Nana Konadu Yiadom III is the

Queen mother A queen mother is a former queen, often a queen dowager, who is the mother of the monarch, reigning monarch. The term has been used in English since the early 1560s. It arises in hereditary monarchy, hereditary monarchies in Europe and is also u ...

(''Asantehemaa'') of the Ashanti Kingdom. She is the 14th Queen mother of the kingdom.

Early life

Nana Ama Konadu was born Nana Ama Konadu to

Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II (1907 – 15 November 2016) was the Queen mother (''Ohemaa'') of the Ashanti Kingdom and mother of the current Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, who is the youngest son of her five children. She was the 13th ...

and Opanin Kofi Fofie of Besease, near Atimatim in the

Kwabre District Kwabre District is a former district that was located in Ashanti Region of 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 ...

of Ashanti. She is popularly known as Nana Panin as she is the first daughter of the late Asantehemaa. She is the eldest sister of the current Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II.

Reign

Yiadom was enstooled as the Asantehemaa with the stool name Nana Konadu Yiadom III, after succeeding her mother and predecessor Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who died on 15 November 2016 in her sleep, aged 109. Before her death, her mother reigned as the Asantehemaa (Queen mother) for 39 years. Yiadom was enstooled as the Asantehemaa on 6 February 2017 and was publicly outdoored as by Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II on 6 May 2017, which also marked Otumfuo's 67th birthday at a ceremony at the

Manhyia Palace The Manhyia Palace (Akan language meaning ''Oman'' – gathering of the people) is the seat of the Asantehene, as well as his official residence. It is located at Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. The first palace is now a museum. Otumfu ...

in Kumasi. At the time 2017 when she ascended the stool she was 83 years old. On 6 February 2017, a thanksgiving ceremony and a durbar were held at the Manhyia Palace in commemoration of her 5th anniversary since ascending the Asantehemaa stool.The Asante Nation@Ashanti_Kingdo
Yesterday, Sunday, February 6, 2022 marks exactly five (5) years since the Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom III
Tweet,Twitter. 7 February 2022 Retrieved 12 February 2022.

References

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