Yaa Asantewaa Festival
| Country | Ghana  |
|---|---|
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Ashanti Region |
| Ein location | Ejisu, Ashanti Region |
The Yaa Asantewaa Festival be an annual festival wey be celebrated by de chiefs den people of de Ejisu Traditional Area insyd de Ashanti Region of Ghana. Dem usually dey celebrate am insyd de month of August.[1][2][3][4]
Na de Royal House of Queen Mother Saa Pogh Naa Yaa Asantewaa Ababio II found de Yaa Asantewaa festival make dem kai de 95th Year of de Home Calling of Queen Yaa Asantewaa den to honor ein actions during de War of de Golden Stool.
Significance
[edit | edit source]De chiefs den de inhabitants of Ejisu pay homage to Yaa Asantewaa, wey be known as an Ashanti war heroine wey lead a battle against de British insyd 1901.[5][6][7] De festival sanso dey commemorate ein bravery for resisting de British from capturing de Golden Stool of de Ashantis, wich lead to an uprising insyd de late 1690s.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 "Festival | The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Berlin, Germany" (in American English). Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ "Yaa Asantewaa festival launched in Kumasi". Yaa Asantewaah Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ "Yaa Asantewaa Festival of Arts and Culture" (in English). Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ "Yaa Asantewaa Festival – FIANDAD GHANA LIMITED" (in American English). Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ "Festivals Ghana - Easy Track Ghana". EasyTrackGhana. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ↑ ""Ghana: Yaa Asantewaa Festival in August; from 1-6 August, the People of Asante in Ghana Will Be Joined by the Rest of the World at a Festival in Kumasi to Commemorate the Heroic Deeds of Yaa Asantewaa, the Warrior Queen Who, in 1900, Took on the Might of the British Empire and Nearly Defeated It. George Ferguson Laing Reports" by Laing, George Ferguson - New African, Issue 452, June 2006". Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Yaa Asantewaa Festival Proposed". DailyGuide Network (in American English). 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2020-08-16.