Manu Kotosi

Oyoko-clan matriarch and the genealogical hinge of the early Asante royal line: sister of the Kwaman chief Obiri Yeboa, and mother of both Osei Tutu I (the founder of Asante) and Nyaako Kusiaa. Akan succession being matrilineal, it is through her that Osei Tutu inherited the Kwaman stool from his maternal uncle Obiri Yeboa, and through her daughter Nyaako Kusiaa that the stool passed to Opoku Ware I. Documented in prose in the existing royal entries; materialized here as the connecting node.

Children

• Nyaako Kusiaa
• Osei Tutu I

Relations

• sibling: Obiri YeboaWilks 1975; Fynn 1971 (secondary)
• spouse: Owusu PanyinAsante royal genealogy (secondary)
• mother of: Osei Tutu IWilks 1975; Fynn 1971 (secondary)
• mother of: Nyaako KusiaaWilks 1975 (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Wilks 1975; Fynn 1971 — Manu Kotosi, sister of Obiri Yeboa, mother of Osei Tutu I (secondary)