11) Fanti. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...early 18th cent. the Fanti formed a confederation, primarily as a means of protection against Ashanti incursions from the interior. Several Fanti-Ashanti wars followed....
12) Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1870), and suppressed the rebellion led by Louis Riel at Fort Garry. After conducting the Ashanti campaign (1873-74), he served as high commissioner of Cyprus (1878)...
13) Ghana. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...It was inhabited in precolonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms, including an inland Ashanti kingdom and various Fante states along the coast. Trade with European...
14) Togoland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...ethnic groups in the north. From the 17th cent. until the early 19th cent. the Ashanti (situated in present-day Ghana) raided Togoland for slaves, who were then sold...
15) Ga, black African ethnic group. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...cent. Between 1677 and 1681 they were conquered by the Akwamu state, and in 1742 the Ashanti gained control over them. In 1874 the Ga were incorporated into the British...
16) African languages. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Nigeria, and Liberia, include Ewe, Yoruba, Igbo, Nupe, Bini, Ashanti, and possibly Ijo (which is sometimes considered a separate branch)....
17) African art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...with geometric projections and legs jutting out from each side of the face. 5The Ashanti kingdom of Ghana employed (18th and 19th cent.) a system of brass weights...
18) Ghana. The World Factbook. 2003
...type:constitutional democracyCapital:AccraAdministrative divisions:10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper...
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(1865-1906). Vol. V. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous
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...as those which have recently been conducted with such signal success in Nyassaland, Ashanti, Benin, and Nupé—expeditions which may have, and indeed have, cost valuable...
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