad about them. Your last statement is an evidence. Shame on you.
That is how they frame it. None of us were there, and oral history is insular.
The Ashantis had notions of empire; as a political territory they never matured beyond warring, encapturing neighbouring peoples, and setting hefty tribute.
All other peoples were subservient in their empire and holding no cultural merit.
The many wars against the Ga, Akwamu, Ewe & Denkyira are cases in point.
The Ashantis never had, and still don’t have a vision for Ghana. Each time we’ve been under Ashanti rule they have diligently found a way to force us back under oppression- be it from white Jesus, white people or their jet black acolytes and parasites.
That time there was no Asantes. Obiri Yeboah was chief of Kwaman We had no Asante
So does it mean my wassa people are also from Bono?
Wassa language is very similar to Bono. I can’t differentiate Dormaa Bono from Wassa
i put my dna in gedmatch and it came up with brong is that bono
yes
Anum now Adum, People should know.
Negativity sales neh always lies after lies who know bono
So why the language was changed
Because language evolves,
Bono is not a tribe. Bono is a geographical area where the Akans first settled as said by the lawyer so there are no Bono people as the lawyer later asserted. It can therefore not be said that all Akans are Bono people but it can be said all Akans migrated from Bono area. Bono is not a tribe but a name for an area.
By the time the Akans were leaving the Bono area the Akans were living in clans ie aduana, oyoko, etc, not states. Most of those who migrated from Bono came south to settle at the River Pra and Offin basins. As the Akan clans' populations grew in number the mighty men in the clans fought each other and through wars among the clans, and persuasions, the mighty among the clans united different clans in their area to form states, this brought the Akan states. Some of these states were Adansi, Twifo, Denkyira, Kokofu, Assin, etc. Denkyira became mighty and through wars and persuasions gained control over all the Akan states in the River Pra and Offin basin. Some of the states that could not bear with Denkyira again formed a coalition for war against their overload which is Denkyira and they became Asante. Asante was formed centuries after Akans migrated from the Bono area. It is therefore more accurate to say those who broke from Denkyira formed Asante than to say those who broke from Bono formed Asante.
This sounds more convincing
If there is no Bono, then there is no Akan.
Jealousy is killing you people. It pains you that Bono is the cradle and civilization of Akan. You can even wish has never existed but here we are and you are mentioning Bono. God bless Bono people
I am not saying there is no Bono but what I am saying is there are no bono people. I acknowledge the fact which is that all the Akan clans first settled in the Bono area. When our ancestors were there they didn't see themselves as Bono but as Akans living at a place they called Bono Manso. Bono is a name for a geographical area with different kinds of people most of them being Akans. Let us learn the facts. Dormaa was at Akwamu, then to Kwaman and finally getting to where it is now. So you can't say Dormaas are Bono people but rather they are Dormaas in Bono area. I identify myself as an Akan because that is the tribe in Ghana. Mfante, Ashanti, Akyem, Wassa, etc are all subgroups of the larger Akan tribe. For example, Ashanti is a coalition of people who swear allegiance to Sikadwa. I am not for anyone, I am proud of myself as an Akan and try to educate the true facts I know about Akans.
How is that possible if there is no Bono people. Asantefoc Kasa dodo eiii
I am ready to learn, please who are Bono people?@@godfredagyemang-ej6xn
You also mix-up ancient, pre-modern and modern histories of the people trying to present a singular picture as though you lived through all those ages!
Please, respect existing controversies or historical gaps. They can only be resolved overtime, through careful meta analytical research rather than rushed narratives.
Like Daniel Osei said, Bono is not a tribe but a geographical area and so Ashantis are not Bonos.
We were told konfo anokye disguise as woman,went to techiman marry the king and finally revealed the secret to asantes,and attack the techiman people and took away their golden stool
Women could marry without any family member present?
Go back and ask again.
the whole thing started from Denkyira and there wasn’t a tribe called Ashanti by than, we are all called Akans, also it was the now Ashanti who started the war when they started to fight the Fante to take their lands, and the Fante went seek help from the Europeans that how it started, the Europeans also decided to take advantage of the situation and started setting the them against each other and the slave trade came in.
The Europeans did not need any motivation to enslave. Anansesem is what you just wrote. They left Europe to come and look for resources including slaves.
@@NanaKNOwusu did you read what I wrote properly before calling it anansesem? I said they took advantage of the situation, I didn’t said they were motivated, some of you don’t read and understand the English properly before jumping into reply
@@fredericakitisu5417 Auntie Frederica, I am not upset with you o, it is the idea that Asante started taking Fantelands and it was when the Fante sought Broni’s help that they took advantage and started the slave trade. Bronii left Europe to come and enslave, period. Google the Age of Discovery or the Age of Exploration for the history. Prince Henry the navigator and the early Portuguese explorers in the 15th century came for gold, resources, and slaves. They were countering the power of the Ottoman Empire. We had nothing to do with it. It was inevitable. Also, Asante did not go and look for Fante lands. They wanted to do away with the middlemen who took their gold and sold them junk.
@@NanaKNOwusu well the Broni is still doing indirectly, is up to us the youth to study and work hard to stop it for our children and descendants
@@NanaKNOwusu Nana please look for madam AMA ATTA Aiddo’s interview with Obroni it will shock you what Broni still planning to do
How can all Akans be Bono when the Guans were the first to even settle in Ghana?
What makes you think that the Akans were in groups when they first came into contact with the Guans ?
@@eugenehappy5841 Did you understand what you read before writing your reply? 😃
You asked, *how can all Akans be bono when the guans were the first to even settle in Ghana*? Right? I just answered you straight away... 1. The Akans are not Bono. 2. The guans are not Akans. What you meant is, if there were guans meaning all Akans can't be bono, I agree. But as I said Guans are not Akans, and Bono never existed prior to their settlement in present day Ghana. Read about the Larteh ppl, you will know the origins if the Guans.
@@eugenehappy5841 Mate wae
Because the Guans are the aboriginal people of Ghana they precede the Akan by 2,000 years.
The Guan language is not related to Akan.
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The same Denkyria that enslaved Ashantis got their name from Bono. The Akwamus that helped Osei tutu also passed through Bono. Fantes are also from Bono. The head of the Oyoko clan is Techimanhene not Asantehene.
The denkyria didnt enslave ashantis they demanded tributes from them in goods and gold
Denkyira had a suzerainty over Kwaaman the nucleus predecessor of what came to be Asante.
They didnt enslave them. They were required to pay tribute and serve the Denkyira King. Osei Tutu at one time was at the Denkyira court.
It was similar to the later Asanteman in which other kings swear allegiance and pay tribute to Asantehene.
You have to think about how you articulate things
I thought they originated in Afrika too but they originated in Akan New Zealand and colonized Afrika.👍
They are Australs.
Which is which, is he talking about bono area or Tekyeiman . Lawyer please Dormaa is not bono and please Ashanti is not tribe but Amansie, Sekyirae ,Atwima ,Nsuta and more they’re tribes
As a matter of fact, the Sekyere, Adansi, Amansie, Kwabre and the likes were not tribes but States in themselves before ultimately joining to form the United Asante State as we know it today.
Story about the go golden stool coming to being is false. It was direct taken from Bono. Buoyam in techiman
Bona is still a god worshipped in Adansi today. Bona means “creator of days” and is in reference to the almighty God that the Akans migrated with from their ancient abodes from the time they started migrating from the Mesopotamian region, through Egypt, Sudan, etc. with their rich Hebraic culture and as the first civilized people with definitive religion. 😂
Akan means first in civilization and Asante the greatest empire!
Thank you but “u also mix-up ancient, pre-modern and modern histories of the people”
historical gaps can “only be resolved through careful meta analytical research rather than rushed narratives.”.
So now provide one source for your claims that Akan travelled from Mesopotamia thru Egypt & Sudan to their present location.
I do not accept the book “The Black people who wrote the Bible” as a credible source.
Some of your presentations are being concocted and presented as the truth. Remember that you can’t know it all.
It cannot be True that all Akans are Bono. That wil be placing the cart before the horse. Akan meaning Akanefoɔ.(the first people) comprise several sub groups including the Bono, Fante, Sehwi, Aowin, Ahanta, Asante, Dankyira, Ahafo, Akyem, and others.
The only true Bonos are the Techiman people with all others even in present day Bono and Bono East being of other sub grouping......check the various languages spoken in these areas.
Asante as a subgroup of the Akan are very mixed with various other Akan and non Akan groupings forming what is a modern Akan Kingdom lasting about 400 years.
Let's try and tell history with anthropological, linguistic evidence and not what Anokye is doing with raw narrations that do not correlate.
Cc: Kafui Dey
We are more Dagomas than Bono
This guy got his history all mixed up. There was no Asante before Osei Tutu so you can' t say he did not want to go to Asante. Also Obiri Yeboah who was Osei Tutu's uncle was chief of kwaman and not Asante. Lastly, the Akans were at Bono Manso but they were not Bonos. I.e. if they were Bonos which he claims to be a tribe, then they could not have been Akan whcih is also tribe. Bono Manso was a location inhibited by the Akan tribe before they moved southward and created different states such as Amansie, Denkyira, akwamu, akyem, oguaa, etc.
Since the leader of the Asantes is from kwaman,the old kwaman can be referred to as Asantes for the lay man to understand
@princeryan; listen carefully, he said exactly what you typed. Nothing mixed up there. You are quick to judge
@@appiah-berkorichard6338 I listened to the whole conversation before commenting. You may as well go back and listen well before saying I am quick to judge. i don't think he actually meant to say the Akans were from the bono tribe because that is a contradictory statement. But that is the headline. if you try to recite history orally like that, there is a tendency to mix up your facts and that is what he did. I didn't say he is lying, I said he got his facts mixed up and I pointed those out.
@@princeryan8721 He said vividly that All Akan's stayed in a geographical area called "BONO". SO all Akans are from Bono. It doesn't mean Bono is a tribe. And further went on to say that, they broke out of the area(Bono area) to form various Akan states of which Amansie(present day Asante) was part. So there's nothing like Bono tribe. Just listen to him well.
And to point this out, we were all one and will forever be one.
@@appiah-berkorichard6338 @32 second mark, he categorically said " All Akans were Bono people" and that is not same as saying " all Akans lived in Bono Manso"
And all Bono’s are northerners
I'm akyem and I am not part. 🤣🤣🤣
What about the 400 year and more ago ?
That we have the first Asantehene Twum & Antwi.
Where was the Bono State at that time?
How come that at a point in time, the Ashanti Kingdom controls about more than 2/3 of the size of Ghana, including the Bono, the North ,East and West excluding the Coastal Region?
You're condoning and conniving with Dormaahene who were those dependants possibly of Ohemaa Pokuiaa of ,Yamossokrom, Ivory Coast..who ran away hopping .
Mr Frimpong you and this guy are trying to distort the History of Ashanti nicely and video without the root course.
Who told you that ,Ashanti came from Bono..if Bono are servants to Ashanti Kingdom?
My friend, denkyera migratory from bono, same dankyera control Asante for three hundred years,use common sense here ok!
Please have patience and humility and increase learning….no insults….however tempting it may be.
A German lady came to Ghana in the 1930s/40s. Her name was Ava I think, she sat down with the rulers of Bono and they related this same history being repeated here. She’s written over 5 books on the subject where she explores the oral royal history. The book I had was called ‘Sacred origins of the Akan’. It was the most fascinating book on Ghana I’ve read. It was oral history that was agreed upon by each people. Similar to Yoruba, Ashantis find that they want to be perceived as the big players in their region. However, just as Benin precedes Yoruba, Bonohene precedes the Kumasihene which preceded the Asantehene.
What ?
There was no Asante 400 years ago.
Asante was established around 1701 after Feyiase.
Before that their nucleus was Kwaman and Kwaman was subject to the Denkyira.
This 2/3 thing cannot be substantiated. What probably happened was at different times they subdued others but not all at the same time.
For instance besides the Fante there is no record of them annexing coastal states which was their primary goal for trade.
Maybe they just had alliances as they did with the Ga and Nzema.
What is this man saying...do you even know your history
nononononono and no to tou ask akan togo and cote d'ivoire Akan is Akan
The migrations from Bono must also include travelling westwards. The Akan would have reached Cote D’Ivoire before they reached Kumasi.
Akam is a dialect and not a tribe.
A dialect is a regional variation of a language, Akan is therefore not a dialect.
Akan are a people Akan comprises several related language groups.
If say you speak Akan and then start speaking Ahanta to someone from Akuapem (also Akan) they will not understand much of what you say. But both are speaking an Akan language.
Akan is not a dialect there are dialects of Akan languages though.
For example there are several dialects of Nzema language, Nzema proper, Dwira and Ɛvaluɛ those are dialects
All akans ain’t bonos
Stop the lies
komfo Anokye was an ewe from Volta region, he was not from Akwiapim
no he was an akan, ppl confuse him as an ewe bc he was with an ewe priest called togbe sali
Eh heh, Lawyer starts talking about magic; and the great Okomfye Anoche instantly becomes Ewe!
Akans! you gotta love them.
@@Ibnafrikayou havent understood a thing.
Some Ewe claim Okomfo Anokye was Ewe.
It is not unusual for other people to claim greatness.
In this instance this is not an example of Akan ignorance. But you do epitomise it
False
This guy is so ignorant. He knows nothing about Asante history. It was Komfo Anokye and OSEI TUTU. Obiri Yeboah was not an Asante chief Obiri Yeboah was chief of Kwaman there was no Asante
My father was born in 1933. 24 years before independence. Does that mean he wasn’t a Ghanaian?
Try and listen well.
Bono comes first. Bono fragmentation takes 500 years before Ashantis reach Kumasi.
Kumasi becomes Denkyira, removing all honorific titles from Denkyira, but agreeing that Bono is considered a senior brother in all royal etiquette.
The Asante are so named after their confederacy. You should have written ‘He knows nothing about the Oyoko clan’.
Foolish people can brag to themselves but when there is a global audience they better learn sense quick.
What did Ashanti bring that benefitted the people of Ghana?
Cultural legacy, spirituality, philosophy, class dynamics, holding onto the religion of forefathers, trade routes, establishment of cities, inter cooperation with the non Akans.
Now that the Schnaaps has left your mind. Ask yourself what good did your folks do in your region? Show me the road, the building, the measure of attainment they ushered in for their people.
You cant. You just drink broni’s juice, talk fart and forget we have a war to win.
#Ashantimilitarymight.Ghana’splight.
@@Ibnafrikayour first statement is incorrect
If someone lived before the Ghana era they could not be Ghanaian as it did not exist.
Same applies and moreso with Asante. Its predecessor was Kwaman and Obiri Yeboah was not king of Asante. Kwaman was subject to Denkyera.
Asante arose and the name out of necessity (osa nti - because of war).
Asante was a union of several states, Kwaman wasnt. Obiri Yeboah was not king of those other states
Many things attributed to Asante existed prior to Asante, example the brass gold weights. Even adinkra was adopted by Asante.
Because of their conflict with the british and them being the last colonial power in what is now Ghana they recorded many things and attributef them to Asante but their creation goes back further than a mere 300 years. Imagine even the Asante language Twi did not start with Asante.
Any record before 1700s is silent about Asante because there was no Asante.
You too are indulging in too much nsafuo
Lier
The so-called Frimpong Anokye is the Single biggest LIAR. He's confused and funny as HELL.
Cheap lawyer. Liar. This guy doesn’t know anything
Address the issues. Personal attacks are totally unnecessary.
So called Frimpong Anokye is confused and funny as HELL ,. again he's a Single biggest LIAR.
You really seem to have issues.
Do you know what an anachronism is ?
Bono kingdom emerged in 12 century.
In 1600s Boa Amponsem was king of Denkyira and at that time Kwaaman (Asante) paid tribute to Denkyira until his successor Ntim Gyakari was defeated at Feyiase in 1701 so which event happened first ?
The fact about Komfo Anokye should be look into.