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“How did Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa make herself a prominent leader of the Asante Empire before its collapse 1902?”
SUBJECT: HISTORY
NAME: Akosua Asamoabea AMPOFO
SUPERVISOR: John Kamau
WORD COUNT: 3,499
MAY 2015
ABSTRACT
This extended essay researched into the life of Nineteenth Century Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa and her political influences in leading the Asante Empire with the research question: “How did Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa make herself a prominent leader of the Asante Empire before its collapse 1902?”
The Essay focuses on the Kingdom of Asante, the last Kingdom to be overrun by the British before the colony of the Gold Coast was established, and the role Yaa Akyaa played in the politics at the time. The essay will analyse her personality, the methods she used to get herself and her son into power and her influences over anti-Anglo policies. Thus the essay will be broken down into three main parts:
• The …show more content…
Once she had secured her son as Asantehene, with dexterity, she reconciled with her many enemies in Kumase, Mampin, Kokofu and Nustu. Allman again reveals that Nana Yaa Akyaa made reconciling the nation her number one priority, as she was then the command behind her sixteen year old son. She requested that all her opposition to Prempeh I meet in Kumase. She gave in to all three of their demands; the return of captured wives, the release of land that belonged to them and general amnesty be rewarded to them all. She had observed and understood the loss of lives the 4 year civil war had caused and was quick to set up policies that acted as a healing balm to the nation. As such her only decrees were allegiance to the Asantehene. These policies were to help reunite the Kingdom under the Golden stool and restore confidence to the people. Her major interests were that of resolution and not of revenge. This is argued by the speedy desolation of her
“How did Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa make herself a prominent leader of the Asante Empire before its collapse 1902?”
SUBJECT: HISTORY
NAME: Akosua Asamoabea AMPOFO
SUPERVISOR: John Kamau
WORD COUNT: 3,499
MAY 2015
ABSTRACT
This extended essay researched into the life of Nineteenth Century Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa and her political influences in leading the Asante Empire with the research question: “How did Asantehemma Nana Yaa Akyaa make herself a prominent leader of the Asante Empire before its collapse 1902?”
The Essay focuses on the Kingdom of Asante, the last Kingdom to be overrun by the British before the colony of the Gold Coast was established, and the role Yaa Akyaa played in the politics at the time. The essay will analyse her personality, the methods she used to get herself and her son into power and her influences over anti-Anglo policies. Thus the essay will be broken down into three main parts:
• The …show more content…
Once she had secured her son as Asantehene, with dexterity, she reconciled with her many enemies in Kumase, Mampin, Kokofu and Nustu. Allman again reveals that Nana Yaa Akyaa made reconciling the nation her number one priority, as she was then the command behind her sixteen year old son. She requested that all her opposition to Prempeh I meet in Kumase. She gave in to all three of their demands; the return of captured wives, the release of land that belonged to them and general amnesty be rewarded to them all. She had observed and understood the loss of lives the 4 year civil war had caused and was quick to set up policies that acted as a healing balm to the nation. As such her only decrees were allegiance to the Asantehene. These policies were to help reunite the Kingdom under the Golden stool and restore confidence to the people. Her major interests were that of resolution and not of revenge. This is argued by the speedy desolation of her