Yaa Asantewaa

Yaa Asantewaa

human

Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Gold Coast Colony
Allegiance	Ashanti Empire, Ghana
Given name	Yaa
Family name	Asantewaa
Noble title	Queen Mother
Date of birth	1832, 1840
Place of birth	Besease
Date of death	17 Ɔɔtoorebare 1921
Place of death	Seychelles
Languages spoken, written or signed	Twi
Occupation	ruler, military leader, resistance fighter
Position held	Queen Mother, Queen mothers in Africa
Conflict	Yaa Asantewaa War, Anglo-Ashanti Wars

Yaa Asantewaa I (dɔgebɔ bebiri la a Ogɛtoberi 17, 1840 – October 17, 1921) da e la napɔge a ko Ejisu naŋ be Ashanti region poɔ. O bɛɛri, Nana Akwasi Afrane Okese, naŋ da e Edwesu naa la da ko O napɔgloŋ. A youni 1900, la ka O da deɛ nembɛ toori ka ba te . ŋaa la ka ba naŋ bɔna War of the Golden Stool, kyɛ bee Yaa Asantewaa War of Independence, against the British Empire.

Biography

Yaa Asantewaa dɔgebɔ youni la 1840 Yiri kaŋa ba naŋ bɔŋa Besease poɔ. Kwaku Ampoma aneŋ Ata Po la da dɔge o. O yɔɔdɔɔ ba naŋ bɔŋa , Afrane Panin, da e la naa a ko Edweso. O da kulɛɛ dɔɔ naŋ taa pɔge a dɔge biiri

Asantewaa da kpiɛ la a youni 1921 poɔ.