Mutanen Ashanti

Mutanen Ashanti

Jimlar yawan jama'a
2,800,000
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
Ghana
Addini
Katolika, Protestan bangaskiya, Musulunci da Yahudanci

Ashanti ( /æ ʃ ɑː n t i / ( </img> / )), Kuma aka sani da Asante, wani bangare ne na Akan ƙabila da suke da ƴan qasar zuwa Ashanti yankin na zamani Ghana. Twi yana magana da sama da mutane miliyan tara na Asante a matsayin yare na farko ko na biyu.

Attajirai, masu arzikin gwal Asante sun haɓaka babbar Daular Ashanti mai tasiri, tare da Tafkin Volta da Gulf na Guinea. An kafa daular ne a shekarar 1670, kuma Asante babban birnin Kumasi an kafa shi a 1680 ta hannun Asantehene (sarki) Osei Kofi Tutu I bisa shawarar Ɔkͻmfoͻ Anͻkye, firaminista. Kasancewa a mahadar kasuwancin Saharar Sahara, matsugunin Babban birnin na Kumasi ta taimaka sosai ga haɓakar arzikinta. A tsawon lokacin rayuwar Kumasi, akwai wasu abubuwa masu ban mamaki da suka haɗu don canza garin Kumasi zuwa cibiyar kuɗi da babban birnin siyasa. Babban dalilan da suka haifar da lamarin sun haɗa da rashin amincin da ake da shi ga sarakunan Asante da kuma ci gaban arzikin Kumasi, wanda aka samu a wani bangare daga cinikin gida na babban birni da kayan masarufi kamar zinare, bayi, da bijimi.