YAA ASANTEWAA

Q U E E N O F T H E A S H A N T I

YAA ASANTEWAA(c.1850-c.1920)

Chief Prempeh I.

Major Baden Powell –Founder of the Scouts.

The Golden Stool.

Okomfo Anokye calling down the golden stool.

Fredrick Hodgeson The 20th Governor of Ghana.

The Golden Stool.

"Now I have seen that some of you fear togo forward to fight for our King.If it were in the brave days of Osei Tutu,Okomfo Anokye, and Opolu Ware, leaderswould not sit down to see their King takenaway without firing a shot.No white man could have dared to speakto a leader of the Ashanti in the way theGovernor spoke to you this morning.

Is it true that the bravery of the Ashanti is nomore? I cannot believe it. It cannot be!I must say this, if you the men of Ashanti willnot go forward, then we will. We the womenwill. I shall call upon my fellow women. Wewill fight the white men. We will fight till thelast of us falls in the battlefields."-- Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewa

Kumasi Fort and Armed Forces Museum