During his childhood, Tutu was part of the royal court of Denkyira and Akwamu. Having learned about politics from Akwamu, and with their military and political support, Tutu took the throne of the Ashanti Empire in Tutu also established the Golden Stool which is said to contain the soul of the Ashanti People as the symbol of the Empire.
Before Tutu became ruler, the Akan-speaking people were already moving toward creating a centralized state. Nearly all the chiefs of the Amantoo the region of Akan-speaking peoples belonged to the same clan, so the idea of a union of peoples was already instilled. Tutu took advantage of this sense of union and convinced the various chiefs that the Golden Stool was the soul, power, and energy of the Ashanti people.
With the stool he controlled, Tutu was able to infuse a sense of nationality within the Empire and thus more easily incorporated the various Akan-speaking groups.
The Golden Stool remains the symbol of Ashanti unity today. We use cookies to make our website work more efficiently, to provide you with more personalised services or advertising to you, and to analyse traffic on our website. For more information on how we use cookies and how to manage cookies, please follow the 'Read more' link, otherwise select 'Accept and close'.
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