Yaa Asantewaa

The "Queen Mother" was born in 1840. They don't have a record of her both. She was born in Ghana, Africa. She was name Queen Mother of  the Ejisuhene . She lead the Ashanti War with other African women. After a meeting she heard that the brittsh were going to takeover their empire. She was the last African women to lead an rebeliion with other African women.


She was a farmer and mother. She promoted not only women emancipation but gender equality as well. She was named queen of mother from her brother  Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpase. She was disturbed by the men in her land because they did not want to fight to for the king. She gathered a group of women to fight. The army she created was 5000 African women

After her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene “ruler of Ejisu" died she no nominated her grandson to become Ejisuphene. He was then exiled to Seychelles in 1896. The British governor then demanded the Golden Stool which was the symbol of Asante nation. She led the Ashanti rebellion in 1900. Wheh she was captured she stayed there till her death on October 17th, 1921. Three years after her death, her body was returned to Ghana where she had a proper burial.

She then lead an army of 5000. She was captured by the British and deported. Her legacy continues to be taught throughout Ghana. They established a school named  Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Secondary School.  The school was built in Kumasi. The school was to encourage more females to take on the leadership role. The school was built in 1960 and was funded by Ghana Educational Trust.

Works Cited

Editorial_Staff. “Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa of West Africa's Ashanti Empire • Africanglobe.” Africanglobe.net, 20 Feb. 2013, www.africanglobe.net/profiles/queen-mother-nana-yaa-asantewaa-west-africas-ashanti-empire/.                         

“Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa of West Africa's Ashanti Empire.” Black History Heroes, www.blackhistoryheroes.com/2010/05/queen-mother-nana-yaa-asantewaa.html