Yaa Asantewaa

Ashanti queen mother and military leader

Yaa Asantewaa I (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu within the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okese, the Ejisuhene, or Paramount Chief of Ejisu.

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