ANSA, KWAMINA
KWAMINA ANSA Kwamina Ansa, (late 15th century), or Caramansa, was the leading stool-holder of Elmina, an Akan fishing hamlet that became the first European trading beach on the Gold Coast. This ruler was responsible for negotiating with the Portuguese when they sought to build a castle at Elmina in 1482. The earliest reference to the […]
MATE KOLE, E.
NENE SIR EMMANUEL MATE KOLE Nene Sir Emmanuel Mate Kole (February 7, 1860-1939), Konor (paramount chief) of Manya Krobo, a state about 50 mi (80 km) northeast of Accra, was the first literate chief of his state. He introduced legal and administrative reforms, supported the British in the 1895-1896 Asante war and in World War […]
DOKUA, NANA
NANA DOKUA Nana Dokua, or Dokuwa (17? -1855) was queen of Akyem Abuakwa, an Akan state in what is now southern Ghana, from about 1817 till the late 1830s. During this time she won fame as a warrior, an administrator, and a progressive ruler. Her mother, Akoto, was the daughter of Adu Darko, chief of […]
