2) Ashanti 1. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. Ashanti or Aˇshanˇtis also Asante or Aˇsanˇtes1. A member of an Akan people of Ghana, formerly united in the Ashanti kingdom. 2. The Twi language...

3) Ashanti. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A region and former kingdom of western Africa in present-day central Ghana. The powerful Ashanti confederation of states, formed in the late 17th century, was defeated...

4) Kumasi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kumasi, (kooma´se, -ma´-) (KEY) , city (1984 pop. 376,246), capital of the Ashanti Region, central Ghana. The second largest city in Ghana, it is a commercial and...

5) kente. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A brightly patterned, handwoven ceremonial cloth of the Ashanti. 2. A durable machine-woven fabric similar to this fabric, prominently featured in Afrocentric...

6) Togo. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A country of western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. Situated between the Dahomey and Ashanti kingdoms, the region was held by Denmark in the 18th century and became...

7) Ghana, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...population is composed of many ethnolinguistic groups, the principal of which are the Akan (Ashanti and Fanti), Mole-Dagbani, Ewe, and Ga-Adangme. English is the...

8) Cape Coast. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...as Gna or Oegna, the town is an export port and fishing center. The town originated as an Ashanti trading center. It grew up around European forts built in the 17th...

9) Koforidua. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...it also serves as a road and rail center. Koforidua was founded (c.1875) by refugees from Ashanti. It is also called New Juaben....

10) Akan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...matrilineal descent is more important; social organization is built around the clan. The Ashanti and the Fanti, both of Akan stock, developed powerful confederacies...