Ashantis

One of the Ashantis then said that the dead man, Quamina Owoosoo by name, had expressed his opinion that all the scouts were going to be killed, and only the messenger allowed to return, and had consequently blown out his brains.

The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

They could run up to Town to get their hair cut and drop in at the club at a moment of national crisis, and no one paid them any heed, much less expected 'em to race round to Horse Guards applying to be let loose against the Ashantis or the Dervishes or whatever other blood-drinking heathen were cayoodling round the imperial outposts.

Watershed 2010

Called Eshu by the Yorubans, Anansi among the Ashantis, Legba throughout the Caribbean, the god of the crossroads appears in many African mythologies.

The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

The Fán have now lodged themselves amongst the less warlike, maritime, and sub-maritime tribes, as the (Ashantis) Asiante lately did in Fante-land; now they visit the factories on the estuary, and wander as far as the Ogobe.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

“Soke,” and serves only, like that of the Dahomans and the Ashantis (Bowdich, 364) for dancing and merriment.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

In response to that program, Dogaw Adam wrote in to make a correction: "The golden stool is for the Ashantis and the spirit of the Ashantis, and it cannot be the spirit of the nation as a whole."

CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2003 2003

The Ashantis 'mastery carving, weaving and ceramics has made them among the African peoples most instantly recognized by outsiders.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

Just how he will guide the Ashantis remains to be seen.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

They could run up to Town to get their hair cut and drop in at the club at a moment of national crisis, and no one paid them any heed, much less expected 'em to race round to Horse Guards applying to be let loose against the Ashantis or the Dervishes or whatever other blood-drinking heathen were cayoodling round the imperial outposts.

Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

"I will heal the wounds of the past and build bridges towards greater unity and harmony" among the Ashantis and throughout Ghana, he said.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999