They were dying to see Ashanti, yet word along the grapevine was that she was no great performer. |
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In 1902, they succeeded in establishing firm control over the Ashanti region and making the northern territories a protectorate. |
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Now, he's in the final again and no matter what the semi-final scores say, all eyes are on the Ashanti. |
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She bases this claim on an obscure source on the Ashanti, as if what the latter do is typical of all West African weaving. |
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I don't really think that there have been any Arabs or Ashanti for many decades who wouldn't recognise a pair of trousers. |
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On 22 January 1824 the Ashanti had a stunning victory in the battle of Nsamankow. |
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Most ethnic groups make big efforts at funerals, but Ashanti funerals are the most elaborate and expensive. |
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In 1981 the Museum staged an exhibition of Ashanti life in the then Museum of Mankind. |
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In 1999, the Ashanti gold mining company nearly went bankrupt after a gold price rally because of its hedging position. |
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These members felt that the use of Twi unfairly privileged the Ashanti ethnic group over others. |
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Ashanti Goldfields was one of the big winners, ending the week at more than 28,000 cedis. |
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The Ashanti empire, located in the hinterland of the Gold Coast of west Africa, reached its peak in the late 18th cent. |
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Trade was highly organized and, in the kingdoms such as Dahomey and Ashanti, important sectors of the economy were under State control. |
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Material will come from bamboo forests in the surrounding Ashanti region, with wheels and other parts imported. |
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The eldest woman of every village is the one who has the last word within the Ashanti community. |
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He represented the old guard and also appealed to Ashanti nationalism. |
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These restorations would likely aim to give a sense of Ashanti culture, in particular of the way in which a turn-of-the-century royal Asantehene lived. |
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He then commanded another expedition to punish the Ashanti in West Africa, his capture of their capital at Kumasi in February 1873 being rewarded with his major generalcy. |
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Unfortunately, the ones that had hedged their positions had bet that the price of gold would go only one way down. So it was with Ashanti. |
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There were smaller numbers of Ashanti, Fanti, Mandings and Gangas. |
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Ashanti women weren't allowed to cook for the men nor even touch anything cooked for them whilst they were menstruating. |
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The hymn was sung in Twi, the language of the Ashanti people, the largest tribe in Ghana. |
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Surveying his family's dusty patch of land near Kumasi, in the Ashanti province of Ghana, Modesto glances around nervously. |
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Sam Jonah, KBE, is the Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital and President-Designate of AngloGold Ashanti. |
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Ewe and Ashanti kente carry intricate warp and weft designs that are distinguished by their names. |
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Although there are still some sources of political fragility, the exploration programme of Ashanti Goldfields Kilo has not been affected. |
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We are partnering with CARE to support school enrollment and child labor awareness programs in 30 communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. |
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The Secretary General and Mrs de Hoop Scheffer also paid a visit to the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, king of the Ashanti people of Ghana. |
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In 1635, two Spanish ships carried West African peoples captured from the Yoruba, Ibo, and Ashanti tribes of what is now Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. |
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In 1895, Ashanti Goldfields Corporation began work in the Obuasi district of Ghana, developing the Ashanti and other mines, which have produced the largest proportion of gold since 1900 in the countries of the Gold Coast. |
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Examples of this approach in use are Dimitrova's study of Bulgarian and Olivo's study of the rhythm of Ashanti Twi. |
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This included the Ashanti Empire, the Akwamu, the Bonoman, the Denkyira, and the Mankessim Kingdom. |
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Among the Ashanti and Yoruba a third of the population consisted of slaves. |
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The Ashanti king granted us the rare honour of an audience. |
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Wangara can probably be equated with the placer belts in the ancient kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, specifically the Bambuk-Buri, Lobi, and Ashanti goldfields. |
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In Africa it is common in the architecture of traditional houses such as those of the Ashanti people. |
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Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful was the Kingdom of Ashanti. |
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He finds the components of this culture largely in religious rituals of the Navajo, the Ashanti, the Ndembu, the Akan, and most ambitiously in the Dogon. |
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Choose among ornately carved chess sets from Bali, lacquered boxes from Thailand, pashmina shawls from India and Ashanti throne stools from Ghana. |
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