Yaa Asantewaa, Asante Warrior Queen

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History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday

2 жыл бұрын

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Yaa Asantewaa rose to become a Queen mother in the Asante Kingdom in what is modern day Ghana. But when the King was captured and exiled by the British, she refused to hand over the sacred golden stool. She gave a powerful speech inspiring women and men to rise up and fight the British colonizers and was appointed head of the Asante army.
First, let’s set the stage with a brief history of the Asante Kingdom and culture.
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@tiffanyhenderson454 2 жыл бұрын

I have tears in my eyes. Thank you for this video. And the respectful manner in which you told it. Being a Black American, it’s so frustrating not learning our history in schools. Long live Ghana 🇬🇭 and her people!

@zigibeat3689 5 ай бұрын

That's why we Ghanaians want you guys to come home to your great grandparents home. You've been away for too long. They told you not to come here but they are here making money. We don't don't hate you but we just don't understand you cos we think you've lost your Africanism.

@sherensjoy8279 5 ай бұрын

I thought I was the only one in tears until I decided to comment

@fiestaclement8186 5 ай бұрын

Visit Kumasi Manhyia Palace museum Asante kingdom forever 💛🖤💚👑💪🏾💪🏾

@doreensika837 2 жыл бұрын

She is from my country. I’m so proud to be an Ashanti woman. Thanks for doing this, much appreciated.

@abenagyampo 2 жыл бұрын

@Women's rights was a Mistake We sure wuz, that’s why you’re mad. 🌈

@Malaika924 2 жыл бұрын

@Women's rights was a Mistake you came all the way over here just to be racist...🙄

@doreensika837 2 жыл бұрын

@@abenagyampo you tell her queen!

@jeffreycater5447 2 жыл бұрын

Mannnnnnn now I really wanna know what this troll said

@patriciaa4451 2 жыл бұрын

"Asante" means thank you in Swahili. Greetings from Kenya 🇰🇪

@jeanelleagyem9417 2 жыл бұрын

I am actually a descendant of Yaa so I feel sick happy to learn more abt my ancestors! I love my native country of Ghana, we are a powerful people!

@tiffanyhenderson454 2 жыл бұрын

I am a Black American. I love learning about Africa. And all the culture that I missed out on. I always say being Black American, is like being the child. Of a mother who died giving birth to you. And then being raised by a father who hates you. It’s truly sad. My deepest wish is to touch African soil at least once in my life.

@s1kawais Жыл бұрын

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@AMOUREDD 5 ай бұрын

Say the right,whom are you talking about,you have no respect for your ancestor

@mmunoz2101 2 жыл бұрын

Yesss another African Royal history video! We don't get to hear a lot of this in our education system, so I'm always so excited when you make a video about it! Thank you Lindsay!!

@PrincessQ-fj9ly 2 жыл бұрын

This queen is amazing! Standing strong in the face of oppression. And learning about maternal power in a society for once is not only refreshing but also incredibly awe-inspiring! 👑 Thank you for sharing the story of another great African queen! ❤

@Malaika924 2 жыл бұрын

@Women's rights was a Mistake What was that you said about education and literacy?

@kennyb1588 2 жыл бұрын

If you want another great African Queen look up Nzinga of Angola and Somali Queen Arewelo or Arraweelo

@Kaltag2278 2 жыл бұрын

It's so frustrating how American history teaches us that everyone but Europeans were roving bands of primitive hunter gatherers. Thank you for sharing some of the history of my people.

@mingiwoo 2 жыл бұрын

Not just America. Unfortunately in New Zealand too our native stories and history get pushed aside and the white colonisers are portrayed as gods who helped my ancestors “to evolve” I love learning about people culture and there are so many African tribes with different stories and history this story is frustrating but so inspirational 🤍🤍

@burnt_chickn8389 2 жыл бұрын

I actually had a very good history teacher at a community college. He was invested in teaching us a lot of native American history and their relationships and conflicts with the American government and the prejudice held against them. I enjoyed it very much and was grateful for such a different view. I think with so many resources on the internet and KZfaq it isn't hard to now educate one's self in an area they are interested or passionate about. I don't really plan on having kids, but if I did I would definitely encourage and aid them in finding richer history outside the "normal" curriculum.

@trishabidesi8604 2 жыл бұрын

@@mingiwoo Same with Australia. The Aboriginals and their history have always been set aside. My teeth grit, whenever i hear Australia, the association is Vegimite, the world life and the white ppl.

@JadedJassy21 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! More African Kings and Queens, please! Ethiopia is a great place to start!

@diva.t.williams 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I would love to see videos about Ethiopia's rich and beautiful history!

@mylifeisqueen 2 жыл бұрын

This hits home for me. I’m an Asante and proud.

@marianaddy4744 2 жыл бұрын

Go girlll…… am also proud to be an Ashanti

@halelamy3378 2 жыл бұрын

Please do more videos on non-European royalty as many of the history textbooks taught in those countries never truly speaks on what those royals did to others of the same title they deemed less than themselves. History is written by the victors, I love to see the history of the ‘losers’.

@abbiewaters1085 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for highlighting a strong woman from my country! Proud to be a Ghanaian ❤️

@Ultraviolencemode 2 жыл бұрын

Loving Queens of the world series it's just so wholesome

@diva.t.williams 2 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful video! My little sister is named Ashanti, so I learned about some of this history as a kid in the months before she was born. I learned some things I didn't know while getting a refresher on things I hadn't thought about for years. Thank you for this detailed and respectful video, and for not sugar coating the ugly parts of history. I look forward to more videos on African history! Keep up your good work.

@nocilialouis4714 2 жыл бұрын

Especially in the Caribbean where most of the people are black, this is what we should be learning. This is the first time am hearing about Queen Yaa. How many other black queen we have lost in history. When are the British going to return African artifact back to it's country. Great work on this.... Thank you

@naanayaa6408 6 ай бұрын

Do you also know queen nanny of the Maroons is actually from the Akan lineage(rumored to be either Ashanti or Fanti) so Yaa Asantewaa in turn might be a distant cousin to queen nanny because we know all royals get with each other to keep the wealth in the family and it was a thing to marry your cousin back then but only from your father's side since we are a matrilineal society

@fiestaclement8186 5 ай бұрын

Queen Nanny of the maroons was an Asante from the Asante kingdom 👑💪🏾💪🏾💛🖤💚

@markkorste6478 5 ай бұрын

@@fiestaclement8186 You are 100% right , together with her three brothers, Acheampong, Cudjoe and Quao were captured by the British and sent to the island of Jamaica.

@arianna5270 2 жыл бұрын

Yes we love an informative video that decentralizes European history! (I love all your videos but it’s definitely nice to have balanced content that is honest about the context of colonialism!)

@marroosh9771 2 жыл бұрын

See THIS is what I would like to see made into a movie with a cast of talented black actors (in stead of just dressing them up as Regency characters or Anne Boley !). So fascinating to watch, have learnt something new today!

@isaacmyrrh 5 ай бұрын

We don't have the resources it would have been a nice story

@erinrutherford1374 2 жыл бұрын

Ayekoo Ghana!!! I loved teaching about her when I lived there 🇬🇭❤️ Thank you for expanding your series to include her brave story!

@nanaadwoa827 2 жыл бұрын

This is great, I am from Kumasi, I learnt about her at a very young age. She is a role model for both boys and girls growing up. I am Adwoa, because I am born on a Monday. This is great Lindsey!

@SheilaRamseySoprano 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this historical picture of African history. It is so rare to gain historical accounts of the wars that were fought in Africa, and when we DO learn of them, it's usually from a Eurocentric perspective. Being both Native and African American, information like this is very important to me. Thank you for sharing this documentary about this queen, as I never would've known of her otherwise.

@elizabeth1stofenglandirela901 2 жыл бұрын

As a person who is from Ghana, I can confirm this is basically stuff that happens. It is sometimes still a large influence. 😍😍

@tuffcookie718 2 жыл бұрын

Lindsay, thank you so muh for this video. As an African American I am embarrassed with how little I was talked about my hertiage. Back when I was in school they only touched breifly on Egypt and in my texts books they were depited as white. Please ontiue to do more of these videos. And thank you

@naatus777xxx2 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much for this video. As an Ashanti, it was refreshing to note your narration of our history. But one point of correction, the Asantehene is not a paramount chief but king of Ashanti. He has the power to appoint paramount chiefs and so, he's higher than a paramount chief. They (paramount chiefs) swear an oath of allegiance to the Asantehene and serve under him as their king. Thank you

@originalcosmicgirl 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful job you did making this video. As always, you handled a complex, difficult subject with a lot of respect and care. Not only should learning about this powerful queen be an inspiration for people of African descent, but she should be an inspiration to women everywhere. It is doubly shameful that students (particularly in the U.S.) are not taught her story.

@abenagyampo 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so excited to be hearing some Ghanaian history! Thank you so much for this! 🇬🇭❤️

@lillyyarney67 2 жыл бұрын

Yessss as a Ghanaian American I love this 🇬🇭🇬🇭👏👏

@grecellopez9369 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Lindsay - Great video. Can we please see more videos like these? I appreciate all the work involve in creating KZfaq historical videos - you know, doing research, looking for photos, etc. We need more videos like these as it helps various students learn about the world and the various cultures out there we may not be aware of. The world is big and very diverse and videos like these helps us understand the world more than ever. Thank you for doing this. Great job!

@topherpadilla 2 жыл бұрын

It's really nice to learn more about non-European Royals! That's why I love this channel. I hope you could also make a video about Korea's formidable Queen Min who was assassinated by the Japanese to fast track their colonization and annexation of Korea.

@jayderimson810 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! You took the time to learn how to pronounce the names and have given them just as much regal justice as the European royalty

@CarterKidd123 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! As ana African American woman, we are often not granted the simple luxury of knowing our genetic history due to slavery. These kind of stories make me feel closer though.

@richardofosu2605 2 жыл бұрын

as someone who is actually related to her THANK YOU for this

@tudorrosey76 2 жыл бұрын

Learning about the Anante People was great experience for me! I have great respect for these warriors who have fought for their land and their independence. Just goes to show how women can be more powerful than a man. I love this culture and how power is passed down from women to women. 🇬🇭

@marii.2687 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that im currently studying for an exam on this is amazing✨ Proud Ghanaian here😘

@cinna_sultan 2 жыл бұрын

An icon, the British colonisers really did ruin everything 😻

@cv4809 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they really ruined the flourishing west african slave trade, cry me a river

@Malaika924 2 жыл бұрын

@@cv4809 Naw, they just made it global.

@colressliker 2 жыл бұрын

@Women's rights was a Mistake you needn't be doing this for attention. i promise that there is help and love for you out there if you reach out and expand your horizons outside of your small, tiny world. you just need to look. right now you're just embarrassing. i promise you no one is actually convinced by your points.

@Malaika924 2 жыл бұрын

@Women's rights was a Mistake If they brought education and literacy, then what happened to your share?

@heyitsprincess1 2 жыл бұрын

@Women's rights was a Mistake f your so called “literacy” and “education”. The same education that most Americans/Europeans have but still struggle to know basic facts? Please stfu

@bink404 Жыл бұрын

Hello everybody my name is Asantewaa my mother named me after this Queen and made sure I new who she was but I’m excited to see this about the Queen that I was named after

@kimberley3577 2 жыл бұрын

YESSSS MY COUNTRY 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 Lovely video!!

@itx_eliza_toca9279 2 жыл бұрын

Omg I’m Ghanaian 🇬🇭😭😭 I was shocked seeing this on your channel. love your videos; I’ve been tuning in from time to time and I’m gonna subscribe🥰🤍

@anneofdenmarkqueenofenglan8402 2 жыл бұрын

*I was going “YES QUEEN!” throughout the whole video*

@CchanelMmay 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lindsay for covering her history🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

@obsessivefangirl5055 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done, Lindsey! We need more African and Asian queens

@markamoah506 2 жыл бұрын

Yaa was a strong and l am proud of being Ghanaian

@corkycobon1481 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for highlighting this wonderful and powerful woman. We need more videos like this. There is not a lot taught about the African Queens and there should be as they were righteous and powerful leaders in their own right and deserve to be remembered for what they did for their respective tribes/families/countries. Thank you very much for this wonderful piece of education about a BAMF woman from history!

@mrkrabsmother9179 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! In school the only time we learned about african history was during the Stone Age and slavery and that’s it, we didn’t learn about any culture or innovations. Love when you make videos about lesser known kingdoms and monarchs

@trull122 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lindsay, its hard to believe the British didn't manage to get their hands on the stool even after all that.

@cinna_sultan 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but they did get a hold of other valuable gems from other lands.

@dangerouslysane 2 жыл бұрын

Frankly, I was glad to learn that the British weren't able to capture that Golden Stool.

@vervetech9395 Жыл бұрын

@@cinna_sultanBut the stool is way valuable (just because the Ashantis made it so) and they would've benefitted big time if it was in their museum.

@AngelinaKusi-nn1vj 5 ай бұрын

@@vervetech9395that stool represents our strength and unity as Asantes

@itsmeRaffyV 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes! Love this video! Please highlight more African queens!

@gracieon 2 жыл бұрын

yay! i am nigerian and love to see african history being shared! thank you lindsay!

@Unknown-te8fv 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a Ghanaian🇬🇭 born in Germany. Yaa Asantewaa you are a hero

@Artur_M. 2 жыл бұрын

Now, this is an awesome video! It's great to see the Asante Kingdom getting more attention, It should be at least as well known as the Zulu, if not more. The parts about matrilinear inheritance and the role of the queen mothers were particularly interesting. I think that this video spoke more about this aspect than the other videos on this topic I've watched.

@user-jt6sc3km5i 3 ай бұрын

Yup, in Akan culture we belong to our mothers n we inherit from our mother’s side of the family.

@LittleJoe6 2 жыл бұрын

I love African history! Their history and cultures are so beautiful. More of these like this please!

@lightningbug276 2 жыл бұрын

Love her! I’d never heard of her before this video.

@PerfectlyImperfect93 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another African Queen Lindsay!!💜✨

@chrisgeenadriver1631 2 жыл бұрын

I just shared this with my family. They love it.

@theecommentconnoisseur379 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, I love learning about African countries; their cultures, customs, spirituality, daily life, laws, and more! Especially pre-colonization. This was well done, I look forward to more!

@ErikaKayy 2 жыл бұрын

YES! THIS IS THE ONE. As someone of Ghanaian descent, thank you!

@MsKakashilover1 2 жыл бұрын

This is stuff I wished I learned in school. Yaa is inspiring

@jadiemay82 2 жыл бұрын

Your research is impeccable 🙌🏽

@sleazepuff 2 жыл бұрын

Love all of your videos! I subbed because of the LGBT+ rulers video a while back and signed up for your Patreon thanks to this one. Would love to see your deep dives on other non-Euro royalty! Like others here I'm Black American and constantly seeking out pre-colonial/pre-slavery information on Africa.

@stuffwithsoph8264 2 жыл бұрын

This was so interesting, I'm pretty ignorant about African history and it's so refreshing to hear about it

@ohemajosefine 2 жыл бұрын

Lindsay you are amazing!! thank you so much for doing this. I think I requested this when you did the Queen Nzinga video, so thank you for doing the story of the Queen Mother of Ejisu. Also, for a none Ghanaian, your pronunciation is on point :) Could you do Queen Amanirenas of Nubia next?

@Leah-xu2fd 2 жыл бұрын

This was a really amazing video. More like this one. Fantastic job.

@chykim1 2 жыл бұрын

Great and quite informative video, especially during Black History month... As an African American, I wasn't taught Africa's history in school, I had to learn most things through my grandfather, books and now you. Thank you ♥️♥️

@chykim1 2 жыл бұрын

Omg!! My mother has that art in her living room. The woman in blue, so beautiful.❤️❤️

@SlurpingRoach 2 жыл бұрын

What a powerful story!

@tugadmundo 2 жыл бұрын

what an amazing woman

@ariadnejoseph1961 Жыл бұрын

Yesss!! I’m so glad you did a video on her! I learned about her when I lived in Ghana! She was a fearless leader. 💕💕

@thirza9508 2 жыл бұрын

This was absolutely fascinating to hear, thank you for sharing!

@eolay4411 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this video 💛

@TheBalancedRx 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this wonderful video of a brave and powerful woman who stood up against oppression!

@ah_libra 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, but a bittersweet history. Sweet in the sense that the Asante were great, and not completely erased by revisionist history. But then bitter in the sense that they indeed played a part in the Atlantic slave trade; of course they couldn't have known the horrors that would befall enslaved African people in the Americas.

@bismarkadu-num5834 2 ай бұрын

The wars started when they "Asante's" discovered and started attacking their caravans..

@ncubesays Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the research that went into making this video. The narrative brought me to tears. New to this channel and so the binge begins. Best regards from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

@Scarlett-vj9uh 2 ай бұрын

Found this among your older videos (recent subscriber here), as someone of Ghanaian descent this made me feel insanely proud of my heritage. I had heard a little from the Golden Stool War, but wasn't aware about how bad*ss Yaa Asantewaa was! Thank you for this respectful portrayal of events and a refreshingly inspiring video about an African nation!

@Msbumblebeeification 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video! Just being able to learn about my ancestral history and heritage gives me a sense of honor and pride!

@MorningSong8 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I loved it

@sillyhistory7401 2 жыл бұрын

Yesss my girl never lets me down! Good job 👏🏽

@EboNCol 2 жыл бұрын

This video alone has made me a subscriber! I’m honored at the amount of work, thought and time you out in this. Keep ‘em coming my love!

@Cindy67917 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Lindsay.

@bawonobudiwaskito 2 жыл бұрын

This piece of history is very inspiring! I got chills just by learning a snippet of it

@SweetLibertyTravels 2 жыл бұрын

I love when you breakdown African Queens! Please give us more 💜

@deathbywords 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video, Lindsay! 💜

@311girl 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it! Very inspiring woman, Yaa Asantewaa!

@rymia 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video! It was incredibly informative and I’m thankful you took the time to research/make it.

@fluffyg3137 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you. I never thought you do a non European subject let alone a African one. Thank you!

@ttm1795 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lindsay!

@PalaszewskiFamily 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Yaa! That was a beautifully illustrated and articulated story. I get friends to watch your amazing videos and they go from hating history, to total interest.💗

@lindseyrussell9925 2 жыл бұрын

You never disappoint me with your content..thank you for making this video!!!

@ahmedoseibonsu574 6 ай бұрын

This proves that the Ashantis and the British history never lie.

@emilybarclay8831 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the Puppet History episode on his lady, she’s in my top 10 most badass people to ever exist

@hannahtrujillo5468 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video! She sounds amazing.

@mobrown7594 2 жыл бұрын

This is very good as a Ghanaian it was on point for once lol, the lawyers were Akan of which the Asante are a part of, the clan that rule the Asante now are the Bretu clan but that’s for another day, the battle of Feyasi is also a powerful story. It’s how the Asante came to power, the Asante were like the Tudors and the Denkyira were like the Plantagenets.

@Asantedairy 2 жыл бұрын

Is the oyoko clan who rules Asanteman

@mobrown7594 2 жыл бұрын

@@Asantedairy No it has shifted to Bretu since the 1900s check Afia Kobis background, I am from the Apejah house in Atwima I know our history.

@Asantedairy 2 жыл бұрын

@@mobrown7594 nothing has shifted go and learn the clan that supposed to rule Asanteman

@elishastoddy2482 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this!!! More please x

@cubesurfer4141 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm excited to listen to her story.

@afuaowusu-ansah6658 2 жыл бұрын

Ah so happy this has been done 👍🏾

@LadyCoyKoi 2 жыл бұрын

I love this so much! As someone who loves studying History throughout the world, I get all happy upon coming across African History videos that sheds light in African nobility and royals without totally trashing Europeans... no emotions, only facts. Could you please do a video on Mansa Musa. He is always over looked in many History classes, including Economic classes, which is dishonest and discouraging, because he is actually one of the richest men of medieval times. He was after all the first true billionaire of the world and some economists agree that billionaire is a low number to throw at him (some say his true net worth is in the trillions). I get mad when Rockefeller gets mentioned as such since Mansa Musa was the true first billionaire since 1300s. At a time when European and Asian nations were fighting against the plague.

@Keri-Ann.Gomes29 Жыл бұрын

I am addicted to your diverse channel. Thank you. ❤

@quietreflections18 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks so much!

@kia_jones5-17 2 жыл бұрын

Lindsay, I love your videos!! Thank you for sharing so many unique and powerful stories. I have always loved history and your channel feeds that love so well.

@Alusnovalotus 2 жыл бұрын

This was an awesomely enlightening video on so many levels!

@ms.inevitable 2 жыл бұрын

Omg!! Thank you for this. I was wondering when you'd do something from Ghana ❤️❤️

@michellehenry3597 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely LOVED this video. Thank you so much for presenting a small drop of our collective African history in such a beautiful light. I truly hope we get to see more videos like this outside of the month of February! 💕

@readinggirl1198 2 жыл бұрын

This is very well-done. Thank you for this presentation about a phenomenal woman and her people.

@lovejones0686 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this.

@cosa_oscura 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man I’m so deeply excited that you included Lina Iris Viktor’s work 💖💖💖. You’ve got a subscriber for life based on that alone. She’s one of my favorite artists.