Yaa Asantewaa

Also known as Ejisuhemaa, Nana Yaa Asantewaa, Queen Mother of Ejisu

Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader

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Type: Group
Origin: France

Discography

Terror Waves EP2011
Wildlife Collective2013

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A review of renewable energy sources, sustainability issues and climate change mitigation
· 2016 · cited 2,315x
Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
· 2021 · cited 1,516x
Integrating informatics tools and portable sequencing technology for rapid detection of resistance to anti-tuberculous drugs
· 2019 · cited 480x
Mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase (mTert) expression marks slowly cycling intestinal stem cells
· 2010 · cited 478x
Convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised controlled, open-label, platform trial
· 2021 · cited 411x

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Quotes

“We, the women, will. I shall call upon my fellow women. We will fight the white men. We will fight till the last of us falls in the battlefields.”
“If you, the men, will not go forward, then we will. We, the women, will. I shall call upon my fellow women.”
“The struggle for freedom demands sacrifice. Are you willing to sacrifice for the liberation of our people?””

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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

Image: Ejisu Roundabout.jpg

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Commons category: Yaa Asantewaa
date of death: 1921-10-17
date of birth: 1840-00-00

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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.

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