The Golden Stool literally known as “Sika Dwa Kofi”(A friday born Golden Stool) in Akan dialect is the royal and divine throne of kings of the Ashanti people in Ghana and the ultimate symbol of power in Ashanti royalty..According to oral history, Okomfo Anokye, High Priest and one of the two main founders of the Asante Confederacy, conjured the stool from the sky to land on the lap of the first Asante king,Nana Osei Tutu on a faithful friday during a durbar.The Golden Stool is believed to house the spirit of the Asante nation and also plays a great role in uniting the indegines of the Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana.
After the overlord of Asante Kingdom,Nana Prempeh I agreed to go on exile in 1896, in a bond with the British government aimed at preventing a war and protection of the Golden Stool,The British Governor of the Gold Coast(Now Ghana) Fredrick Hodgson broke the bond and attempted to take captive of the Golden Stool in 1900.
He sent an expedition in search of it which angered the Asante people and royals. This lead to the “Yaa Asantewaa” war which was a popular rebellion motivated by Nana Yaa Asantewaa who was then the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the present day Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The Black Tower 