Osei Doggie

Osei Doggie , asantehene of the confederation Ashanti of 1695 with 1717).

He becomes chief of Kumasi (current Ghana) in 1675 and forms the Achanti confederation in 1695 (or 1701) to fight against the expansionist aimings of the kingdom Denkyéra.

The organization of the Ashanti is founded on the matrilinéaire family. The king is named on the councils of the queen mother, whose capacities, like those of the provincial chiefs, counterbalance to them his.

Osei Toutou assoit its authority and consolidates the bases of the Ashanti State while being pressed on the army, that it structure, and the powers magico-nuns, by sticking the services of the priest Okomfo Anokye. The tradition reports that this one would have reduced from the sky by invocation the gold stool ( sika dwa ) which becomes the symbol of the authority of the monarchy and the unit of the kingdom.

Osei Toutou invades the State of Akan and dies during a battle against the Akyem. With its death, the two applicants with the throne, Dakon and Opokou Waré are fought. Opokou Waré, victorious, easily imposes its authority to the Ashanti starting from 1731.

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