2 - Quand la reine-mère Dokuwa libère l’Akyem Abuakwa de la domination Ashanti
Corresponding Author(s) : Kouamé René Allou
Afrika Zamani,
No. 26 (2018): Afrika Zamani: An Annual Journal of African History
Abstract
As early as 1701, the Akyem Abuakwa Akan kingdom (the best known Akan kingdom is that of Ashanti) at the confluence of Birim and Oda rivers rebelled against the swift rise of Ashanti. It therefore actively supported the irredentist Denkyira who refused to accept the defeat of their kingdom. This political choice of the Akyeme Abuakwa kings was the result of a furious conquest and hard Ashanti domination of their kingdom. The relations between Akyeme Abuakwa and Ashanti turned into open revolts followed by bloody reprisals. In 1816, after the tragic deaths of Kings Kofi Asante and Asare Bediako, Queen-mother Dokuwa took the reins of the Akyeme Abuakwa kingdom. Thanks to an intelligent strategy, she succeeded in liberating Akyem Abuakwa from Ashanti yoke.
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Cornevin, Robert, Histoire du Togo, Berger-Levrault 1969, 528 p.
Reindorf Carl Christian, 1966, The history of the Gold Coast and Asante. Based on traditions and historical facts comprising a period of more than three centuries from about 1500 to 1860, Ghana university press, Accra, 315 p.
Ward, W.E.F., 1958, A history of Ghana, Georges Allen and Unwin LTD, Museum Street. London, 43 p.
Fynn, J.K., 1973, « Asante and Akyem relations 1700-1831 », Research Review, Vol.9, n°1, 1973, p. 58-83.