The Ashanti Confederacy
@article{Tordoff1962TheAC,
title={The Ashanti Confederacy},
author={William L. Tordoff},
journal={The Journal of African History},
year={1962},
volume={3},
pages={399 - 417}
}The Basel missionaries, Ramseyer and Kühne, had this to say of Ashanti government in the reign of Kofi Karikari (1867–74): …the reins of the Ashantee government are not exclusively in the hands of the king, nor does he possess unlimited power, but shares it with a council which includes, besides his majesty, his mother, the three first chiefs of the kingdom [Juabenhene, Bekwaihene, and Mamponghene], and a few nobles of Kumasi (Coomassie). This council is called ‘Asante Kotoko’, or the Ashantee…
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