Ghanaians on social media have been left thunderstricken after it was revealed that the legendary Yaa Asantewaa photo in schools and exercise books is a photo of an American Arts student.
According to The Asante Nation, a popular Twitter page, the photo which has been seen worldwide is not the photo of the famous fearless fighter and Queen-mother, Nana Yaa Asantewaa but a photo of an American art student posing like the famous Queen of the Ashantis.
the real photo this pic.twitter.com/KV9CteuG8a
— Raymond (@jaykayne2x) March 15, 2021
NANA YAA ASANTEWAA (1840-1921), THE WOMAN WHO FOUGHT MEN IN FRONT OF CANNONS. AFRICA’S GREATEST QUEEN OF ALL TIME. (Onyankonsroma aseni).
A paraphrase conversation when the British Governor, Sir Frederic Hodgson visited Kumasi.
A thread! pic.twitter.com/Van4iQ7ItR
— The Asante Nation (@Ashanti_Kingdom) March 14, 2021
(Nana Yaa Asantewaa after waiting for the men to speak and seeing that nobody is willing to ask a question, stood up to ask a question).
Nana Yaa Asantewaa: Did you see Nana Prempeh when you were coming to Kumasi?
Governor: Nana Prempeh has been deported to Seychelles Island.
— The Asante Nation (@Ashanti_Kingdom) March 14, 2021