ABAKƆSƐM BRƐ: Asante Nation under OTUMFOƆ OSEI TUTU KWAME ASIBE BONSU (Part 3).
ABAKƆSƐM BRƐ: Asante Nation under OTUMFOƆ OSEI TUTU KWAME ASIBE BONSU (Part 3).
On the British Resident Representative to Kumase's arrival, he started seriously to patch all misunderstanding and further made a new treaty with the king. When he presented his new treaty to the Governor, he did not approve of it.
This was a great disappointment to the Asantehene but he had patience because of the promise made by Mr. Dupuils that he himself would present the treaty to the British Government for approval.
After waiting for some years without hearing a word about the treaty, Otumfoɔ Kwame Osei Asibe advised his subjects to stop trading with the British because he thought that the British Government approved of the treatment meted to them by the people of Komenda and Cape Coast.
The Governor at Cape Coast was recalled and a new Governor, Sir Charles McCarthy, was appointed the Governor of Gold Coast and Sierra Leone.
The former Governor's refusal to accept the Dupuils treaty was still a grievance being nursed by the people of Asante and their King, therefore in 1822 when exchange of words arose between an Asante trader and a policeman, the abusive words uttered by the policeman were reported to the Asantehene.
Immediately messengers were sent to capture the policeman and behead him. This resulted in an open confrontation between the coastal states and the Asante Nation.
It developed into an actual war between the Asante Nation on one side against the British and the Coastal states on the other. The war known as the Battle of Nsamanko was fought at the bank of River Pra.
Asantes won the war. The Governor, Sir Charles McCarthy lost his life in the battle. That was the second Asante war with the British. The Asante Nation could not celebrate this victory with jubilation because their king, Otumfuo Osei Tutu Kwame Asibe Bonsu was called to eternity on the day the Governor lost his life.
Piawwwww!!!
This is how we end the history of Otumfoɔ Osei Tutu Kwame Asibe Bonsu.
We will continue our history on Wednesday, God willing.
All your questions are welcome.
However, we apologized for the late post tonight 🙏
Anuanom, yɛma mo nyinaa dayie.
Piawwwww!!!
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