Adansi

Adansi is a subgroup of the Akan ethnicity inhabiting the Ashanti Region of Ghana. An Adansihene (king of Adansi) is still designated. The Adansi has seven paramountcies: the capital, Fomena, New Edubiase, Ayaase, Akrokyere (Akrokerri), Akrofuom, Bodwesango and, Dompoase.

History

According to imminent historian F.K.Buah, the Adansiland is considered the origin of some Akan people. In the 17th century, the Adansi were powerful people known for their ability to build beautiful structures. The Akan office of Okyeame (linguist) is said to have originated in Adansi.

History also tells the ancestors of Adanis 'Akrofuom' may lived at Kokobiante nearby the Seben River in Adansi Town.

In 1873, Adansi Kobina Obeng sought independence from Ashanti because to his geographic location near the British protectorate, just north of the River Pra. After Sir Garnett Wolseley attacked Kumasi and dethroned Kofi Karikari, his successor, Mensah Bonsu, made every attempt to reclaim lost Ashanti dependencies after taking office late in 1874. With the exception of Kwahu and Adansi, he was able to accomplish this over the course of several years.

Distribution

The Adansi land stretches from the Pra River to the south to the Asante paramountcy of Bekwai to the north. It is also bound to the southwest by the Twi-speaking Denkyera tribe.

Obuasi is a town in the southern Ashanti Region and is the capital of Obuasi Municipal, a district lying south of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Obuasi is the second-largest urban settlement in the Ashanti Region and the eighth-most populous settlement in terms of population, with a population of 168,641 people, according to Ghana's 2010 Population and Housing Census. It is the largest settlement of the Adansi people.

Situated on the railway line from Kumasi to Sekondi, it is known for its Obuasi Gold Mine, now one of the nine largest on Earth, gold having been mined on the site since at least the seventeenth century.