Fante Confederacy

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Was a confederacy of Fante kingdoms in what is now southern Ghana.

Establishment

January 1652: Group of states in what is now southern Ghana. It originated in the late 17th century when Fante people from overpopulated Mankessim, northeast of Cape Coast, settled vacant areas nearby. The resulting Fante kingdoms formed a confederacy headed by a high king (the brafo) and a high priest.

Chronology

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1. Events

August 1656: After the Dutch managed to dislodge the Swedes from Butre and began building Fort Batenstein at that site, the leaders of the Dutch West India Company thought it beneficial to negotiate a treaty with the local political leadership in order to establish a peaceful long-term relationship in the area. The local Ahanta leaders found it equally beneficial to enter into such an agreement, and thus on 27 August 1656, the Treaty of Butre was signed. This treaty established a Dutch protectorate in the area.

January 1701: The state of Assin Apimenem was founded.

January 1709: Before 1708 the chiefdom of Anomabu was established in Ghana, possibly by Nana Eno who became its first king.

January 1806: Establishment of Assin Atandaso.

January 1869: In 1868 Denkyira entered the Fante Confederacy to fight for Great Britain against the alliance of the Asante Empire and the Dutch people.

January 1869: The chiefdom of Gomoa in Ghana is established in c. 1868. Its first king was Ortabil.