# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/osei-bonsu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:37:29.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/osei-bonsu"
name: "Osei Bonsu"
slug: "osei-bonsu"
description: "Osei Bonsu also known as Osei Tutu Kwame was the Asantehene. He reigned either from 1800 to 1824 or from 1804 to 1824. During his reign as the king, the Ashanti fought the Fante confederation and ended up dominating Gold Coast trade. In Akan, Bonsu means whale, and is symbolic of his achievement of extending the Ashanti Empire to the coast. He died in Kumasi, and was succeeded by Osei Yaw Akoto."
tagline: "King of the Ashanti"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1779"
deathDate: "1824-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.99
  momentum:             10.92
  historical:           8.356265333333333
  currentAttention:     8.4
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Osei Bonsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Osei Bonsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Osei Bonsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Osei Bonsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Osei Bonsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Osei Bonsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei_Bonsu"
    title: "Osei Bonsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5"
    title: "Осей Туту Кваме"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "اوسی بونسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump