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Denkyira or
Denkyera was a
powerful nation of Akan
people that
existed before the 1620s, in what is now modern-day Ghana. Like all Akans, they originated...
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Bekwai to the north. It is also
bound to the
southwest by the Twi-speaking
Denkyera tribe.
Obuasi is a town in the
southern Ashanti Region and is the capital...
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defeating two
powerful enemies, the Akan
Domaa to the
northwest and the
Denkyera empire to the south. The
Ashanti conquered large parts of
Ghana during...
- the life of the King Osei Tutu I of
Asante by
protecting him from the
Denkyera.
History indicates that the
Akwamuhene and
Dormaahene were twin brothers...
- 1710. They
expanded into the
Akuapem area,
including Kyerepon and Larteh,
Denkyera, Ga-Adangbe; and the
Ladoku states of Agona,
Winneba and
Afram plains....
- the area of what is now
Ghana was
dominated by
three states the Guans,
Denkyera, the Adansi, and the Akwamu.
Within the
Adansi state there were
three military...
- that Asante's
roads from
Kumase "to Axim via
Denkyera, Wasa and Aowin, and from
Kumase to
Elmina via
Denkyera and
Twifo were
already in use in the first...
- Some oral
traditions have it that, when the Yilo
returned from
Krobo Denkyera, they lost most of
their indigenous Krobo customs; as a
result of that...
- to the
Denkyerahene to
nurse his
nieces and nephew(****ure
heirs to the
Denkyera stool). The
messenger of
Denkyerahene Ntim
Gyakari was sent to collect...
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contingent of
forces in the
defense of
Elmina against attacks by Fante,
Denkyera and Wasa forces. It
appears that he is the
Akyampon who
worked in 1808...
