Yaa Asantewaa, Asante Warrior Queen
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- Опубликовано: 14 фев 2022
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Yaa Asantewaa rose to become a Queen mother in the Asante Kingdom in what is modern day Ghana. But when the King was captured and exiled by the British, she refused to hand over the sacred golden stool. She gave a powerful speech inspiring women and men to rise up and fight the British colonizers and was appointed head of the Asante army.
First, let’s set the stage with a brief history of the Asante Kingdom and culture.
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I have tears in my eyes. Thank you for this video. And the respectful manner in which you told it. Being a Black American, it’s so frustrating not learning our history in schools. Long live Ghana 🇬🇭 and her people!
That's why we Ghanaians want you guys to come home to your great grandparents home.
You've been away for too long.
They told you not to come here but they are here making money.
We don't don't hate you but we just don't understand you cos we think you've lost your Africanism.
I thought I was the only one in tears until I decided to comment
Visit Kumasi Manhyia Palace museum Asante kingdom forever 💛🖤💚👑💪🏾💪🏾
She is from my country. I’m so proud to be an Ashanti woman. Thanks for doing this, much appreciated.
@Women's rights was a Mistake We sure wuz, that’s why you’re mad. 🌈
@Women's rights was a Mistake you came all the way over here just to be racist...🙄
@@abenagyampo you tell her queen!
Mannnnnnn now I really wanna know what this troll said
"Asante" means thank you in Swahili. Greetings from Kenya 🇰🇪
I am actually a descendant of Yaa so I feel sick happy to learn more abt my ancestors! I love my native country of Ghana, we are a powerful people!
I am a Black American. I love learning about Africa. And all the culture that I missed out on. I always say being Black American, is like being the child. Of a mother who died giving birth to you. And then being raised by a father who hates you. It’s truly sad. My deepest wish is to touch African soil at least once in my life.
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Say the right,whom are you talking about,you have no respect for your ancestor
This queen is amazing! Standing strong in the face of oppression. And learning about maternal power in a society for once is not only refreshing but also incredibly awe-inspiring! 👑 Thank you for sharing the story of another great African queen! ❤
@Women's rights was a Mistake What was that you said about education and literacy?
If you want another great African Queen look up Nzinga of Angola and Somali Queen Arewelo or Arraweelo
Yesss another African Royal history video! We don't get to hear a lot of this in our education system, so I'm always so excited when you make a video about it! Thank you Lindsay!!
It's so frustrating how American history teaches us that everyone but Europeans were roving bands of primitive hunter gatherers. Thank you for sharing some of the history of my people.
Not just America. Unfortunately in New Zealand too our native stories and history get pushed aside and the white colonisers are portrayed as gods who helped my ancestors “to evolve” I love learning about people culture and there are so many African tribes with different stories and history this story is frustrating but so inspirational 🤍🤍
I actually had a very good history teacher at a community college. He was invested in teaching us a lot of native American history and their relationships and conflicts with the American government and the prejudice held against them. I enjoyed it very much and was grateful for such a different view. I think with so many resources on the internet and RUclips it isn't hard to now educate one's self in an area they are interested or passionate about. I don't really plan on having kids, but if I did I would definitely encourage and aid them in finding richer history outside the "normal" curriculum.
@@mingiwoo Same with Australia. The Aboriginals and their history have always been set aside. My teeth grit, whenever i hear Australia, the association is Vegimite, the world life and the white ppl.
Yes! More African Kings and Queens, please! Ethiopia is a great place to start!
Yes! I would love to see videos about Ethiopia's rich and beautiful history!
This hits home for me. I’m an Asante and proud.
Go girlll…… am also proud to be an Ashanti
Please do more videos on non-European royalty as many of the history textbooks taught in those countries never truly speaks on what those royals did to others of the same title they deemed less than themselves. History is written by the victors, I love to see the history of the ‘losers’.
Thanks for highlighting a strong woman from my country! Proud to be a Ghanaian ❤️
Especially in the Caribbean where most of the people are black, this is what we should be learning. This is the first time am hearing about Queen Yaa. How many other black queen we have lost in history. When are the British going to return African artifact back to it's country. Great work on this.... Thank you
Do you also know queen nanny of the Maroons is actually from the Akan lineage(rumored to be either Ashanti or Fanti) so Yaa Asantewaa in turn might be a distant cousin to queen nanny because we know all royals get with each other to keep the wealth in the family and it was a thing to marry your cousin back then but only from your father's side since we are a matrilineal society
Queen Nanny of the maroons was an Asante from the Asante kingdom 👑💪🏾💪🏾💛🖤💚
@@fiestaclement8186 You are 100% right , together with her three brothers, Acheampong, Cudjoe and Quao were captured by the British and sent to the island of Jamaica.
Loving Queens of the world series it's just so wholesome
This is a wonderful video! My little sister is named Ashanti, so I learned about some of this history as a kid in the months before she was born. I learned some things I didn't know while getting a refresher on things I hadn't thought about for years. Thank you for this detailed and respectful video, and for not sugar coating the ugly parts of history. I look forward to more videos on African history! Keep up your good work.
See THIS is what I would like to see made into a movie with a cast of talented black actors (in stead of just dressing them up as Regency characters or Anne Boley !). So fascinating to watch, have learnt something new today!
We don't have the resources it would have been a nice story
Yes we love an informative video that decentralizes European history! (I love all your videos but it’s definitely nice to have balanced content that is honest about the context of colonialism!)
Ayekoo Ghana!!! I loved teaching about her when I lived there 🇬🇭❤️ Thank you for expanding your series to include her brave story!
This is great, I am from Kumasi, I learnt about her at a very young age. She is a role model for both boys and girls growing up. I am Adwoa, because I am born on a Monday. This is great Lindsey!
Lindsay, thank you so muh for this video. As an African American I am embarrassed with how little I was talked about my hertiage. Back when I was in school they only touched breifly on Egypt and in my texts books they were depited as white. Please ontiue to do more of these videos. And thank you
Thank you so much for this historical picture of African history. It is so rare to gain historical accounts of the wars that were fought in Africa, and when we DO learn of them, it's usually from a Eurocentric perspective. Being both Native and African American, information like this is very important to me. Thank you for sharing this documentary about this queen, as I never would've known of her otherwise.
I’m so excited to be hearing some Ghanaian history! Thank you so much for this! 🇬🇭❤️
Thank you so very much for this video. As an Ashanti, it was refreshing to note your narration of our history. But one point of correction, the Asantehene is not a paramount chief but king of Ashanti. He has the power to appoint paramount chiefs and so, he's higher than a paramount chief. They (paramount chiefs) swear an oath of allegiance to the Asantehene and serve under him as their king. Thank you
Thank you for the wonderful job you did making this video. As always, you handled a complex, difficult subject with a lot of respect and care. Not only should learning about this powerful queen be an inspiration for people of African descent, but she should be an inspiration to women everywhere. It is doubly shameful that students (particularly in the U.S.) are not taught her story.
The fact that im currently studying for an exam on this is amazing✨
Proud Ghanaian here😘
As a person who is from Ghana, I can confirm this is basically stuff that happens. It is sometimes still a large influence. 😍😍
Hello Lindsay - Great video. Can we please see more videos like these? I appreciate all the work involve in creating RUclips historical videos - you know, doing research, looking for photos, etc. We need more videos like these as it helps various students learn about the world and the various cultures out there we may not be aware of. The world is big and very diverse and videos like these helps us understand the world more than ever. Thank you for doing this. Great job!
Thank you so much for this! As ana African American woman, we are often not granted the simple luxury of knowing our genetic history due to slavery. These kind of stories make me feel closer though.
Thank you so much for this video! You took the time to learn how to pronounce the names and have given them just as much regal justice as the European royalty
Yessss as a Ghanaian American I love this 🇬🇭🇬🇭👏👏
It's really nice to learn more about non-European Royals! That's why I love this channel. I hope you could also make a video about Korea's formidable Queen Min who was assassinated by the Japanese to fast track their colonization and annexation of Korea.
An icon, the British colonisers really did ruin everything 😻
Yeah they really ruined the flourishing west african slave trade, cry me a river
@@cv4809 Naw, they just made it global.
@Women's rights was a Mistake you needn't be doing this for attention. i promise that there is help and love for you out there if you reach out and expand your horizons outside of your small, tiny world. you just need to look. right now you're just embarrassing. i promise you no one is actually convinced by your points.
@Women's rights was a Mistake If they brought education and literacy, then what happened to your share?
@Women's rights was a Mistake f your so called “literacy” and “education”. The same education that most Americans/Europeans have but still struggle to know basic facts? Please stfu
Learning about the Anante People was great experience for me! I have great respect for these warriors who have fought for their land and their independence. Just goes to show how women can be more powerful than a man. I love this culture and how power is passed down from women to women. 🇬🇭
as someone who is actually related to her THANK YOU for this
*I was going “YES QUEEN!” throughout the whole video*
YESSSS MY COUNTRY 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Lovely video!!
Hello everybody my name is Asantewaa my mother named me after this Queen and made sure I new who she was but I’m excited to see this about the Queen that I was named after
Omg I’m Ghanaian 🇬🇭😭😭 I was shocked seeing this on your channel. love your videos; I’ve been tuning in from time to time and I’m gonna subscribe🥰🤍
Thank you Lindsay for covering her history🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Beautifully done, Lindsey! We need more African and Asian queens
Thanks Lindsay, its hard to believe the British didn't manage to get their hands on the stool even after all that.
Yeah but they did get a hold of other valuable gems from other lands.
Frankly, I was glad to learn that the British weren't able to capture that Golden Stool.
@@cinna_sultanBut the stool is way valuable (just because the Ashantis made it so) and they would've benefitted big time if it was in their museum.
@@vervetech9395that stool represents our strength and unity as Asantes
Yes, yes, yes! Love this video! Please highlight more African queens!
Thank you for highlighting this wonderful and powerful woman. We need more videos like this. There is not a lot taught about the African Queens and there should be as they were righteous and powerful leaders in their own right and deserve to be remembered for what they did for their respective tribes/families/countries. Thank you very much for this wonderful piece of education about a BAMF woman from history!
Love this! In school the only time we learned about african history was during the Stone Age and slavery and that’s it, we didn’t learn about any culture or innovations. Love when you make videos about lesser known kingdoms and monarchs
Yaa was a strong and l am proud of being Ghanaian
Now, this is an awesome video!
It's great to see the Asante Kingdom getting more attention, It should be at least as well known as the Zulu, if not more.
The parts about matrilinear inheritance and the role of the queen mothers were particularly interesting. I think that this video spoke more about this aspect than the other videos on this topic I've watched.
Yup, in Akan culture we belong to our mothers n we inherit from our mother’s side of the family.
yay! i am nigerian and love to see african history being shared! thank you lindsay!
Yesss!! I’m so glad you did a video on her! I learned about her when I lived in Ghana! She was a fearless leader. 💕💕
Thank you so much for making this video! Just being able to learn about my ancestral history and heritage gives me a sense of honor and pride!
I loved this video! It was incredibly informative and I’m thankful you took the time to research/make it.
This video alone has made me a subscriber! I’m honored at the amount of work, thought and time you out in this. Keep ‘em coming my love!
I love African history! Their history and cultures are so beautiful. More of these like this please!
This was absolutely fascinating to hear, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for another African Queen Lindsay!!💜✨
This piece of history is very inspiring! I got chills just by learning a snippet of it
Lindsay, I love your videos!! Thank you for sharing so many unique and powerful stories. I have always loved history and your channel feeds that love so well.
I'm a Ghanaian🇬🇭 born in Germany. Yaa Asantewaa you are a hero
Yeah, Yaa! That was a beautifully illustrated and articulated story. I get friends to watch your amazing videos and they go from hating history, to total interest.💗
Wonderful video, I love learning about African countries; their cultures, customs, spirituality, daily life, laws, and more! Especially pre-colonization. This was well done, I look forward to more!
This is very well-done. Thank you for this presentation about a phenomenal woman and her people.
This was a really amazing video. More like this one. Fantastic job.
Lindsay, thank you. This video and the history of Yaa and the Asante people has been so beautifully done - like all your others ❤
Thank you for all the research that went into making this video. The narrative brought me to tears. New to this channel and so the binge begins. Best regards from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
You never disappoint me with your content..thank you for making this video!!!
Thanks for this wonderful video of a brave and powerful woman who stood up against oppression!
Love her! I’d never heard of her before this video.
I just shared this with my family. They love it.
I love you Lindsay thank you for making this channel I love it so much it teaches me a lot about our history that we don’t even hear about the school I’d rather listen to you than listen to my own teachers
I love when you breakdown African Queens! Please give us more 💜
Oh man I’m so deeply excited that you included Lina Iris Viktor’s work 💖💖💖. You’ve got a subscriber for life based on that alone. She’s one of my favorite artists.
Thank you so much for this video. I loved it
Great and quite informative video, especially during Black History month... As an African American, I wasn't taught Africa's history in school, I had to learn most things through my grandfather, books and now you. Thank you ♥️♥️
YES! THIS IS THE ONE.
As someone of Ghanaian descent, thank you!
Love all of your videos! I subbed because of the LGBT+ rulers video a while back and signed up for your Patreon thanks to this one. Would love to see your deep dives on other non-Euro royalty! Like others here I'm Black American and constantly seeking out pre-colonial/pre-slavery information on Africa.
I absolutely LOVED this video. Thank you so much for presenting a small drop of our collective African history in such a beautiful light. I truly hope we get to see more videos like this outside of the month of February! 💕
Thank you Lindsay, I’m from the Caribbean and appreciated this video immensely.
Thank you for doing this video 💛
Lindsay you are amazing!! thank you so much for doing this. I think I requested this when you did the Queen Nzinga video, so thank you for doing the story of the Queen Mother of Ejisu. Also, for a none Ghanaian, your pronunciation is on point :) Could you do Queen Amanirenas of Nubia next?
I am addicted to your diverse channel. Thank you. ❤
I truly enjoy your videos, and this one was really great. I love the way you speak so eloquently.
Yesss my girl never lets me down! Good job 👏🏽
You did it again Lindsay 👍😊
All your videos and I mean all of them are wonderful.. thank you
Love from the Netherlands
This was so interesting, I'm pretty ignorant about African history and it's so refreshing to hear about it
Thank you! I'm excited to listen to her story.
Yes! Thank you so much for this. I’m 43 and never heard of this in school or after. Wow.
This is stuff I wished I learned in school. Yaa is inspiring
Loved it! Very inspiring woman, Yaa Asantewaa!
I love this channel, i love world history thank you very much. God bless you!
Your research is impeccable 🙌🏽
this vid is so cool!! i love how you concentrate on history other than america and europe and the history we dont see normally! long live ghana!! Can you make videos about asia? that would be so interesting!
Omg!! Thank you for this. I was wondering when you'd do something from Ghana ❤️❤️
Found this among your older videos (recent subscriber here), as someone of Ghanaian descent this made me feel insanely proud of my heritage. I had heard a little from the Golden Stool War, but wasn't aware about how bad*ss Yaa Asantewaa was! Thank you for this respectful portrayal of events and a refreshingly inspiring video about an African nation!
I love your videos❤ And as a Ghanaian, it's nice seeing one of our prominent historical figures featured on your channel🔥
Greetings from Ghana! 🇬🇭
Awww I have loved all your videos, so imagine my surprise when I saw this!!!
Thank you!!!
Thanks you. PLEASE more videos on African queens. The background information was very helpful.
Great and very informative video, as always. I really hope that you will make more videos about African Royalty.
This is amazing. I wished we learned more about these stories in school.
Love this video! She sounds amazing.
Omg!! My mother has that art in her living room. The woman in blue, so beautiful.❤️❤️
Another great video, Lindsay! 💜
This was an awesomely enlightening video on so many levels!
This is so moving. I'm so so thankful to have learned this.