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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...
- Kingdom's
freedom against the
Denkyiras in the War of Independence. The
Asantes went to war
against the king of
Denkyiras called Ntim
Gyakari after he...
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reorganized the
Ashanti army. The War with
Denkyira (1699–1701) did not go well at first, but when the
Denkyira army
reached the
gates of Kumasi, Anokye's...
- They are made of the
Akyems or Akims, Asantes, Fantis, Akuapims, Kwahus,
Denkyiras, Bonos, Akwamus, Krachis, etc. The
Serer people of Senegal, Gambia, and...
- king of
Denkyira, Ntim
Gyakari before his execution. He
uttered "esa nti"—meaning "because of war"—as it was
because of war with the
Denkyiras that the...
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independence from the
Denkyiras.
After the
sacrificial death of Nana
Tweneboa Kodua I, the
Ashanti army
gained victory over the
Denkyiras, as was spiritually...
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Denkyira District is a
former district council that was
located in
Central Region, Ghana.
Originally created as a
district council in 1975, it was split...
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Upper Denkyira East Muni****l
District is one of the thirty-three
districts in
Central Region, Ghana.
Originally it was
formerly part of the then-larger...
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Denkyira West
District is one of the twenty-two
districts in
Central Region, Ghana.
Originally it was
formerly part of the then-larger
Upper Denkyira...
- into an
effective fighting machine. In 1701, the
Asante army
conquered Denkyira,
giving the
Asante access to the Gulf of
Guinea and the
Atlantic Ocean...
