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Yaa Asantewaa

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Yaa Asantewaa I was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana.

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Birth Year
1840 1
Wikipedia's infobox gives her birth as circa 1840, year only.
Death Date
1921-10-17 1
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Ashanti Empire, Polities
Additional Source Ashanti Empire (Wikipedia)Body section on the War of the Golden Stool
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1. Yaa Asantewaa (Wikipedia)
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was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire
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1. Yaa Asantewaa (Wikipedia)
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c. 1840
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1. Yaa Asantewaa (Wikipedia)
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17 October 1921
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Ashanti Empire (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Ashanti Empire, Body section on the War of the Golden Stool
Quote, Associated With: Ashanti Empire, Body section on the War of the Golden Stool
The resistance was led by Asante queen Yaa Asantewaa, Queen-Mother of Ejisu
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