Ashanti (Crown Colony)

Ashanti was a British Crown Colony in West Africa from 1901 until its independence as part of the dominion named Ghana in 1957. After several prior wars with British troops, Ashanti was once again occupied by British troops in January 1896.[1] In 1900 the Ashanti Uprising took place. The British suppressed the violence and captured the city of Kumasi. Ashanti's traditional king, the Asanthene, and his counselors were deported.[2] The final outcome was the annexation of Ashanti by the British so that it became part of His Majesty's dominions and a British Crown Colony with its administration undertaken by a Chief Commissioner under the authority of the Governor of the Gold Coast.[3] Ashanti was classed as a colony by conquest.[4] The legislation by which this annexation was effected and the administration constituted was the Ashanti Order in Council 1901 made on 26 September 1901.[5][6]

Crown Colony of Ashanti

1901–1957
Flag
Anthem: God Save the King (1901–1952)
God Save the Queen (1952–1957)
StatusCrown Colony
CapitalKumasi
Common languagesEnglish (official)
Religion
Christianity, Islam, traditional African religion
GovernmentColonial
History 
• Colony established
26 September 1901
• Independence as part of the dominion named Ghana
6 March 1957
CurrencyGold Coast ackey British West African pound
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Ashanti Empire
Ghana (dominion)
Today part of Ghana
Gold Coast

The Ashanti lost their sovereignty but not the essential integrity of their socio-political system. In 1935, limited self-determination for the Ashanti was officially regularized in the formal establishment of the Ashanti Confederacy.[7] The Crown Colony of Ashanti continued to be administered with the greater Gold Coast but remained, nonetheless, a separate Crown Colony until it became united as part of the new dominion named Ghana under the Ghana Independence Act 1957.[8]

References
  1. ’The Location of Administrative Capitals in Ashanti, Ghana, 1896-1911’ by R. B. Bening in The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1979) pg. 210
  2. ’The Location of Administrative Capitals in Ashanti, Ghana, 1896-1911’ by R. B. Bening in The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1979) pg. 210
  3. ’The Map of Africa by Treaty’ by Sir E. Hertslet pg. 77
  4. Historical Dictionary of the British Empire’ by James E Olson (Editor), ISBN 978-0313293665, 1996 Pg 104
  5. HL Deb 16 January 1902 vol 101 c57
  6. ’The Map of Africa by Treaty’ by Sir E. Hertslet pg. 77
  7. ‘The Law of Primitive Man: A Study in Comparative Legal Dynamics’ by E. Adamson Hoebel, pg. 212
  8. Historical Dictionary of the British Empire’ by James E Olson (Editor), ISBN 978-0313293665, 1996
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