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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Jul 11

    We're kicking off our "African women who changed the world" season with Yaa Asantewaa, the woman who lead the Ashanti people into battle against the British. Did you know her amazing story? Which African women inspire you? #wcwpic.twitter.com/dFXahsJVCl

    Yaa Asantewaa and the fight for the Golden Stool
    Yaa Asantewaa's story is the first in a new series, African Women who Changed the World. The series has been produced using historical and iconographic research, but includes artistic interpretation.
    3:02 AM - 11 Jul 2018
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    • Jay Egypt 🇸🇾 s Femi Bankole Newlove💞😍🤳🤳 A_A Linda Rosie Hilal B L U E ✈️ eK KidIceK🇿🇦
    90 replies 2,381 retweets 2,866 likes
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      2. kukuaddis‏ @kukuaddis Jul 11
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Empress Titu Betul of #Ethiopia was a key figure in the victory of Adwa (1896). She commanded her own army in the infamous battle against European colonizers #wcwpic.twitter.com/tVyqm3sKxn

        3 replies 28 retweets 60 likes
      3. DKB SHATTA WALE IN LONDON  🎶  💃 🔥‏ @dkbghana Jul 11
        Replying to @kukuaddis @panjianoff @BBCAfrica

        It was Italy.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. Chris Eyong‏ @ramblinglogic Jul 12
        Replying to @dkbghana @kukuaddis and

        Yeah. And they were European Colonisers, no?

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
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      2. Gbénró Adégbolá ن‏ @GbenroAdegbola Jul 11
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Wonder if there are any offsprings in Seychelles left from the her exile days and Prempeh’s. Will be nice to investigate.

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
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      4. Gbénró Adégbolá ن‏ @GbenroAdegbola Jul 11
        Replying to @PaaWill18873314 @BBCAfrica

        Interesting!

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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      6. Gbénró Adégbolá ن‏ @GbenroAdegbola Jul 11
        Replying to @PaaWill18873314 @BBCAfrica

        Wouldn’t that would be too much of a transplant? Wonder how many have taken up the offer. Doubt there’ll be any takers!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Dr Nii Ayite Kwesi H‏ @animle_oyanka Jul 11
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Fine work. Well done @BBCAfrica There's a little addition to b made though. #YaaAsantewa is the lady on the right side of #Asantehene #Prempeh. The pic was taken after 1900. 💚 💛 ❤️ @manhyiapalace @AsanteHistory @NaaSoyooI @BlackFeminisms @AAIHS @CASCambridgepic.twitter.com/aE846HMSGa

        3 replies 14 retweets 22 likes
      3. Berlin™‏ @AningYeboah_ Jul 11
        Replying to @animle_oyanka @NiiKwameDennis and

        So it means the picture was taken on the island?

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      4. Dr Nii Ayite Kwesi H‏ @animle_oyanka Jul 11
        Replying to @AningYeboah_ @NiiKwameDennis and

        Yes. After the #YaaAsantewaa war of 1900.

        0 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Junior‏ @juniorboamp Jul 11
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @wanlov

        Does Ghana have a documentary or movie about this heroine Yaa Asantewaa? Don’t think so.. let’s wait for some other country to take up her story and make a doc or movie out of it. O Ghana!! smh 🤦‍♂️

        2 replies 4 retweets 18 likes
      3. angela afi aklayikoe‏ @afi_akorfa Jul 11
        Replying to @juniorboamp @BBCAfrica

        "In 2001 a TV documentary ‘Yaa Asantewaa – The Exile of King Prempeh and the Heroism of An African Queen’ by Ivor Agyeman–Duah was released in Ghana."

        0 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
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      2. Stephen Adler‏ @iDler_adler Jul 11
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Indeed she fought for Ghana 🇬🇭, especially the Ashanti Kingdom so Ashanti’s need to find a day to celebrate her #wcw

        2 replies 5 retweets 15 likes
      3.  🇬🇭MICKEY  🇬🇭‏ @myke_trump Jul 11
        Replying to @iDler_adler @BBCAfrica

        We have her in our hearts .. We celebrate her each and every minute ..

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Albert Ireeta‏ @aireeta Jul 11
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        There's Winnie Mandela.

        0 replies 3 retweets 9 likes
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      1. - NA  🌍 🇬🇭 🇬🇧‏ @Naomi__143 Jul 12
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @sprinklesOfgh

        ❤️🙌🏾🇬🇭pic.twitter.com/Hw5Rv4rQTo

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      1. ELIE SMITH‏ @eliesmith Jul 11
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Hopefully you will also focus on the Congolese women who fought for the independence of the DRC

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