Yaa Asantewaa, the Asante warrior queen 03/16/2018 March 16, 2018. A strong-willed woman who had the courage to stand by her convictions, throughout her life Yaa Asantewaa defended what she ...

Yaa Asantewaa was born 17 October 1840 – 17 October 1921 was the queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire – now part of modern-day Ghana,appointed by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Opese ...

But Queen Yaa Asantewaa rallied the Asante warriors with a rousing speech, full of choice words about how the Asante women would punish the men, if they 'behaved like women'.

Yaa Asantewaa was an influential Ashanti queen at the beginning of the twentieth century who remains a powerful symbol today. She is believed to have been born in 1840 in the Ashanti Confederacy ...

Warrior queen Yaa Asantewaa of di Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana no fear at all to fight di British wen her area dey under attack. Wen all di male leaders give up, she bring hope, and lead di Ashantis ...

Yaa Asantewaa was a Ghanaian warrior queen, born around 1840, who rose up to lead an army against the invading British. She is the first story in a new eight-part series, African Women who Changed ...

The iconic Ashanti queen mother, Yaa Asantewaa has been featured by BBC News Africa as part of their initiative to celebrate African women who made remarkable contributions and deserve praise on ...

Yaa Asantewaa - The Exile of King Prempeh and the Heroism of An African Queen, an international TV documentary, was recently premiered with a plump at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Accra.

Reaffirming her position as Abetifihemaa, Nana Amma Amanua II noted that Yaa Asantewaa is notorious for pretending to be the queen mother when she is out of town, further dismissing her claim to ...

03/16/2018 March 16, 2018. A strong-willed woman who had the courage to stand by her convictions, throughout her life Yaa Asantewaa defended what she believed to be the sanctity of her land ...