Asante people

Asante
Asantefoɔ
	Akan dancers in Ghana
Regions with significant populations
	Asante Region ( Ghana)
Languages
	Twi (a native dialect of Akan); English;
Religion
	Christianity; Islam; Akan religion;
Related ethnic groups
	Akan (Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Bono, Coromantee, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, Sefwi)

The Asante, also known as Ashanti in English (/əˈʃɑːntiː/ ^ⓘ), are part of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. Asantes are the last group to emerge out of the various Akan civilisations. Twi is spoken by over nine million Asante people as their native language.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Asante people developed the Ashanti Empire, along the Lake Volta and Gulf of Guinea.^[4] The empire was founded in 1670, and the capital Kumase was founded in 1680 by Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I on the advice of Okomfo Anokye, his premier.^[4] Sited at the crossroads of the Trans-Saharan trade, Kumase's strategic location contributed significantly to its growth.^[5] Over the duration of the Kumase metropolis' existence, a number of peculiar factors have combined to transform the Kumase metropolis into a financial centre and political capital.^[5] The main causal factors included the unquestioning loyalty to the Asante rulers and the Kumase metropolis' growing wealth, derived in part from the capital's lucrative domestic-trade in items such as gold, slaves, and bullion.^[5]

^ Cite error: The named reference Asante-Asante Twi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Asante » Asante Twi". ofm-tv.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
^ Sheard, K. M. (2011). Ashanti Warlike Meaning (Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids). Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 9780738723686.
^ ^a ^b "United Asante States Under Nana Osei Tutu I". asantekingdom.org. Archived from the original on 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History Of The Asante Confederay » Restoration Of The Asante". asantekingdom.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

[Asante-Asante_Twi-1] Cite error: The named reference Asante-Asante Twi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Asante_»_Asante_Twi-2] "Asante » Asante Twi". ofm-tv.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

[Asante_Warlike_Meaning-3] Sheard, K. M. (2011). Ashanti Warlike Meaning (Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids). Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 9780738723686.

[United_Asante_States_Under_Nana_Osei_Tutu_I-4] "United Asante States Under Nana Osei Tutu I". asantekingdom.org. Archived from the original on 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

[History_Of_The_Asante_Confederay_»_Restoration_Of_The_Asante_Confederacy-5] "History Of The Asante Confederay » Restoration Of The Asante". asantekingdom.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

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