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| Picture No | 10221728 |
| Date | 1873 |
| Description | Interior of an Ashanti hut |
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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.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 9 August 1873. page 128 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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