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Encyclopedia > Golden Stool

According to legend, Okomfo Anokye (a great fetish priest in Ghana) caused the famous Golden Stool (Asante: Sika 'dwa) to descend from the heavens and land on the lap of the first Asante king. Till now, the golden stool still exists and only the Asantehene is allowed to sit on it. It is pure gold and must never touch the ground. Okomfo Anokye was a traditional priest who occupies a Merlin like position in Ashanti history. ... The Ashanti (also Asante) are a major ethnic group from Africa. ... The Asantehene is the ruler of the Ashanti people. ...


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Akan Ohene - The Akan Chief (King) (223 words)
The stool is the most important of the king's regalia; as matter of fact, the term "stool" means chieftancy.
The stools of kings who proved to be great leaders are flened as a method of preserving the stools.
These flened stools are kept in the temple of stools (nkonnuafieso - Twi or nkonguadan - Fantse) as symbolic memorial and shrine of the great ancestors.
African Art and Architecture - MSN Encarta (1320 words)
Stools and headrests are the traditional forms of furniture in Africa.
The most sacred stool of all is the Golden Stool, which is a symbol of the Ashanti nation.
The Ashanti valued their domestic or personal stools highly because they believed a person’s spirit was absorbed into the stool each time that person sat on it.
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