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How Did the Asante Defend the Golden Stool from British Conquest? - The War of the Golden Stool and the Limits of Colonial Power | Sleepy Facts About History
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In early 1900, a British colonial governor arrived in Kumasi and demanded to sit upon the Golden Stool of the Asante Empire. Governor Frederick Hodgson believed this golden object was simply a throne, a physical seat of sovereignty that could be occupied by a conqueror to symbolize the transfer of power. What he could not grasp was that the Asante did not possess the Golden Stool; it possessed them. It was the living embodiment of their national soul, the sacred vessel of their unity, and…
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