1824–1901 CE · selected wars and colonial annexation · Africa · War
Successive conflicts pitted Asante sovereignty against British expansion on the Gold Coast. Yaa Asantewaa led the 1900 War of the Golden Stool; Britain annexed Asante in 1901 without ending Asante identity or institutions.
Atlas dossier · Industrial & Imperial AgeFree device narration · synchronized English captions · transcript available
Why it matters
The 1824–1901 frame selects successive conflicts separated by long intervals and changing political conditions. The 1900 War of the Golden Stool and Britain’s 1901 annexation are different milestones. Annexation did not erase the Asantehene, Asante identity or continuing political institutions.
British Museum: Asante gold regalia ↗Regalia in British collections can document Asante statecraft, but their removal through war, indemnity and colonial demand is also evidence. Yaa Asantewaa was queen mother of Ejisu and a leader in the 1900 resistance; describing the war only as a British campaign would invert its political history.
British Museum: contested Asante objects ↗Silent pan-and-zoom motion derivative of the Asante–British Wars reconstruction; not archival footage.
Enlarge and examine the picturePrimary Atlas editorial reconstruction for Asante–British Wars.
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Enlarge and examine the pictureSupporting Atlas reconstruction within the same Asante–British Wars editorial package; not an independent archival record.
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Enlarge and examine the pictureContext crop from the same Asante–British Wars reconstruction; not an independent historical record.
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How Atlas classifies this artwork →Interpretation note
This dossier distinguishes the event’s basic chronology from later arguments about meaning, responsibility and legacy. When comparing religious, national, Indigenous or scholarly interpretations, consult the primary and institutional sources above alongside peer-reviewed historical work.
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