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Owusu-Ansa
Owusu-Ansa (1823 - November 13, 1884) was a prince of the Ashanti Empire. He was taken to the United Kingdom as adolescent, where he received a British education. After his return to West Africa in 1841, he first became a Methodism, Methodist minister and, after his resignation from that position, a diplomat in the Ashanti Empire and the Gold Coast (British colony), British Gold Coast. He played an important role in ending or preventing several Anglo-Ashanti conflicts. Life Hostage Owusu-Ansa was born as son of Asantehene Osei Bonsu in 1823, but there is practically no information about his life until 1831. In April 27 of that year, he and his cousin Nkwantabisa were handed over to the British as hostages, part of the George Maclean, Maclean treaty ending the Anglo-Ashanti Wars#First Anglo-Ashanti War, 1823–1831, first Anglo-Ashanti war. Until 1836, both lived in the Gold Coast colony capital of Cape Coast, where they adopted Methodist Christianity. In August 1836, they arrived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast (British Colony)
The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. The term Gold Coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the administration of the Governor of the Gold Coast. These were the Gold Coast itself, Ashanti, the Northern Territories Protectorate and the British Togoland trust territory. The first European explorers To arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil. In 1483, the Portuguese came to the continent for increased trade. They built the Castle of Elmina, the first European settlement on the Gold Coast. From here they acquired slaves and gold in trade for European goods, such as metal knives, beads, mirrors, rum, and guns. News of the successful trading spread quickly, and British, Dutch, Danish, Prussian and Swedish traders ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
