The 1900 Siege of Kumasi: Yaa Asantewaa's Last Stand

In March 1900, as the British governor Sir Frederick Hodgson demanded the Golden Stool, the Asante queen mother Yaa Asantewaa rallied a coalition of chiefs and fighters who trapped the British garrison inside the fort at Kumasi for nearly three months. This episode follows the siege day by day: the desperate night sorties, the makeshift hospital in the stone strongroom, the arrival of relief columns from the coast, and the capture of Yaa Asantewaa after the fall of Ejisu. We also explore the fate of her fellow leaders—including the mysterious death of Nana Kwasi Afrane—and how the siege's memory became the foundation of modern Asante identity. Based on British military dispatches, Asante oral traditions, and the diaries of Captain C.H. Armitage, this is the untold story of the clash that broke the Ashanti kingdom but forged a nation's soul. #YaaAsantewaa #SiegeOfKumasi #WarOfTheGoldenStool #Asante #Ashanti #BritishEmpire #GhanaHistory #ColonialResistance #Ejisu #FrederickHodgson #KumasiFort #1900 #WestAfricanHistory #FexingoHistory #History #Podcast #AfricanResistance #GoldenStool Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo