Opokou Waré
Opokou Waré (towards 1700-1745, asantehene of the confederation Ashanti of 1717 with 1745).
With died of the chief of the Ashanti confederation Osei Doggie in 1717, the two applicants with the throne, Dakon and Opokou Waré are fought. Opokou Waré, victorious, easily imposes its authority to the Ashanti. By working the gold mines of its country, it can buy firearms with which it fights its neighbors victoriously. The kingdom occupies a space then corresponding to the Ghana current and overflowing on the territories of the Ivory Coast and the Togo. In the South, along the coast, only the small States Fanti resisted to him, just as the European counters as it took care not to attack. It has an direct access with the sea and the European trade by Assinie and Accra. To North, it subjects the Gyaman, the Gonja and the Dagomba, pushing its influence until the parallel 10°.
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