Otumfuo Osei Tutu II : the King on the Golden Stool - SIGNED BY THE KING (ASHANTI GHANA)

SIGNED BY Otumfuo Osei Tutu II,  monarch of the historical Ashanti Empire the ruler of the Ashanti people.

M<acmillan Ghana, hardcover, illustrated, condition: new.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is the 16th Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April 1999. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the 17th-century founder of the Ashanti Empire, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I.

The Asantehene is the title for the monarch of the historical Ashanti Empire the ruler of the Ashanti people. as well as the ceremonial ruler of the Ashanti people . The Ashanti royal house traces its line to the Oyoko Abohyen Dynasty of Nana Twum and the Oyoko Dynasty of Osei Tutu Opemsoo, who formed the Empire of Ashanti in 1701. Osei Tutu held the throne until his death in battle in 1717.

The Asantehene is traditionally enthroned on a golden stool known as the Sika 'dwa. The Asantehene is also the titular ruler of Kumasi, which served as the capital of the Ashanti Empire and today, the Ashanti Region. The Ashanti Empire comprised parts of present-day southern Ghana and portions of present-day eastern Côte d'Ivoire between the 17th and 20th centuries