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Post by anansi on Aug 2, 2021 8:14:44 GMT -5
History of Africa Podcast.
Here is a chance to start watching this series from the beginning, get your era phones recline and listen to some good history. This have to do with the rise of the Ashanti /Akan Kingdoms.
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Post by anansi on Aug 2, 2021 8:27:49 GMT -5
22 Figure 7: Illustrates how all major trade routes between the north and the south of the country of Ghana had to pass through the Asante capital of Kumase.48
Important that you view the link in full. I've read how the Akan state might be somewhat related to Wagadu states, however are there any linguistic links, to between them and the Sonniki folks?? Intriguing also is some of the court attire of both early regions. Interesting also is the indoor bath rooms on the 2nd floor using gravity drainage system with pebbles beneath the 1st floor.
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Post by anansi on Aug 2, 2021 8:54:57 GMT -5
Ashanti multi-storied homes. The bathroom was usually located upstaires.
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Post by anansi on Aug 18, 2021 7:32:53 GMT -5
Update installment, pls enjoy, and support this brother and his team.
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Post by zarahan on Aug 23, 2021 22:28:55 GMT -5
Never came across a direct Wagadu connection but Asante were p[art of the regional culture that included Akamu and Denkiyra etc.. But both Ashanti and Wagadu (Ghana) seem to have organized things around gold.
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Aug 24, 2021 16:47:58 GMT -5
Never came across a direct Wagadu connection but Asante were part of the regional culture that included Akamu and Denkiyra etc.. But both Ashanti and Wagadu (Ghana) seem to have organized things around gold. I dunno? Did Gold Coast folk proclaim themselves Wagadu refugees before independence? Ouagadougou (Wagadugu) is like Wagadu with an extra gu tacked on. Is it sound linguistics? Wagadu was a Soninke empire. Wagadugu is capital city of Burkina Faso. Don't know what language it is but doubt it's Soninke related. The country's old name, Upper Volta, recalls the linguistic and cultural ties linking the Gulf of Guinea to the open canopy forest and onward north to the savanna peoples' states. Bambuk-Bure gold fields supplied Wagadu. Later it was the Gold Coast shipping the precious metal commodity north for trade with Sahel/Savanna states. Are Ashanti origins lingo-culturally tied to other Gulf of Guinea and Volta inhabitants or Senegal-Niger ones? How big a 'migrational' impact did alMurabitun make? Where do the Mossi fit in all of this? Both 2s are in today's Ghana. Asante Akan Twi 2 covers the Ashanti empire. Umma go check African Glory a history book from back in my day that was written by a Ghanaian citizen and holla back.
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Aug 24, 2021 17:58:24 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on Sept 13, 2021 6:58:07 GMT -5
Great response you guys, much thanks. In this installment , the brother goes into the makeup and reorganization of what was to become the dreaded Ashanti armies, from conscripts to professional soldiers, including engineering unites.
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Post by anansi on Sept 13, 2021 7:29:08 GMT -5
Damn interesting , I would never had thought of Kenam, pre Islamic , but these folks or people related to them had to prefigure any sacking of Wagadu, because wasn’t they and other folks like the Mali empire etc got their gold from, before they presumably broke through the forest...or am I off here.
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Post by zarahan on Sept 16, 2021 18:59:07 GMT -5
[quote source="/post/22510/thread" timestamp="1629775735" Both 2s are in today's Ghana. Asante Akan Twi 2 covers the Ashanti empire. [/quote] Good roundup. Look forward to that info. That piece above says the Almoravid invasion and takeover of the Ghana goldfields circa 1076 caused a southward movement, leading to development of new polities like the Akan. Unfortunately such invasions from the north seem to have disrupted wealthy African kingdoms a number of times like the powerful Sultan of Morocco, Ahmad al-Mansur, in 1591 doing a resource grab on Songhai. Many wanted to get their hands of West African wealth. They even cheated Mansa Musa during his famous pilgrimage.
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