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Ashanti

The cultural center of Ghana, famous for the historic Asante Kingdom and Kente cloth.

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The Legend of the Golden Stool

The Golden Stool is the sacred symbol of the Ashanti nation, believed to hold the soul of the Ashanti people, famously conjured from the sky by Okomfo Anokye.