Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Thursday, February 6, joined a thanksgiving service at the Manhyia Palace to mark the 8th enstoolment anniversary of the Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III.
Also present was the wife of the Asantehene, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, and a number of queenmothers including, Nana Yaa Asantewaa II, Ejisuhemaa; Nana Nyarko Aboraa Sika III, Manso Nkwantahemaa; Nana Adwoa Afranewaa III, Offinsohemaa; and Nana Agyeiwaa Paamu, Tepahemaa.
The rest were Nana Darkowaa Ampem Kyerewaa II, Yamfohemaa; Nana Yaa Mmua Brayie II, Kenyase Number 1 Hemaa; Nana Acheamponmaa Ntansa Yiadom II, Agonahemaa; Nana Konama Danpon III, Mpasaasohemaa, and Nana Adwoa Po Dwamena, Bechemhemaa.
Women’s Empowerment
In a sermon, the former Kumasi Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Rt Rev Prof Sarfo Kantanka, urged queenmothers in Asanteman to assist in advancing the vision of Asantehemaa and Lady Julia on women’s empowerment. “God is always with the suppressed and honours such. It’s about time we got the ‘Tamars’ to change the narrative. I implore Nanahemaanom to crusade this.”
About Asantehemaa
Nana Konadu Yiadom III is the first of five children of the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II- the thirteenth queen of the Kingdom. She was born in 1927 in Benyaade, a town at Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region.
According to a historian, Professor Osei Bonsu Safo-Kantanka, the Asantehemaa was engaged in catering, farming and petty trading before her enstoolment. She has cooking, music and dance as her hobbies. Although she did not receive any formal education, Prof Kantanka indicates that the level of informal education she received is equivalent to any formal education.
