Asantehene
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The palace of the king, or Asantehene, was plundered twice.
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Prempeh was the Asante king, or "Asantehene", of the late 19th Century who resisted British demands that his territory be swallowed up into the expanding Gold Coast protectorate.
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The current Asantehene, Osei Tutu II, was paraded on his palanquin through the crowd, weighed down by magnificent gold jewellery, amid a glorious cacophony of musket explosions, drum beats and the blare of horns made from elephant tusks.
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Prempeh died in 1931, and his successor, Prempeh II, was restored to the position of Asantehene in 1935.
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Seeking to apologise for her comments, Ms Pokua on Monday went to Manhye Palace in Kumasi where the Asantehene lives.
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