Yaa Asantewaa
(1840-1921)
Ashanti queen mother of Ejisu
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Yaa Asantewaa (17 October 1840 – 17 October 1921) was the queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire – now part of modern-day Ghana – appointed by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Opese, the Edwesuhene, or ruler, of Edwesu. In 1900 she led the Ashanti war known as the War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, against British colonialism.
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1840 The Ashanti Region
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17 October 1921 (aged 81) Seychelles
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