It is the major indigenous tribe of the Akans (Ashanti and Fanti) of Ghana. Queen Nanny (Nana) of the Maroons. Yellow- … asante king otumfuor osei tutu ii is welcome when he so desire to visit jamaica (Gyama ya ka ha ) This statue is located in Emancipation Park, New Kingston, Jamaica . Coromantee, Coromantins, Coromanti or Kormantine (derived from the name of the Ghanaian slave fort Fort Kormantine in the Fante town of Kormantse, Central Ghana) was the English name for enslaved people from the Akan ethnicity from the Gold Coast in modern Ghana.The term was primarily used in the Caribbean and is now considered archaic. She was a former slave stolen from the Ashanti Tribe brought to Jamaica … Nanny town in jamaica is named after nanny of the maroons (1686-1755). Maroons were african slaves who fled their captors and lived in the mountains. The first nanny town was destroyed during the first maroon war in 1734. The Ashanti as well as many other tribal West African nations (Grebo in Liberia, Yoruba and Igbo of Nigeria, Akan of Ghana..etc) still hold to many ancient Hebrew customs. The people of this tribe live in the West African Rainforest nearly 150 miles away from the West Coast. The Ashanti tribe, located in central Ghana is the largest tribe of the region. The Ashanti live in central Ghana in the Rain forests of West Africa approximately 150 miles away from the coast. (Trinidad Express) The autopsy done on the body of murdered 18-year-old Ashanti Riley has found a cause of death, and it was brutal. The Jamaica flag have meaning Green- Agricultural, Resources and Hope. It is believed that most of the slaves brought to Jamaica were from the Ashanti tribe and are the ancestors of many Jamaicans. It is believed that some of her family members were involved in intertribal conflict and her village was captured. Nanny was from the ashanti tribe. Nanny was born c. 1686 in Ghana, Western Africa, into the Ashanti tribe, and was brought to Jamaica as a slave. The Ashanti woman who ended up as freedom fighter and hero in Jamaica. Nanny and several relatives were sold as slaves and sent to Jamaica. TRIBES PEOPLE GROUPS Ashanti. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans (Ashanti and Fanti) in Ghana, Ghana is a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old, and Ghana was previously called the Gold Coast. The word Bobo Shanti is derived from Bobo, which stands for Black and Ashanti, which is the fierce African tribe from Kumasi, Ghana. The Ashanti word for owl, patu, is still preserved in Jamaica and the Ashanti apakyi, a broad calabash and apakyim, a small calabash recur in the Jamaica name for a small calabash, packy. Nanny is one of Jamaica’s national hero’s. Among the injuries, Jamaican Flag was adopted on 6th August, 1962 it originated from the Ashanti/Asante National Flag Enslaved Africans captured from West Africa were mostly Yoruba, Asante, Wolof, Igbo they are alot of places and ethnic groups Enslaved Africans in Jamaica came from. The name ‘Ashanti’ has Hebrew origins, the “TI” at the end meaning race of people and “ASHAN” meaning smoke.