Yaa Asantewaa
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Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader
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Yaa Asantewaa (1840–1921) was a female ruler, military leader, and resistance fighter from the Gold Coast Colony. She held the noble title of Queen mother and served as a queen mother in Africa. Her allegiance was to the Ashanti Empire and Ghana, and she spoke the Twi language.
Asantewaa participated in the War of the Golden Stool and the Anglo-Ashanti wars. She is associated with statements regarding the struggle for freedom and the willingness of women to lead if men would not. She died in Seychelles on October 17, 1921.
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Key facts
- Born
- Nana Yaa Asantewaa , c. 1840 ( 1840 ) , Besease , Ashanti Empire
- Died
- 17 October 1921 (1921-10-17) (aged 80–81), Seychelles
- Allegiance
- Ashanti Empire
- Yaa asantewaa war
- War of the Golden Stool
- Children
- One
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Gold Coast Colony
- Place of death
- Seychelles
- Occupation
- resistance fighter
- Position held
- queen mother in Africa
- Languages spoken
- Twi
- Noble title
- Queen mother
- Conflict
- Anglo-Ashanti wars
- Image
- Ejisu Roundabout.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yaa Asantewaa
- date of death
- 1921-10-17
- date of birth
- 1840-00-00
- allegiance
- Ghana
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Encyclopedic overview
Yaa Asantewaa I (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okese, the Edwesuhene, or ruler, of Edwesu. In 1900, she led the Ashanti war also known as the War of the Golden Stool, or the Yaa Asantewaa War of Independence, against the British Empire.
Biography
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