This is Karen Hunter and got to Kumasi.

But we went to the Manchia Palace, which is the seat of the Asante.

I'm going to say it correctly.

We I was always I always thought it was Ashanti.

No, it's Asante Asante Asante A.

A S Aes A, not S H. Asante, Asante, Asa, Kingdom.

And to make the connection to the Almeena castle.

So during this trip, while we were at the Almeana castle the tour got was saying that the

king of the Asante's was held there after slavery ended. He was held there because it was also a prison. And the Asantis traveled what I know now is almost 200 miles through the forest to make sure he was okay.

Now, the back story is the assentes had to pay the British,

check this out, had to pay the British a tax so to speak, they had to pay the money.

And this goes back three kings before this king, right, that was in prison in the almaina castle so when he became king and the only way you can become king of the assantes is that the previous king has to die right and the queen mother appoints the who's the successor.

So this king got into power and he said I'm not paying the British because I didn't make this deal with them and this deal doesn't service us.

So he refused to pay it. with them. And this deal doesn't service us.

So he refused to pay it.

So they demanded his seat.

They literally the Santee's king sits on a stool of gold.

They demanded that.

He was like, nope. So they captured him, they imprisoned him, they put him in in the

Almina castle, and the Asatis walked to him to make sure, well they said to make sure he was okay, no they walked a whip ass because

that's who those warriors are, right? And so they had to move him to first Sierra Leone, right?

Because they were like, okay, but they could still walk there.

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