Asen (state)

Assin Kingdom
Status	Kingdom
Government	Monarchy
Succeeded by Gold Coast (British Colony)

Asen, also spelled Assin, was an Akan state in what is now Ghana from the 17th to the 19th century. Located south of Denkyira, it was often embroiled in wars over the coastal trade routes, particularly in the late 17th century. ^[1] In 1715, Assin overran the neighboring kingdom of Etsi (also known as Cabessterra). ^[2] By the early 1700s, Assin was closely allied with and largely dominated by the Fante Confederacy. ^[3]

Sources

1. Law, Robin (March 2013). "The Government of Fante in the Seventeenth Century". The Journal of African History. 54 (1): 31–51. doi:10.1017/S0021853713000054. S2CID   158660952 . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
2. Law, Robin (2012). "Fante Expansion Reconsidered: Seventeenth-Century Origins". Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana. 14: 41–78. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
3. Fynn, J. K. (1987). "The political system of the Fante of Ghana during the pre-colonial period". Unwersitas. 9.