or Ashanti
People of southern Ghana and adjacent areas of Togo and Côte d'Ivoire.
The largest segment of the Akan peoples, they speak Twi, a language of the Kumasi , in 1896. Thereafter what remained of the empire went into decline. Asante goldwork and kente cloth remain prominent items of trade. See also Fante .
An Asante chief wearing silk cloth and gold jewelry.
Doran H. Ross