Kwaku Dua II. Kumaa (also Kwaku Dwa II. Kumaa) was from April 28, 1884 to June 11, 1884 the

Asantehene The is the title for the monarch of the historical Ashanti Empire as well as the ceremonial ruler of the Ashanti people today. The Ashanti royal house traces its line to the Oyoko (an ''Abusua'', or "clan") Abohyen Dynasty of Nana Twum and t ...

(ruler) of the

Ashanti Empire The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: ), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted between 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana as well as parts of Iv ...

in what is today

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. His reign did not last a quarter of a year when he died of smallpox. His sudden death triggered a period of several years of

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

, which only ended in 1888 when his successor Agyeman Prempeh took office.

Literature

Basil Davidson Basil Risbridger Davidson (9 November 1914 – 9 July 2010) was a British journalist and historian who wrote more than 30 books on African history and politics. According to two modern writers, "Davidson, a campaigning journalist whose fir ...

: ''A History of West Africa. 1000 – 1800.'' New revised edition, 2nd impression. Longman, London 1977, {{ISBN, 0-582-60340-4 (''The Growth of African Civilisation''). 1884 deaths Ashanti monarchs 19th-century monarchs in Africa