Nana Ama Bonsu has been officially unveiled as the new Queen Mother of the Ashanti Kingdom during a formal ceremony at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
Her public presentation marks the beginning of a new chapter in Asanteman’s traditional leadership.
She succeeds the 14th Asantehemaa, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, who died in August 2025 at the age of 98 after an eight-year reign.
The late Queen Mother, an elder sister to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, originally assumed the throne in 2017 at the age of 90.
She had followed her mother, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, who passed away in late 2016 at the age of 109 following nearly four decades on the throne.
This transition continues a long-standing lineage of maternal monarchs in the kingdom, which includes historical predecessors such as Nana Nyarko Kusiamoa (1695–1722), Nana Nkatia Abamo (1722–1740), Nana Akua Afriyie (1740–1768), Nana Konadu Yiadom I (1768–1809), Nana Akosua Adoma (1809–1819), Nana Ama Serwaa (1819–1828), Nana Yaa Dufie (1828–1836), Nana Afua Sarpon (1836–1857), Nana Afua Kobi I (1857–1884), Nana Yaa Akyaa (1884–1917), Nana Konadu Yiadom II (1917–1945), and Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko (1945–1977).
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
