Yaa Asantewaa and the Asante-British War of 1900-1
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Yaa Asantewaa and the Asante-British War of 1900-1
Sub-Saharan , Currey, 2003
- James Currey
- Sub-Saharan
- : hbk.
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Note
Bibliography: p. 181-182
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Draws on contemporary documents and oral testimony to give an Asante perspective on the war.
The Asante-British War of 1900-01 is known outside Ghana as the war of the 'Golden Stool'. In Ghana it is known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, after the Queen of Edweso who was its principal inspiration. But while her leadership has been acknowledged in the scholarly literature, up to now her precise role in the war has been unexamined.
The eminent Ghanaian historian, A. Adu Boahen, remedies this oversight in this account written for the centenary of the war. With their king and many leading chiefs already in exile, the Asante faced a new crisis in 1900 with the British Governor's demands for additional tribute and the symbolic Golden Stool. It was Nana Yaa Asantewaa who rallied Asante resistance with 'her fiery and provocative speeches and gender-conscious challenges'.
A. ADU BOAHEN was Professor Emeritus of History, University of Ghana (Legon), fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences
North America: Michigan State University Press; Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers
Table of Contents
Editor's note by Emmanuel Akyampong - The outbreak of the Yaa Asantewaa war - The weapons & strategies used in the war - The duration & the phases of the war - The role of Nana Yaa Asantewaa in the war - The end of the war.
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