[1] These buildings served as fetish houses and shrines during the 18th and 19th centuries, during the golden age of the Ashanti Empire.

[1] When the empire fell during the British occupation of the area from 1806 to 1901, most Asante buildings of the period were destroyed during the era.

[2] The walls of the buildings are covered in bas-reliefs, with spiral and arabesque forms and representations of animals, birds and plants.

[1] The shrines consist of four rooms facing a central courtyard, built on a raised plinth.

The disruption of regular maintenance cycles and decline in religious use threatens the preservation of the buildings.