In this video on the history of the Yaa Asantewaa and the Asante Kingdom, historian Anokye Frimpong explains why the Ashanti people are considered Bono people.
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@dadoboye15369 ай бұрын
This is absolutely fascinating. Ghana needs to write in-depth history books and teach the school children. Too many hours learning European history and very little time on their own history.
@lilyo.98029 ай бұрын
Facts.
@kwawkwansah2452Ай бұрын
Around the time of independence African scholars campaigned and got together to compile a general history of Africa. It is a work of several volumes that covers only 2000 years. However this work as the name suggests is just a general history. Through a microscope and on a local level you could do the same and produce volumes of our history
@glenstewart791010 ай бұрын
We thank you for bringing this man on your platform. He is a real historian. He need to write a book and also he need a national platform to educate the public. One thing I wanted to emphasize is that , HE SHOULD NEVER FEAR ANY PERSON IN GHANA FOR TELLING THE REAL HISTORY. He must stay focused and telling the real truth of the story!
@24barbwire10 ай бұрын
This was very informative! I am half Bono, Dormaa Ahenkro and my Uncle has told me before that all Akan’s are Bono before they began migration to form other Akan towns around Ghana. Thank you
@ericmann95678 ай бұрын
It's not true . Your uncle is a LIAR
@asiedu_augustine10 ай бұрын
Bono is the cradle and civilization of Akan God bless Bono people
@kwabena753710 ай бұрын
All akans stayed in Bono manso before they moved to other places,Asante was the last Akan group but the most powerful among them.
@edybouaki81532 ай бұрын
They won the war again their areas.
@georgeadu-boahene71369 ай бұрын
This could easily be a Hollywood movie
@josephad6861Ай бұрын
Why not a Ghanaian movie?
@georgeadu-boahene7136Ай бұрын
@@josephad6861 they should certainly use Ghanaian actors but we need a big studio to handle the production. We dont have the funds to make it an international quality movie
@GordonAmankona-lb2dx10 ай бұрын
The fantis migrated from Techiman under three warlords obunumankona,Osono and odapagyan
@danielosei383710 ай бұрын
No historian can dispute the fact all Akans migrated from Bono. The Oyokos from Techiman first came there and established a state called Bono Manso, a state that was inhabited by Akans This identification of I am Bono, I am Ashanti, I am Nzema is a recent phenomenon. Our ancestors identified themselves by their clans. There is no tribe in Ghana as Bono, Ashanti, Nfante, or whatever name of the subgroups of the Akan tribe. All these are names of either confederacy, states, or coalitions of the bigger Akan tribe. If someone says he is an Ashanti, it simply means he is from a state that is part of the Ashanti confederacy, the same applies to Bono which means the person is from a state that is part of the Bono Kyempim coalition or he is part of a state in the Bono geographical area since it is not all states in the Bono geographical area which are part of the Bono Kyempim coalition. Bono is not another word for Akan but rather it means first which is the name the Oyokos of the Techiman state gave to themselves or their state to mean the first people or first state of the Akans in their current location.
@nanaboakye55649 ай бұрын
Before the Oyokos were the Aduana. That's the Asantemanso. With second Unification of the Ashanti Kingdom came the Confederacy amongst the Amanhene , including Assumegyahene...from Aduana. And Amakom, was already in existence. So what are you talking about?
@nanaboakye55649 ай бұрын
Remember, at a point in time, the Asantehene controls more than 2/3 of the topography of the Ghana map. That cannot be underestimated
@eugenehappy58419 ай бұрын
I think those groups came into existence as a result of European arrival... remember the Europeans don't know much about the natural Akan family system unlike the so called groups.
@megadonmaster9 ай бұрын
@@nanaboakye5564That’s a fact. But that doesn’t negate the history of all Akans as Bono.
@Racadutiwaa428 ай бұрын
@@nanaboakye5564If you read it thoroughly you would understand that this was the early akan settlement. Asanteman came much later after they chose to move more southward. Why is this so difficult to understand?
@sremsaimichael85719 ай бұрын
Very impressive and educative this man is a real germ
@danieloduro-mensah44804 ай бұрын
The first Akan group to enter what may be termed as present day Ghana, my aged father discussed with me over 50 years ago, migrated from Bouna (presently, a town in the Ivory Coast). They came with their god called Bona and eventually, first settled around Akrokere, near Obuase. One may not overlook the fact that there could be follow-up clan groups and splinter groups here and there for many reasons and then spread over time. They initially lived in deep caves, valleys, tree-tops, etc until the Adansi people first started putting up buildings and initiated the setting up of relatively permanent communities.
@mobrown759410 ай бұрын
He needs to put all this in book
@sylvesteryork59406 ай бұрын
Thank you all for stimulating discussions and talks about The Akan Group and Origins. Naturally there would be some discrepancies and Differences of opinions but it’s a Great Start…Thanks again to Kafui and Dr. Anokye.
@richarddankwah308810 ай бұрын
Lawyer Anokye is doing marvelous work on the History of Ghana. He needs a National Stage. Thank you, Lawyer. !!!!
@danielchukwu42127 ай бұрын
I love the narration it just reinforced things I learned in our history. I now understand some details about the Baoule connection.
@sabitv282310 ай бұрын
Very insightful Thank you Kafui Dey
@Cappie8059 ай бұрын
The fact about Komfo Anokye should be look into.
@Waternett5 ай бұрын
One thing need clearance, the golden stool was first replicated and later replaced by a stolen one.
@GeorgeOforiAtta2 ай бұрын
This is excellent.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@malindaqueen32039 ай бұрын
And this is the truth.
@user-cp6in2cg9q9 ай бұрын
Bonomanso was a transit point for other akans before migrating to other areas. Therefore the assertion that all akans are Bono is inaccurate. If you say Bono(Takyiman) was the first akan group to migrate to Bonomanso and therefore all akans once lived there that will make a sound argument than to say they are Bono just because they once lived there.
@owusu3693 ай бұрын
Very true
@Ibnafrika12 минут бұрын
Topics I need help with: Where in Cote D’Ivoire did the Akans transit from? How Akan were the ‘kings’ of the Elmina Coast when they ceded our territory to the Portuguese in 1470s? Is Ghanaian history 1430-1700 lost? Does Akan migrations correspond to similar migrations enacted by the Dahomey people? I.E (From 15th Century to 17th Century - Moving away from coastal areas and into the hinterland. If Akan did not fragment from 1500-1700, when do you date the Fante migration to the coast?
@GHVybezTV9 ай бұрын
Those fighting for otumfour has turn a blind eye to this history, especially that useless oheneba media, as great media channel yet you don't learn history, I pity most of the Ashantis also because they refuse to read and learn history.
@danielosei383710 ай бұрын
Asante was not formed as a state but as a confederacy of Akan states. Asante is an example of the USA, a United States of America as Asante was formed as a United States of some Akan states that were subjects of Denkyira state. Kokofu, Mampong, Bekwai, Kwaman, Offinso, Kumawu, and Asemanya were all separate states already before Asante was formed.
@aikinsyeboah308610 ай бұрын
Then asante is not tribe,it's a name given to a group of Akan tribe after coming together
@danielosei383710 ай бұрын
As well said, the Asante is not a tribe but you think Bono is a tribe?@@aikinsyeboah3086
@Kodwo12 ай бұрын
@aikinsyeboah3086 Sure, Asante is not a tribe but a confederacy and its people are Akan. And the Akan can be referred to as an ethnic group.
@kwawkwansah24522 ай бұрын
Beyond the confederation Asante after successfully defeating the Denkyira in 1701 at Feyiase went on a route of expansionism. Thus creating an empire. Although the empire has retracted some of the present Akan states are borne from the empire and not the confederacy.
@danielosei383710 ай бұрын
Bono is not a tribe. Bono is a geographical area where the Akans first settled as said by the lawyer so there are no Bono people as the lawyer later asserted. It can therefore not be said that all Akans are Bono people but it can be said all Akans migrated from Bono area. Bono is not a tribe but a name for an area. By the time the Akans were leaving the Bono area the Akans were living in clans ie aduana, oyoko, etc, not states. Most of those who migrated from Bono came south to settle at the River Pra and Offin basins. As the Akan clans' populations grew in number the mighty men in the clans fought each other and through wars among the clans, and persuasions, the mighty among the clans united different clans in their area to form states, this brought the Akan states. Some of these states were Adansi, Twifo, Denkyira, Kokofu, Assin, etc. Denkyira became mighty and through wars and persuasions gained control over all the Akan states in the River Pra and Offin basin. Some of the states that could not bear with Denkyira again formed a coalition for war against their overload which is Denkyira and they became Asante. Asante was formed centuries after Akans migrated from the Bono area. It is therefore more accurate to say those who broke from Denkyira formed Asante than to say those who broke from Bono formed Asante.
@osahene160710 ай бұрын
This sounds more convincing
@asiedu_augustine10 ай бұрын
If there is no Bono, then there is no Akan. Jealousy is killing you people. It pains you that Bono is the cradle and civilization of Akan. You can even wish has never existed but here we are and you are mentioning Bono. God bless Bono people
@danielosei383710 ай бұрын
I am not saying there is no Bono but what I am saying is there are no bono people. I acknowledge the fact which is that all the Akan clans first settled in the Bono area. When our ancestors were there they didn't see themselves as Bono but as Akans living at a place they called Bono Manso. Bono is a name for a geographical area with different kinds of people most of them being Akans. Let us learn the facts. Dormaa was at Akwamu, then to Kwaman and finally getting to where it is now. So you can't say Dormaas are Bono people but rather they are Dormaas in Bono area. I identify myself as an Akan because that is the tribe in Ghana. Mfante, Ashanti, Akyem, Wassa, etc are all subgroups of the larger Akan tribe. For example, Ashanti is a coalition of people who swear allegiance to Sikadwa. I am not for anyone, I am proud of myself as an Akan and try to educate the true facts I know about Akans.
@godfredagyemang-ej6xn10 ай бұрын
How is that possible if there is no Bono people. Asantefoc Kasa dodo eiii
@danielosei383710 ай бұрын
I am ready to learn, please who are Bono people?@@godfredagyemang-ej6xn
@obuobiii11310 ай бұрын
Ashantis should also tell us why how they came about the Dwet3 Kuduo...that's the real power and the Busumuru Afena they took from Bodwesango a mensah of the Dankyira people
@Augustine-on5tr4 ай бұрын
That time there was no Asantes. Obiri Yeboah was chief of Kwaman We had no Asante
@mrperfumeghana73439 ай бұрын
Mr kafui , please your sound needs to be work on next time ooh.
@ZaiqahBanyamyan259 ай бұрын
i put my dna in gedmatch and it came up with brong is that bono
@Waternett5 ай бұрын
yes
@AnthonyAAckah9 ай бұрын
So does it mean my wassa people are also from Bono?
@kwakyeabrefa8 ай бұрын
Wassa language is very similar to Bono. I can’t differentiate Dormaa Bono from Wassa
@kwadwootengagyei23155 ай бұрын
Historian, please why do you mix pre- Asante period with Asante period.
@ghanaforyou872610 ай бұрын
So people started wars against Asantes and they retaliated and now people hate them?
@KingMe19 ай бұрын
Nobody started wars with them, they left Bono manso and were enslaved by the Denkyria. That's all. Ashantis don't like telling the full truth, only what massages their egos.
@o.t.95679 ай бұрын
@@KingMe1 According to your own statement, the denkyira enslaved them so in your mind, what do you think that enslavement entailed??? That the Denkyira were pampering their slaves? So if the Asantes had to go to war for their independence where is the lie in it? Or you think the Denkyira gained the slaves peacefully and not through wars? We know most of you resent Asantes but at least be intelligent when you go about your anti-Asante antics.
@nanaboakye55649 ай бұрын
Exactly. The Most Powerful Ashanti Kingdom still exist and cannot be underestimated. How come at a point in time of the annals of the topography of Ashanti Kingdom controls 2/3?
@enochappiah32558 күн бұрын
@@KingMe1Your message is contradictory in content. You wrote that nobody started wars with Asantes and then added that they were enslaved by Denkyira. Didn’t Denkyira enslave them through war? Your hatred for Asantes will always influence you to try and write something bad about them. Your last statement is an evidence. Shame on you.
@Ibnafrika2 минут бұрын
That is how they frame it. None of us were there, and oral history is insular. The Ashantis had notions of empire; as a political territory they never matured beyond warring, encapturing neighbouring peoples, and setting hefty tribute. All other peoples were subservient in their empire and holding no cultural merit. The many wars against the Ga, Akwamu, Ewe & Denkyira are cases in point. The Ashantis never had, and still don’t have a vision for Ghana. Each time we’ve been under Ashanti rule they have diligently found a way to force us back under oppression- be it from white Jesus, white people or their jet black acolytes and parasites.
@pasmartventures35329 ай бұрын
Negativity sales neh always lies after lies who know bono
@raskummi9 ай бұрын
Anum now Adum, People should know.
@princeryan872110 ай бұрын
This guy got his history all mixed up. There was no Asante before Osei Tutu so you can' t say he did not want to go to Asante. Also Obiri Yeboah who was Osei Tutu's uncle was chief of kwaman and not Asante. Lastly, the Akans were at Bono Manso but they were not Bonos. I.e. if they were Bonos which he claims to be a tribe, then they could not have been Akan whcih is also tribe. Bono Manso was a location inhibited by the Akan tribe before they moved southward and created different states such as Amansie, Denkyira, akwamu, akyem, oguaa, etc.
@frederickmanu369810 ай бұрын
Since the leader of the Asantes is from kwaman,the old kwaman can be referred to as Asantes for the lay man to understand
@appiah-berkorichard633810 ай бұрын
@princeryan; listen carefully, he said exactly what you typed. Nothing mixed up there. You are quick to judge
@princeryan872110 ай бұрын
@@appiah-berkorichard6338 I listened to the whole conversation before commenting. You may as well go back and listen well before saying I am quick to judge. i don't think he actually meant to say the Akans were from the bono tribe because that is a contradictory statement. But that is the headline. if you try to recite history orally like that, there is a tendency to mix up your facts and that is what he did. I didn't say he is lying, I said he got his facts mixed up and I pointed those out.
@appiah-berkorichard633810 ай бұрын
@@princeryan8721 He said vividly that All Akan's stayed in a geographical area called "BONO". SO all Akans are from Bono. It doesn't mean Bono is a tribe. And further went on to say that, they broke out of the area(Bono area) to form various Akan states of which Amansie(present day Asante) was part. So there's nothing like Bono tribe. Just listen to him well. And to point this out, we were all one and will forever be one.
@princeryan872110 ай бұрын
@@appiah-berkorichard6338 @32 second mark, he categorically said " All Akans were Bono people" and that is not same as saying " all Akans lived in Bono Manso"
@fredericakitisu54179 ай бұрын
the whole thing started from Denkyira and there wasn’t a tribe called Ashanti by than, we are all called Akans, also it was the now Ashanti who started the war when they started to fight the Fante to take their lands, and the Fante went seek help from the Europeans that how it started, the Europeans also decided to take advantage of the situation and started setting the them against each other and the slave trade came in.
@NanaKNOwusu9 ай бұрын
The Europeans did not need any motivation to enslave. Anansesem is what you just wrote. They left Europe to come and look for resources including slaves.
@fredericakitisu54179 ай бұрын
@@NanaKNOwusu did you read what I wrote properly before calling it anansesem? I said they took advantage of the situation, I didn’t said they were motivated, some of you don’t read and understand the English properly before jumping into reply
@NanaKNOwusu9 ай бұрын
@@fredericakitisu5417 Auntie Frederica, I am not upset with you o, it is the idea that Asante started taking Fantelands and it was when the Fante sought Broni’s help that they took advantage and started the slave trade. Bronii left Europe to come and enslave, period. Google the Age of Discovery or the Age of Exploration for the history. Prince Henry the navigator and the early Portuguese explorers in the 15th century came for gold, resources, and slaves. They were countering the power of the Ottoman Empire. We had nothing to do with it. It was inevitable. Also, Asante did not go and look for Fante lands. They wanted to do away with the middlemen who took their gold and sold them junk.
@fredericakitisu54179 ай бұрын
@@NanaKNOwusu well the Broni is still doing indirectly, is up to us the youth to study and work hard to stop it for our children and descendants
@fredericakitisu54179 ай бұрын
@@NanaKNOwusu Nana please look for madam AMA ATTA Aiddo’s interview with Obroni it will shock you what Broni still planning to do
@bilalabdoulatif3878 ай бұрын
We were told konfo anokye disguise as woman,went to techiman marry the king and finally revealed the secret to asantes,and attack the techiman people and took away their golden stool
@malindaqueen32039 ай бұрын
The same Denkyria that enslaved Ashantis got their name from Bono. The Akwamus that helped Osei tutu also passed through Bono. Fantes are also from Bono. The head of the Oyoko clan is Techimanhene not Asantehene.
@owusu3693 ай бұрын
The denkyria didnt enslave ashantis they demanded tributes from them in goods and gold
@kwawkwansah2452Ай бұрын
Denkyira had a suzerainty over Kwaaman the nucleus predecessor of what came to be Asante. They didnt enslave them. They were required to pay tribute and serve the Denkyira King. Osei Tutu at one time was at the Denkyira court. It was similar to the later Asanteman in which other kings swear allegiance and pay tribute to Asantehene. You have to think about how you articulate things
@oseimenkahagyekum82259 ай бұрын
Did he took his medication before you invited him to the studio
@sampson-zj9yt7 ай бұрын
We are more Dagomas than Bono
@kingblaq10010 ай бұрын
How can all Akans be Bono when the Guans were the first to even settle in Ghana?
@eugenehappy58419 ай бұрын
What makes you think that the Akans were in groups when they first came into contact with the Guans ?
@kingblaq1009 ай бұрын
@@eugenehappy5841 Did you understand what you read before writing your reply? 😃
@eugenehappy58419 ай бұрын
You asked, *how can all Akans be bono when the guans were the first to even settle in Ghana*? Right? I just answered you straight away... 1. The Akans are not Bono. 2. The guans are not Akans. What you meant is, if there were guans meaning all Akans can't be bono, I agree. But as I said Guans are not Akans, and Bono never existed prior to their settlement in present day Ghana. Read about the Larteh ppl, you will know the origins if the Guans.
@kingblaq1009 ай бұрын
@@eugenehappy5841 Mate wae
@YawAduGyamfi9 ай бұрын
It cannot be True that all Akans are Bono. That wil be placing the cart before the horse. Akan meaning Akanefoɔ.(the first people) comprise several sub groups including the Bono, Fante, Sehwi, Aowin, Ahanta, Asante, Dankyira, Ahafo, Akyem, and others. The only true Bonos are the Techiman people with all others even in present day Bono and Bono East being of other sub grouping......check the various languages spoken in these areas. Asante as a subgroup of the Akan are very mixed with various other Akan and non Akan groupings forming what is a modern Akan Kingdom lasting about 400 years. Let's try and tell history with anthropological, linguistic evidence and not what Anokye is doing with raw narrations that do not correlate. Cc: Kafui Dey
@otutu20008 ай бұрын
Like Daniel Osei said, Bono is not a tribe but a geographical area and so Ashantis are not Bonos.
@danieloduro-mensah44804 ай бұрын
You also mix-up ancient, pre-modern and modern histories of the people trying to present a singular picture as though you lived through all those ages! Please, respect existing controversies or historical gaps. They can only be resolved overtime, through careful meta analytical research rather than rushed narratives.
@danieloduro-mensah44804 ай бұрын
Bona is still a god worshipped in Adansi today. Bona means “creator of days” and is in reference to the almighty God that the Akans migrated with from their ancient abodes from the time they started migrating from the Mesopotamian region, through Egypt, Sudan, etc. with their rich Hebraic culture and as the first civilized people with definitive religion. 😂 Akan means first in civilization and Asante the greatest empire!
@owusudavid94828 ай бұрын
So why the language was changed
@amaasobu30434 ай бұрын
Because language evolves,
@danieloduro-mensah44804 ай бұрын
Some of your presentations are being concocted and presented as the truth. Remember that you can’t know it all.
@RedemptionTv0073 ай бұрын
Story about the go golden stool coming to being is false. It was direct taken from Bono. Buoyam in techiman
@Misty_Blow10 ай бұрын
Which is which, is he talking about bono area or Tekyeiman . Lawyer please Dormaa is not bono and please Ashanti is not tribe but Amansie, Sekyirae ,Atwima ,Nsuta and more they’re tribes
@a-kuffour60709 ай бұрын
As a matter of fact, the Sekyere, Adansi, Amansie, Kwabre and the likes were not tribes but States in themselves before ultimately joining to form the United Asante State as we know it today.
@lordvonmanor69157 ай бұрын
I thought they originated in Afrika too but they originated in Akan New Zealand and colonized Afrika.👍 They are Australs.
@richarddankwah308810 ай бұрын
🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@SolkemOnyAxelleKessi12 күн бұрын
nononononono and no to tou ask akan togo and cote d'ivoire Akan is Akan
@nanaboakye55649 ай бұрын
What about the 400 year and more ago ? That we have the first Asantehene Twum & Antwi. Where was the Bono State at that time? How come that at a point in time, the Ashanti Kingdom controls about more than 2/3 of the size of Ghana, including the Bono, the North ,East and West excluding the Coastal Region? You're condoning and conniving with Dormaahene who were those dependants possibly of Ohemaa Pokuiaa of ,Yamossokrom, Ivory Coast..who ran away hopping . Mr Frimpong you and this guy are trying to distort the History of Ashanti nicely and video without the root course. Who told you that ,Ashanti came from Bono..if Bono are servants to Ashanti Kingdom?
@user-fk8no5yl2x9 ай бұрын
My friend, denkyera migratory from bono, same dankyera control Asante for three hundred years,use common sense here ok!
@sylvesteryork59406 ай бұрын
Please have patience and humility and increase learning….no insults….however tempting it may be.
@yawfraser9 ай бұрын
I'm akyem and I am not part. 🤣🤣🤣
@fredericakitisu54179 ай бұрын
komfo Anokye was an ewe from Volta region, he was not from Akwiapim
@kevinjnr19 ай бұрын
no he was an akan, ppl confuse him as an ewe bc he was with an ewe priest called togbe sali
@waasesmailer9 ай бұрын
Akam is a dialect and not a tribe.
@Augustine-on5tr3 ай бұрын
This guy is so ignorant. He knows nothing about Asante history. It was Komfo Anokye and OSEI TUTU. Obiri Yeboah was not an Asante chief Obiri Yeboah was chief of Kwaman there was no Asante
@Wedaga19 ай бұрын
And all Bono’s are northerners
@handsome_prophet9 ай бұрын
What is this man saying...do you even know your history
@Kingoftheimmigrants46469 ай бұрын
All akans ain’t bonos Stop the lies
@divinepijah96649 ай бұрын
False
@Augustine-on5tr4 ай бұрын
Cheap lawyer. Liar. This guy doesn’t know anything
@kafuideymc4 ай бұрын
Address the issues. Personal attacks are totally unnecessary.
@phillipboakyeyiadom13209 ай бұрын
Lier
@ericmann95679 ай бұрын
The so-called Frimpong Anokye is the Single biggest LIAR. He's confused and funny as HELL.
@ericmann95679 ай бұрын
So called Frimpong Anokye is confused and funny as HELL ,. again he's a Single biggest LIAR.
@kwawkwansah2452Ай бұрын
You really seem to have issues. Do you know what an anachronism is ? Bono kingdom emerged in 12 century. In 1600s Boa Amponsem was king of Denkyira and at that time Kwaaman (Asante) paid tribute to Denkyira until his successor Ntim Gyakari was defeated at Feyiase in 1701 so which event happened first ?