Northern Factors in Asante History

Emmanuel Akyeampong

Kumasi


Date: February 24, 2006

Nana Asare Ababio II, Asantehene Nsumankwaa Mmammahene

The Nsumankwaa division harnesses and coordinates all forms of spiritual powers within Asante for the health and well being of the King of Asante and the State. It is headed currently by the Nsumankwaahene, Baffour Domfe Gyeabuor III, whose deputy is Nana Asare Ababio II.

Date: February 25, 2006

Alhaji Abdul Mumin Harun, Asantehene's Kramo or Imam

The function of the Asantehene's Kramo has been played by prominent Muslims since the time of Asantehene Osei Kwame, who first brought Muslims in a significant way to Kumasi in the mid-eighteenth Century.

Date: February 25, 2006

Khalifa Ustaz Kaamil Amin Ibn Sa'id, Hujjat-ul-Islam

Khalifa Ustaz Kaamil Amin Ibn Sa'id is the leading Islamic scholar in Ashanti Region today. He carries the title of Hujjat-ul-Islam and is successor to Shayk Baba al-Waiz, who was one of the "Big Eleven" in Islamic scholarship in Ashanti and Founder of the Wataniya Islamic School at Aboabo, Kumasi.