Kumasi at standstill as Asantehemaa goes to the “village”

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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Ghana mourns revered Ashanti queen

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…

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