List of rulers of the Akan state of Bono-Tekyiman

List of Rulers of the Akan state of Bono-Tekyiman

Bonoman (Bono State) Kings[1]

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1295 to 1325King (Nana) Asaman Founder of Bonoman
1325 to 1328 Queen mother Ameya Kese
1328 to 1363 King Akumfi Ameyaw I
1363 to 1431 King Obunumankoma
1431 to 1463 King Takyi Akwamo
1463 to 1475 King Gyako
1475 to 1495 King Dwamena Kwame
1495 to 1564 King Afena Yaw I
1564 to 1595 King Brempon Katakyira
1595 to 1609 King Yeboa Ananta
1609 to 1618 King Ati Kwame
1618 to 1633 King Ameyaw Kurompe
1633 to 1639 King Afena Diamono
1639 to 1649 King Owusu Aduam
1649 to 1659 King Akumfi Ameyaw II
1659 to 1664 King Kofi Asamankwa
1664 to 1699 King Owusu Akyempo
1669 to 1684 King Gyamfo Kumanini
1684 to 1692 King Boakye Tenten
1692 to 1712 King Kyereme Bampo
1712 to 1740 King Ameyaw Kwakye I The last Bonohene during the reign of which the Asantes defeated (1723) through treachery
1740Foundation of Bono-Tekyiman
Tekyimanhene (Rulers)
c. 1740 to 1782Gyako I, Tekyimanhene
1782 to 1830Kyereme Kofi, Tekyimanhene
1830 to 1837Owusu Amprofi, Tekyimanhene
1837 to 1851Ameyaw Kyereme, Tekyimanhene
1851 to 1864Bafuo Twi, Tekyimanhene
1864 to 1886Kwabena Fofie, Tekyimanhene
1886 to 1899Gyako II, Tekyimanhene
1899 to ????Konkroma, Tekyimanhene
1907 to 1927Yaw Kramo, Tekyimanhene
1927 to 1935Yaw Ameyaw I, Tekyimanhene
1935 to 1936Kwasi Twi, Tekyimanhene
1936 to 1937Ameyaw II, Tekyimanhene
1937 to 1941Berempon Kwaku Kyereme, Tekyimanhene
1941 to 1943Kwaku Gyako III, Tekyimanhene
February 1944 to April 1961Akumfi Ameyaw III, Tekyimanhene
1962 to1988 Kwakye Ameyaw II, Tekyimanhene
ante/c.1997 to presentNana Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Tekyimanhene

See also

References
  1. “The divine kingship in Ghana and ancient Egypt” of Mrs Eva Lewin-Richter Meyerowitz. 1960. 49a Redcliffe Road, London S.W. 10.
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