A Brutal and Bloody Battle Of The Soul We Should All Know About
Black History Year
PushBlack
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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"We will fight the white men. We will fight till the last of us falls in the battlefields." - Yaa Asantewaa. She bellowed these words, a charge to her people. They wouldn’t bow out from this fight - they couldn’t. The liberation of their very souls depended on it.
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| 0:39.3 | Ya Asantewe bellowed these words, a charge to her people. |
| 0:44.3 | They wouldn't bow out from this fight. They couldn't. |
| 0:48.3 | The liberation of their very souls depended on it. |
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| 1:03.0 | As slavery ended, Britain was determined to continue colonizing Ghana, beginning with the Ashanti people. They went after the Ashanti's most sacred symbol, the Golden Stool. |
| 1:16.6 | The Golden Stool possesses and protects the literal soul of the Ashanti people. |
| 1:22.6 | You can imagine the Ashanti's disgust and rage when Britain demanded they surrender the stool. |
| 1:32.3 | Collectively, Ashanti chiefs gathered to prepare for war. |
| 1:37.3 | But some lost faith, knowing it was likely they would lose. |
| 1:42.3 | Their standing tall and proud amongst these crestfallen men |
| 1:47.1 | was the one and only, Ya Asantoa. |
| 1:51.5 | Ya Asantua bellowed, |
| 1:53.9 | Is it true that the bravery of the Ashanti is no more? |
| 1:57.9 | If you men of Ashanti will not go forward, we the women will. I shall call upon my fellow |
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