Interior of an Ashanti hut
Interior of an Ashanti hut sketched before the second Ashanti War. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast. Elmina was to become the second seat of British colonialism in West Africa
Picture No
10221728
Media ID
46017520
Size
6217px x 3896px
(4.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News. 9 August 1873. page 128
Date
1873
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