# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yaa-asantewaa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:13:37.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yaa-asantewaa"
name: "Yaa Asantewaa"
slug: "yaa-asantewaa"
description: "Yaa Asantewaa I was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okese, the Edwesuhene, or ruler, of Edwesu. In 1900, she led the Ashanti war also known as the War of the Golden Stool, or the Yaa Asantewaa War of Independence, against the British Empire."
tagline: "Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ejisu_Roundabout.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1832"
deathDate: "1921-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.22762266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ߦߊ߭ ߊߛߊ߲ߕߌߥߊ߫"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump