Asante 
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4/2/2023
Excerpt: The Akan Forest Kingdom of Asante
by John Parker
This excerpt from a new collection of essays on the precolonial kingdoms of Africa examines the sophisticated way that the Asante integrated the political power of their ruling elite with the spiritual and ceremonial to rule.
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