Asante

Who founded Asante

Osei Tutu

When was Asante founded

The 1670s

Describe the start of Asante

Initially a loose group of chiefdoms, chiefs of villages paid tribute. Kept expanding and controlled most of goldfields in the forest by 1700, covered most of modern Ghana

Describe the later part of Asante

Late 1700s, new centralized administration, no hereditary chiefdom federation, instead government officers appointed by merit, removed a lot of taxation, centralization of army. Slave labor basis of most gold production

What was the leader of the kingdom titled

Asantehene

Who was Osei Tutu

Founded the Asante Kingdom in 1670s. He was a military leader and head of the Oyoko clan, got control of trading center near Kumasi to conquer surrounding Akan chiefdoms to create Asante