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Okomfo Anokye (c.1655 – c.1717?/c.1719) was the
first priest (
Okomfo) of the
Ashanti Empire.
Anokye is
known for his parti****tion in the
expansion of...
- 1660 – c. 1717) was one of the
founders of the
Ashanti Empire, ****isted by
Okomfo Anokye, his
chief priest and a
distant relative from the town of Awukugua–Akuapem...
- 17th century, the
Asante king Osei Tutu (c. 1695 – 1717) and his
adviser Okomfo Anokye established the
Asante Kingdom, with the
Golden Stool of
Asante as...
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Kumasi Central Hospital. It was
later named Komfo Anokye Hospital after Okomfo Anokye, a
legendary fetish priest of the Ashanti. It is said that Anokye...
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means 'under'. The word was the name of a Okum tree in Kwaman,
planted by
Okomfo Anokye.
Kumasi was
founded around 1680 or in the 1680s by
Asantehene Osei...
- most
important person in the chief's
entourage is the
priest or
priestess (
Okomfo). Traditionally, the
priest tells the
chief when it is time to
start a war...
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Ofori Atta II Nana Oti
Akenten Ndewura Jakpa Ntim
Gyakari Ofori Panyin I
Okomfo Anokye Opoku Ware I Osei
Bonsu Osei
Kwame Panyin Osei Tutu
Agyeman Prempeh...
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Kumase was
founded in 1680 by
Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I on the
advice of
Okomfo Anokye, his premier.
Sited at the
crossroads of the Trans-Saharan trade...
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people and the
ultimate symbol of
power in Asante.
According to legend,
Okomfo Anokye, High
Priest and one of the two
chief founders of the
Asante Confederacy...
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Denkyira Kingdom until 1701 the
unitary state came
together with the help of
Okomfo Anokye, the
Ashanti defeated Denkyira at the
Battle of Feyiase, and Denkyira...
