... then subdivided into the Twi, the Fante, Akim, Ashanti, Juaben, and Agona. The Ashanti region of Ghana lies in the middle of the West African tropical rain forest. It's major city, Kumasi, is located inland about 150 miles inland from the Gulf of Guinea. The Ashanti people are a people of many rituals and rites. These can be seen in their every day lives, and also ... natural resources. Soon, Europeans realized that the money was not in the trading and selling of the natural resources, but in selling the Africans as slaves. Therefore, for the next four hundred years, "black gold" (the A...

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