Osei Bonsu

Osei Bonsu (1779[1] – 21 January 1824)[2][3] also known as Osei Tutu Kwame [4] was the Asantehene (King of the Ashanti).[5] He reigned from 1804 to 1824. During his reign the Ashanti fought the Fante confederation and ended up dominating Gold Coast trade. In Akan, Bonsu means whale (the largest and most powerful "fish" in the sea), and is symbolic of his achievement of extending the Ashanti Empire to the coast. He died in Kumasi, and was succeeded by Osei Yaw Akoto.

For the 20th century Ghanaian sculptor, see Osei Bonsu (artist). For the footballer, see Osei Bonsu (football).

Other sources refer to him as Osei Tutu Kwame.[6] He was a leader in war against the Fante of the southern Gold Coast in 1806–07 and against the Abron of Gyaman (eastern Côte d'Ivoire) in 1818–19.[4]

References
  1. Keith A. P. Sandiford, A Black Studies Primer: Heroes and Heroines of the African Diaspora, Hansib Publications, 2008, p. 356.
  2. "Osei Bonsu | king of Asante empire". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. Aidoo, Agnes A. (1977). "Order and Conflict in the Asante Empire: A Study in Interest Group Relations". African Studies Review. 20 (1): 1–36. doi:10.2307/523860. ISSN 0002-0206. JSTOR 523860.
  4. McCaskie, Tom (August 2014). "Telling the Tale of Osei Bonsu: An Essay on the Making of Asante Oral History". Africa. 84 (3): 353–370. doi:10.1017/S0001972014000394. ISSN 0001-9720. S2CID 146791145.
  5. "Asante Kingdom". African Studies Centre Leiden. 2002-06-15. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  6. Larry W. Yarak. Asante and the Dutch: 1744-1873. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. p. 31.


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