LEGENDS OF OLD AFRICA- ASHANTI STOOL

LEGENDS OF OLD AFRICA
THE GOLDEN STOOL OF ASHANTI 
Do you know the significant of stools in African settings?

The State stool of King Kofi of Ghana, taken from his palace in Kumasi in 1873. It was made of wood, covered with Silver.

 

 

 Stools are traditional seats and symbols. In the olden days, stools are regarded as a very important part of African life.
Stools are mostly carved out of wood, with various patterns and designs, and pregnant with meanings. 

There is this legend of a King TUTU of Ashanti who desired to make a great nation for his people. His people had remained a subject of one dominating kingdom. 

One day, a palace boy of that dominating kingdom deserted the palace and ran away to a place where he went to study medicine and magic. He became the greatest doctor. 

He later went to King Tutu of Ashanti and claimed that supreme God had given him the mission to make Ashanti a great people. 
He used his magical power to bring down from the Sky, in a black cloud and amid thunder and dust, a wooden stool covered with gold.

 It slowly descended and rest on the king's knees. The magical doctor made the king to belief that his golden stool contained the soul of the Ashanti people and that their health and welfare were in it.

He made magical powder and poured it on the stool with clear directive that they must not sit on the stool.
The Ashanti rebelled against their oppressors and gained independence. 
What a story. Do you buy this story?