Sierra Leone (nation)
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Prempeh, ex-King of Kumasi, Gold Coast Colony. Exiled to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photographed October 1887, 1887 - 1897
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446F/31
Scope and Contents
144 x 107 mm. A group portrait showing Prempeh I seated among his entourage, a figure behind the king holding an umbrella above the Asantehene's head. Prempeh (circa 1871-1931) was installed as Asantehene on March 26 1888 at the early age of about seventeen and after a number of succession disputes. On his instalment he assumed the title Osai Kwaku Dua III and six years later, on June 11 1894, he formally acceded to the Golden Stool of Asante, having, after defeating the Brong States to...
Dates:
1887 - 1897
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