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Index
Abrakrampa, battle of, 116-17
Alison, Sir Archibold, 141-43, 150-51
Amankwatia IV 99-103, 110-13, 116, 125-28, 137-38, 146
Amoafo, 138-39
Aplin, J. G. O., 200-202, 211
Asante
army, 18-19, 45, 51-70, 154-59
art, 12
civil wars, 167
cleanliness, 24, 41
court life, 22-23, 27, 33, 98-99
dancing, 24
days of the week, 42
diplomacy, 36-37
dress, 42
elite, 22, 27
executions, 19, 28, 30-31
farming, 39, 42
forest, 16-17
gifts from Europeans, 91
government, 13, 32, 34, 127-29
king, 14, 32-33, 52
national identity, 12
omens, 64
origins, 4-5
police, 29-30
politics, 12
religion, 35-36, 40-41
rituals, 41, 60
roads, 38
sexual license, 24, 29
slaves, 25, 39, 190, 228
taxes, 34
trade, 37-38, 46, 174, 190
tribute, 37, 45
weapons, 66, 90
women’s rights, 40
yam festival, 28-29, 126-27
Asantewaa, Yaa, 191-92, 205, 216, 235, 238-39, 247
Baden-Powell, Robert, 182, 184
Bayonets, 260-61
Biss, Harold, 197, 221, 230, 233-35, 241
Black Watch (42nd Highland Regiment), 122, 138, 141-43, 149-51, 156, 162, 206
Bofo, Adu, 97-99, 128
Bonnat, Marie-Joseph, 98, 131-32, 168
Bowdich, T. E., 15-18, 22-23, 25, 28, 31, 58
Boyle, Frederick, 154-55
British foreign policy in Asante, 168-77, 253-54
Buller, Redvers, 137, 155
Butler, W. F., 136, 158
Cape Coast, 46, 72-75, 81, 89, 108, 204
battle of 1806, 47-50
Carriers, 120-22, 208-10, 213, 238
Cherri, Kobina, 244-46
Colley, George P., 121, 144-45
Dawson, Joseph, 131-32, 136, 148, 151-52, 160
Denkyira, kingdom of, 3-5, 15
Diplomacy, 72-73, 87
Disease, effects on the British, 105, 107, 118-19, 178, 185
Dupuis, J., 73-76
Dutch
recruitment of Asante soliders, 89-90
sale of Elmina fort, 96-97
trade, 15, 46
Elmina, 2, 14, 90, 95-97, 99, 100, 111, 112
Fante, 17, 46-47, 50, 71, 78-79, 95-96, 114, 120, 152, 185
Freeman, Thomas B., 90-91
Ghana, ancient kingdom of, 2, 14
Gifford, Lord, 123, 139, 141, 151, 161
Glover, John, 103, 136-37, 157, 159-63, 167
Gold
mining, 38-39
ornaments, 20, 29
treasury control of, 35
value of, 14
Golden Stool, 4, 21, 176, 188, 190-92, 249, 251
Hall, W. M., 204-205, 216-17, 229
Hausas, 112, 115, 208-209, 214, 222
Herero, 10
Hodgson, Sir Frederick, 175, 189, 190-92, 198, 203, 209-12, 227
Hodgson, Lady Mary, 189-90, 213, 228
Hutchinson, William, 15, 31
Huydecoper, J. P. T., 15, 21, 24, 30, 64, 90
James, F., 15
Katamonso, battle of 1826, 82-87
Kikuyu, 9-10
King
Kakari, Kofi, 94-95, 97-98, 101, 125-27, 129-46, 153-66, 172-73
Kwaku Dua I, 89-92, 94
Mensa Bonsu, 170-72
Osei Bonsu, 15, 18, 20-23, 28, 30-33, 35, 46-49, 72-77, 80, 86, 90
Osei Yaw, 80-87, 89
Prempe, Agyemon, 173, 176, 180-99, 247-51
Kumase, 18
destruction of, 156
Kumatay, Sulayman, 130
Leggett, Captain, 192-93, 210-11, 214
MacCarthy, Sir Charles, 76-78, 80, 85-86
Maclean, George, 88-89
Malaria, 17, 105-107
Maxwell, William E., 182-83, 185, 187
Melliss, Charles, 197, 215-16, 229, 232-34, 240-41, 245
Military tactics, 262-64
Missionary influence, 188-89
Montanaro, A. F., 228, 240-41, 243-45
Muslims, 20, 27, 57, 127, 130-31
Naval Brigade, 123-24, 141
Nkwanta, Asamoa, 99, 131, 137, 169
Pine, Richard, 92-94, 100
Portuguese, 7-8, 14-15
Purdon, Lt.-Colonel, 82-84, 88
Ramseyer, Friedrich, 95-96, 98, 125-26, 131-32, 188
Ramseyer, Rose, 132, 189
Reade, Winwood, 114, 117-19, 144, 156
Ricketts, H. J., 78-79, 83, 85
Rifle Brigade, 122, 142, 144, 149, 162
Royal African Company, 15, 46, 72-73, 76
Royal Welch Regiment, 122, 141-43, 149-50, 162
Russell, Baker, 116, 123, 149
Sartorius, Reginald, 159-60
Scott, Sir Francis, 177-85
Sikhs, 242-44
Smith, J. H., 15, 72-76
Stanley, Henry, 109, 123-24, 137, 144, 167
Torrane, Colonel, 47-49
Vermeer, Jan, 90
Warrior tradition, 6-10
West African Regiment, mutiny of, 247
West Yorkshire Regiment, 177
Willcocks, James, 203-206, 215-48, 266
Winniett, Sir William, 91-92
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, vi, 103-65, 167
Wood, Evelyn, 123, 138, 144, 147-49
Yeo, Sir James, 50-51
Zulus, v, 258, 260-61
An Asante warrior stripped for battle holds a long musket, his primary weapon. The Asante had a near monopoly on guns among the Gold Coast Africans which gave them an enormous advantage over their neighbors in fighting the
British. Their muskets, “long Danes,” were, however, vastly inferior to British weapons; some of them had been used by the French at Waterloo. (Basel Museum)
Dense undergrowth characterized the Asante forest. Walking through the clearing pictured above, soldiers would have been unable to see anything on either side, making them vulnerable to ambush. (Doran Ross)
The terrain determined the fighting style of the Asante and British. In this drawing, taken from The Illustrated London News, the Asante are waiting in ambush, unable to see more than a few feet in front of them. Peering through the brush at top center, one can see Africans approaching. NonAsante Africans always preceded die British columns, scouting for Asantes. The Asante preferred to save their ammunition for British soldiers but, for the most part, battles began suddenly when the Asante collided with the scouts in the thick forest. (The Illustrated London News)
The 42nd Highlanders, or “The Black Watch” as this Scottish regiment was commonly called, was one of the most famous in the British army. They had a reputation as the toughest regiment and accounted for most of the British casualties in this campaign. (The Illustrated London News)
Here, the African allies of the British are scouting in advance of the British army. Lord Gifford, left of center in the front line of soldiers, is leading the scouts into an Asante village. Asante huts line their path on either side and the furniture clustered around the tree indicates where Asantes cooked and ate their meals. Twenty-three and handsome, Lord Gifford was not only unbelievably brave but also incredibly lucky. Though he served in the exceptionally dangerous position of chief scouts officer during the Asante war of 1873—4, he was never wounded. He was also the only British soldier who didn’t contract malaria in this campaign. (The Illustrated London News)
After the British defeated the Asante in battle outside the capital city of Kumase in 1874, they took over the city itself and its largest architectural structure, the king’s palace. In the conversation taking place in the palace courtyard pictured above, the British are trying to convince the king’s emissary to surrender. Not long after, the British burned down the palace. (The Illustrated London News)
The British retreat from Kumase to the African coast with their wounded and war dead. Had they waited any longer, they would have had too many people to carry. The victorious Asante panicked when they thought they saw another army approaching—it was only a negligible column of soldiers. They chased after the retreating British and signed a treaty promising to pay them an indemnity of fifty thousand ounces of gold. (The Illustrated London News)
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