My story is titled Otumfuo Osei Agyeman Prempeh I and the Golden Stool.

My story is titled Otumfuo Osei Agyeman Prempeh I and the Golden Stool.

Nana Prempeh is the last of the dynasty of Osei Tutu. Also, Nana Prempeh, from kinship to captivity and banishment for twenty-eight years, graduated from the hard school with a worldwide outlook.

Nana Prempeh had a private life for two years, being promoted to the position of a primus inter pares among other chiefs.

Also, Nana Prempeh was a man of courage. Again, Nana Prempeh paid a price of personal suffering for the Ashanti. Nana Prempeh lived to please his people within the community.

However, Nana Prempeh is the greatest descendant of Osei Tutu Kwamina, the first great King of Ashanti, who was installed as Kweku Dua II. King of the Ashanti on 26th March, 1888, when he was only sixteen years of age.

Also, his accession to the Golden Stool did not take place until 11th June, 1894, after attaining his majority. Prempeh, meaning a stout person, was only a name, yet the Kumasi chief was called by that name.

During the ascension of King Nana Prempeh to the Golden stool troubles emerged in Ashanti because the natives or citizens of Ashanti resented the attitude of the British government or colony.

Nana Prempeh was taken as a political prisoner and then kept at the Elmina Castle until January 1897. Also, Nana Prempeh was later moved to Sierra Leone. The people of the Ashanti Kingdom had been hoping against hope for the return of their monarch.

The Golden Stool was commanded by Okomfo Anokye from the sky.

According to some Ashanti traditions, the high priest Okomfo Anokye caused the golden stool to descend from the sky onto the lap of the first Asante King Osei Tutu I.

Again, the golden stool is not a chair to be sat upon, but rather the spiritual repository of the Asante nation, representing the living dead and the unborn.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the 16th Asantehene, ascended the golden stool on April 26, 1999, succeeding his uncle Otumfuo Opoku Ware II.

During the reign of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, he celebrated his 25th Anniversary, highlighting his role in maintaining this profound heritage.

The cultural significance of the golden stool is never allowed to touch the ground and is only brought out on special occasions, such as the Akwasidae festival.

The golden stool was famously defended against British attempts to seize it, leading to the Yaa Asantewa war of 1900-1901.

Also, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II continues to embody the authority symbolized by the golden stool, promoting peace and development whilst upholding the traditions of the Ashanti kingdom.

Also, the Golden Stool serves as the national symbol of the Ashantis in Ghana.

Also, due to the good deeds of Okomfo Anokye to the Ashanti, a hospital was built and named after him, called the Okomfo Anokye Hospital.

Some of the good deeds of Okomfo Anokye were that he turned sand into a ball of fufu. The golden stool is the representative of the paramount power.

Okomfo Anokye was wonderful when it came to picking up an occasion in commanding the golden stool from the sky, and it was so marvelous in the sight of the elders, chiefs, and other dignitaries.

Also, the golden stool is the emblem of national unity and a symbol of the soul and power of the Ashanti. The Golden Stool is the container of the national sunsum or spirit.

The Ashanti would sacrifice anything to save it. This is the main reason the golden stool would not be delivered to the British government despite its strenuous efforts to capture it.

In March 1900, His Excellency Sir Frederick Hodgson, accompanied by Lady Hodgson and Captain C.H., formerly Governor of Gambia, left Accra for Kumasi in search of the Golden Stool.

However, on arrival, His Excellency told the Ashantis that Nana Prempeh would never return to rule.

Also, the Ashantis interpreted the governor's message under the command of Yaa Asantewa, the Queen Mother of Ejisu. Yaa Asantewa was popularly known as the War of the Women. The Queen Mother Yaa Asantewa led the national forces. Also, the Queen Mother Yaa Asantewa was a woman of profound sensibility.

After the aftermath of some hardships, Sir James Wilcocks assisted the Governor to leave the coast through some forceful means.

On November 11th, Nana Prempeh visited Sekondi, Takoradi, on Armistice Day, and he was then accorded a great welcome by the people of Sekondi Takoradi.

The Ashantis often wear white cloth as a sign of joy and victory.

Again, Prempeh returned to Kumasi not as an Asantehene but as a private individual of some sort.

However, he spent about two years under the observant eye of the government in re-acquiring himself with all other tribal ceremonies.

Nana Prempeh also served as a member of the Kumasi Public Health board.

After the period of trial, Nana Prempeh was re-elected as the Kumasihene through the instrumentality of the government.

On the 24th November, 1926, Nana Prempeh took the oath of allegiance. Two days later, he was presented to His Excellency Sir Gordon Guggisberg in the presence of a great gathering of chiefs, dignitaries, and other people.

The new power that was given to Nana Prempeh gave him jurisdiction over Kumasi in Ghana.

Also, Nana Prempeh knew that God had ordained everything for the best.

During the year 1930, Nana Prempeh was awarded the King's medal for African Chiefs.

Later, Nana Prempeh was deported as a heathen and also an illiterate. Nana Prempeh became an educated man with a fair knowledge of both English and French.

Again, Nana Prempeh left the Ashanti kingdom under the old regime in human and idolatrous practices. On his return, he saw the Ashanti kingdom as a progressive and religious country.

Nana Prempeh left Kumasi with a thick forest and a few hundred huts, built around the town of Kumasi.

However, on the 12th May 1931, Nana Prempeh passed away at the age of fifty –nine deeply lamented by his royal subjects and the entire country.

His Excellency Sir Ransford Slater, Governor and the then Commander in Chief of the Gold Coast, to the Chief Commissioner of the Ashanti kingdom, said that his tribute in high esteem of

Nana Prempeh's death.

The Governor, His Excellency Sir Ransford Slater, also asked the Omanhene and the entire bereaved family to accept his sympathy.

Lastly, the death of Nana Prempeh occurred in the home and not in exile.