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Akwamu was a
state set up by the
Akwamu people in present-day Ghana.
After migrating from Bono state, the Akan
founders of
Akwamu settled in Twifo-Heman...
- The
Akwamu people are an Akan
ethnic group in Ghana. They are
native around the
border between the
Eastern and
Volta Regions. The
Akwamu founded an empire...
- List of
rulers of the Akan (Bron)
state of
Akwamu (formerly Twifo-Heman)
Territory comprised part of present-day
southern Ghana Akan
people Ghana Gold...
- cities, the
Akwamu were centralized, and had one
supreme ruler. The
unity of the
Akwamu, and the
highly sophisticated army that the
Akwamu had at their...
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where the
present Akwamu capital. The Akyems,
especially the
elite forces known as the
Abuakwas but also the Kotokus,
fought the
Akwamus and
emerged victorious...
- Niger–Congo family.
Subgroups of the Akan
people include: the Agona, Akuapem,
Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti, Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, W****a...
- of
Akwamu against local Accrans, who
received support from the
Danes at Fort Christiansborg. The ****ault
resulted in
military failure for the
Akwamu, mainly...
- alloys. Oral
accounts place the
formation of the
Akwamu state between the 16th and 17th centuries.
Akwamu established its
capital at Asamankese,
where it...
- hill unto the
hopeless Akwamu regiment at
Nsakye as they advanced.
Unable to
withstand the
shock of this
highland change, the
Akwamu forces broke, scattered...
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Akwamu expansion in
Ghana started between 1629 and 1710. The
powerful king
Otumfuo Ansa
Sasraku I
annexed the Guan and took over the
traditional areas...
