Nyaako Kusiaa
Akan · mortal · asante empire founding · Recorded classification
Sister of Osei Tutu I and mother of Opoku Ware I, the second Asantehene; reckoned the first Asantehemaa (queen-mother) of Asante in the Oyoko regnal tradition. Through her, Opoku Ware succeeded his maternal uncle Osei Tutu per Akan matrilineal succession.
Parentage
- maternal: Manu Kotosi
Children
Relations
- mother of: Opoku Ware IWilks 1975; Fynn 1971 (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Wilks 1975; Fynn 1971 — Nyaako Kusiaa, sister of Osei Tutu I, mother of Opoku Ware I (secondary)