Remember the splendour of the West African kingdoms from Songhai to Mali and Ghana? Do you remember the Ashanti kingdom and the Golden Stool? The harmattan winds? Growing cocoa and mining gold in ...

THE SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN STOOL OF THE ASANTE The power of Asantehene, king of the Asante (in modern Ghana), was invested in the Golden Stool. The Golden Stool represented the people, the soul of ...

The Asantehene of Ashanti and the Golden Stool The Ashanti region of Ghana in West Africa is ruled over by the Asanthene, whose palace is based in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti kingdom.