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Also Known As Kwame Anokye Frimpon Kotobre
Born c.1655 • Akwamu
Died 1717?
Founder Asante empire
Osei Tutu
king of Asante empire
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Mencius
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Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
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British field marshal
Thomas Edward Bowdich, engraving after a painting by William Derby.
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British science writer
John Kufuor
John Kufuor
president of Ghana