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Mysteries of the GOLDEN STOOL: SIKA DWA
ABOUT THE BOOK
The story of “MYSTERIES OF THE GOLDEN STOOL” is an historical fantasy adventure story built around the of the Kingdom of Asante, its vibrant culture and its most sacred relic - the Golden Stool.
The ruler of this kingdom is very powerful. He derives his power and authority from his occupancy of the Golden Stool, the symbol of state, the spiritual soul of the kingdom of Asante, which hold the unity and strength of the Asanteman, the kingdom.
The story elucidates the journey of a thief of ancient relics whose decision to steal the Golden stool sets a thrilling fantasy battle with departed kings and guardians of the Golden Stool in an ancient mausoleum.
A cosmopolitan Asante academic transforms into the reluctant hero who defends his heritage and finds the love of his life.
INTRODUCTION
The Golden Stool is about four centuries old. It exists in the Asante Kingdom in present day Ghana in Africa. Ghana, which until 1957 was called Gold Coast is situated as a unique country, west of the continent, closest to the confluence or the intersection of the Equator and the Greenwich Meridian, longitude zero degree and latitude zero degree, which is more or less the centre of the earth.
In the middle of Ghana is located the Asante Kingdom, on an area very rich in gold and other precious minerals like diamond, bauxite and manganese. It is a Monarchy created around late 1600s. It is believed that the Golden Stool was conjured from the heavens by Okomfo Anokye, a spiritual companion of the first Monarch, King Osei Tutu Opemsuo, and with whom he created what is now the Asante Kingdom, using the spiritual power of the Golden Stool as force, around which the survival of the Asante kingdom evolved.
The Asante kingdom has very rich history of bravery and valour, in culture and traditions, custom, art and industry. As at today, sixteen kings have ascended the throne since 1680 A. D.
For its significance, the Golden Stool is celebrated by the kingdom every six week in pomp and pageantry, which they call Akwasidae and it is also seen as the calendar month, nine of which are celebrated every year.
Attempts to dispossess the Asantes of this sacred relic, Golden Stool is as old as the beginnings of colonial occupation of the sub-region.
The march of the British colonial authority to take administrative control of the Gold Coast colony from the coast to the northern territories were halted by the strong and formidable Asante warrior kings and their kingdom. The British colonial authority botched several attempts at wars with the Asantes in the mid nineteenth century up to the turn of the century. They found the Asantes an irritation, impossible to be subjugated and traced their strength, power and shield to the existence and their continuous possession of the Golden Stool.
In fact, the only time the British were able to conquer the Asantes was when the British tricked them by calling a truce and asking the Asante king to meet the British governor for peace talks in Kumasi, and that he should come unarmed with all his council of paramount chiefs. The king then, Osei Agyeman Prempeh I, held a durbar with his chiefs in honour of the governor only to realize that the governor arrived with an armed contingent, surrounded the king and his people, arrested them and eventually sent the king and some prominent councilors into exile in the Seychelles. The British raided Kumasi for the Golden Stool. It is believed that what they could lay hands on, if they ever did, was a replica of the Golden Stool and never the original.
This story will also unfold what the people of Asante do in celebrating the Golden Stool or Akwasidae.
The story of “MYSTERIES OF THE GOLDEN STOOL” is an historical fantasy adventure story built around the of the Kingdom of Asante, its vibrant culture and its most sacred relic - the Golden Stool.
The ruler of this kingdom is very powerful. He derives his power and authority from his occupancy of the Golden Stool, the symbol of state, the spiritual soul of the kingdom of Asante, which hold the unity and strength of the Asanteman, the kingdom.
The story elucidates the journey of a thief of ancient relics whose decision to steal the Golden stool sets a thrilling fantasy battle with departed kings and guardians of the Golden Stool in an ancient mausoleum.
A cosmopolitan Asante academic transforms into the reluctant hero who defends his heritage and finds the love of his life.
INTRODUCTION
The Golden Stool is about four centuries old. It exists in the Asante Kingdom in present day Ghana in Africa. Ghana, which until 1957 was called Gold Coast is situated as a unique country, west of the continent, closest to the confluence or the intersection of the Equator and the Greenwich Meridian, longitude zero degree and latitude zero degree, which is more or less the centre of the earth.
In the middle of Ghana is located the Asante Kingdom, on an area very rich in gold and other precious minerals like diamond, bauxite and manganese. It is a Monarchy created around late 1600s. It is believed that the Golden Stool was conjured from the heavens by Okomfo Anokye, a spiritual companion of the first Monarch, King Osei Tutu Opemsuo, and with whom he created what is now the Asante Kingdom, using the spiritual power of the Golden Stool as force, around which the survival of the Asante kingdom evolved.
The Asante kingdom has very rich history of bravery and valour, in culture and traditions, custom, art and industry. As at today, sixteen kings have ascended the throne since 1680 A. D.
For its significance, the Golden Stool is celebrated by the kingdom every six week in pomp and pageantry, which they call Akwasidae and it is also seen as the calendar month, nine of which are celebrated every year.
Attempts to dispossess the Asantes of this sacred relic, Golden Stool is as old as the beginnings of colonial occupation of the sub-region.
The march of the British colonial authority to take administrative control of the Gold Coast colony from the coast to the northern territories were halted by the strong and formidable Asante warrior kings and their kingdom. The British colonial authority botched several attempts at wars with the Asantes in the mid nineteenth century up to the turn of the century. They found the Asantes an irritation, impossible to be subjugated and traced their strength, power and shield to the existence and their continuous possession of the Golden Stool.
In fact, the only time the British were able to conquer the Asantes was when the British tricked them by calling a truce and asking the Asante king to meet the British governor for peace talks in Kumasi, and that he should come unarmed with all his council of paramount chiefs. The king then, Osei Agyeman Prempeh I, held a durbar with his chiefs in honour of the governor only to realize that the governor arrived with an armed contingent, surrounded the king and his people, arrested them and eventually sent the king and some prominent councilors into exile in the Seychelles. The British raided Kumasi for the Golden Stool. It is believed that what they could lay hands on, if they ever did, was a replica of the Golden Stool and never the original.
This story will also unfold what the people of Asante do in celebrating the Golden Stool or Akwasidae.
354 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 21, 2018
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