On April 23, 2025, a sizable crowd gathered at Kumasi's Prempeh I International Airport to greet Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the King of the Asante Kingdom, as he returned after a brief vacation overseas.

The Asante kingdom was founded by the great King Osei Tutu in the eighteenth century ... that one tree would live and become the capital of Ashanti. Hence is derived the name Kumasi (the tree ...

Manhyia Palace, Kumasi, GNA– His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has commended Warrior ... The endorsement by the Ashanti ...

He instituted gold dust as the official currency, and his authority was symbolized by the Golden Stool, a throne that was said to have descended from the heavens into the king's lap. Osei Tutu ...

The current king is Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II. Through a long traffic jam in dry heat, unlike humid Accra, we found our way to Ejisu, traditionally a major bastion of the Ashanti kingdom.

Born Francis Osei in 1939 in Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana, and named after Ashanti King Osei Tutu, the young Osei ...

2023 sees the coronation of King Charles III ... the capital of the Ashanti kingdom. Image caption, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is the reigning Asanthene of the Ashanti region of Ghana The most sacred ...