President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has a paid deeply touching tribute to the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afua Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, who he said, provided him with invaluable counsel. She was an invaluable and constant source of advice to me, he stated. “It has often been said that man proposes and God disposes. The news of her death is…
In the absence of an Asantehemaa, the Kokofuman Hemaa, Osagyefo Bayie, will act in the stead of Queen Mother. The Kokofuman Hemaa belongs to the Oyoko Clan who are the royals in Ashanti. The Asantehene is expected to nominate a successor after the burial of his mother. The successor is expected to be announced in the next two weeks…
The busy streets of Kumasi are unusually empty on the final day of the burial rites for the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. The usual hustle and bustle at the central business district is absent as commercial and business activities have come to a halt as Asanteman prepares for the burial of the late Queen Mother….
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A number of companies and individuals have taken advantage of the four-day burial rites for the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, to make commercial gains. Prominent among the businesses are dealers in native sandals, locally known as ahenema, who have moved their businesses to the precincts of the Manhyia Palace where the burial rites are being…
Kumasi – Dressed entirely in black, Tina Owusu Panin joined thousands making their way to a Ghanaian palace to mourn their “mother” — the revered queen of the powerful Ashanti kingdom. Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II died on Monday, , at the venerable age of 111, plunging the West African nation into grief. Built on the…
