Akwamuhene

Succession

History indicates that the Akwamuhene and Dormaahene were twin brothers who were both at Akwamu. However, the two got separated after the death of the Great King Ansa Sasraku about 400 years ago when there was the need to install one of them as the next king. According to history, the kingmakers were divided over who should succeed the king. Some preferred the elder brother while others favoured the younger one. And in order to avoid any conflict, the younger one, the Dormaahene, moved out of Akwamu with his supporters and journeyed through various parts of the country and finally settled at present day Dormaa Ahenkro.

The first President of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah tried to broker peace between the two traditional areas. During the Nkrumah-powered reunification process which brought the two states together, the Akwamuhene by then, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto II and then Dormaahene, Nana Dr Agyemang Badu I, made a treaty in 1960 to inter-marry so as to keep their blood ties.[1]

Akwamu regal list

Years Ruler Notes
Twifo-Hemang
c.1505 to c.1520Otumfuo Agyen Kokobo, Akwamuhene
c.1520 to c.1535Otumfuo Ofusu Kwabi, Akwamuhene
c.1535 to c.1550Otumfuo Oduro, Akwamuhene
c.1550 to c.1565Otumfuo Addow, Akwamuhene
Akwamu
c.1565 to c.1580Otumfuo Akoto I, Akwamuhene
c.1580 to c.1595Otumfuo Asare, AkwamuheneFounder of the Akwamu State, with capital at Asaremankesse
c.1595 to c.1610Otumfuo Akotia, AkwamuheneRelocated capital at Ayandawaase
c.1610 to c.1625Obuoko Dako, Akwamuhene
c.1620 to c.1640Ohemmaa Afrakoma, Akwamuhemaa
c.1640 to c.1674Ansa Saseraku, Akwamuhene
(Ansa Saseraku I)
c.1674 to c.1689Ansa Saseraku, Akwamuhene
(Ansa Saseraku II)
c.1689 to c.1699Otumfuo Ansa Saseraku, Akwamuhene
(Ansa Saseraku III)
c.1699 to c.1702Otumfuo Ansa Saseraku IV, Akwamuhene
1702 to 1725Otumfuo Akwano Panyin, Akwamuhene
c.1725 to c.1730Otumfuo Ansa kwao, Akwamuhene
c.1730 to c.1744Otumfuo Akonno Kuma, Akwamuhene
1744 to 1747Otumfuo Opuku kuma, Akwamuhene
c.1747 to c.1781Otumfuo Darko Yaw Payin, Akwamuhene
c.1781 to c.1835Otumfuo Akoto Payin, Akwamuhene
c.1835 to c.1866Otumfuo Darko Yaw Kuma, Akwamuhene
c.1866 to c.1882Otumfuo Kwafo Akoto I(Okorforboo), Akwamuhene
c.1882 to c.1887Otumfuo Akoto Ababio (Kwame Kenseng), Akwamuhene
c.1887 to c.1909Otumfuo Akoto Ababio II (Okra Akoto), Akwamuhene
c.1909 to c.1910Otumfuo Akoto kwadwo (Mensa Wood), Akwamuhene
c.1910 to c.1917Otumfuo Akoto Ababio III (Emmanuel Asare), Akwamuhene
c.1917 to c.1921Otumfuo Ansa Sasraku V (Kwabena Dapaa), Akwamuhene
c.1921 to c.1937Otumfuo Akoto Ababio IV (Emml Asare), Akwamuhene
c.1937 to c.1992Odeneho Kwafo Akoto II (Kwame Ofei), Akwamuhene
c.1937 to c.1992Odeneho Kwafo Akoto II (Kwame Ofei), Akwamuhene
c.2011 toc.presentOdeneho Kwafo Akoto III (Bernard Aboagye Owiredu), Akwamuhene

References

  1. Web, Ghana (25 September 2012). "Dormaa, Akwamu Chiefs Smoke Peace Pipe". Daily Guide. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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