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Queen Yaa Asantewaa

How did a determined queen lead her people in a bold stand against colonial forces? Discover the inspiring story of Queen Yaa Asantewaa, the fierce leader who became a symbol of resistance in the fight for Ashanti independence. Born in 1840, Yaa Asantewaa was a queen mother of the Ashanti Empire in present-day Ghana. When British colonial forces exiled the Ashanti king and demanded the sacred Golden Stool, symbolizing the Ashanti nation’s soul, Yaa Asantewaa rose to defend her people. In 1900, she led the Ashanti in the War of the Golden Stool, rallying her people with powerful speeches that ignited their resolve to resist. As a commander, she organized and led her forces in a fierce battle against the British, who were stunned by her leadership and the strength of Ashanti resistance. Though the Ashanti eventually faced defeat and Yaa Asantewaa was exiled, her bravery and defiance left a lasting legacy as a symbol of resistance against oppression.

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Ghanian American Beryl Grace who was a big nollywood actress, then worked to get to America, and had a downward spiral. Or something.

@coquettemouse this is inspired by ur post

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i wish my family actually spoke ga ta me and my brother when we were younger instead of just speaking it around us b/c i am existing in this weird middle ground between bilingual and monolingual where i can understand most of what they're saying but i cant speak it back ta them and its frustrating

like i know why they didn't wanna teach me and my bro it, when my family first moved ta america my mother had a hard time in school growing up b/c she didnt speak english so she couldnt talk ta any of the kids and she was lonely for awhile and they didn't want that ta happen ta us but. we were born here sjkfdskf we would've learned english anyway

idc if it would've been hard i already feel disconnected from my culture as it is, i just want this small part of it yk? its such a cool language too!!!!!!!!!!!! its so expressive and dramatic its literally perfect for me!!!!!!!!!!!!

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we have a guest speaker in math class to talk to us about coping w stress as if this class isn’t the reason i felt like shitting myself this morning😭😭

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Kente comes from the word kenten, which means "basket" in the Asante dialect of the Akan language, referencing its basket-like pattern. In Ghana, the Akan ethnic group also refers to kente as nwentoma, meaning "woven cloth". Ashanti folklore includes a story where weavers invented kente by seeking to replicate the patterns of Anansi the spider.

West African cultures have been weaving textiles for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence for the oldest form of handloom weaving in Southern Ghana has been discovered at Begho and Bono Manso. Spindle whorls and dye holes discovered in these sites have been dated to the 14th–18th centuries. At Wenchi, spindle whorls have been dated to the 16th–17th centuries.

Asante oral tradition give the origins of Kente to an individual from Bonwire who introduced a loom among the Asante from Gyaman during the reign of Nana Oti Akenten in the 17th century. Another oral source states that it was developed indigenously by individuals from Bonwire during the reign of Osei Kofi Tutu I, who were inspired by the web designs of a spider. In the 18th century, Asantehene Opoku Ware I was documented by Danish agents Nog and L.F. Rømer, to have encouraged expansion in craft work. The Asantehene set up a factory during his reign to innovate weaving in the Ashanti Empire. This was the early stages of Kente production. The Danish agents described the operations of the factory as;

Some of his subjects were able to spin cotton, and they wove bands of it, three fingers wide. When twelve long strips were sewn together it became a “Pantjes” or sash. One strip might be white, the other one blue or sometimes the was a red among them...[Asantehene] Opoke [Ware] bought silk taffeta and materials of all colours. The artists unravelled them.

— Nog.

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