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The Ashanti Expedition, 1873-74: Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi, February 4, 1874, (1901). General Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833-1914) led the British campaign against the forces of Kofi Karikari
The Ashantee War: the Naval Brigade Clearing the Streets of Coomassie, 1874. Creator: UnknownThe Ashantee War: the Naval Brigade Clearing the Streets of Coomassie, 1874. British sailors terrorising the inhabitants of Kumasi (in what is now Ghana), in a scene from the Anglo-Ashanti war
Burning of Coomassie, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant
View of Coomassie, c1880. Artist: W. PView of Coomassie, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]
On the March to Kumassi: A Halt for Dinner, 1902. The Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1824 -1901) Ghana. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III
The Prince of Wales planting a tree at the Kumasi Church College, Ghana, 1926. On the death of his father, King George V, in January 1936, Prince Edward (1894-1972) was proclaimed King Edward VIII
King Koffees Palace, Coomassie, Ashanti War, Africa, 1900. During the Ashanti Campaign, the local Ashanti people offered substantial resistance to British imperial ambitions in Africa
Coomassie, Ashanti War, Africa, 1900. A view of Kumasi in the Gold Coast, (now Ghana, the first African country to gain independence)
Kumasi, Ashanti, Gold Coast, West Africa, c1890. In 1957, the Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to become independent, and was renamed Ghana