African queen mothers generally play an important role in local government; they exercise both political and social power.
[2] In areas of Ghana where Akan culture is predominant, each town has a chief and a queen mother who rule alongside the modern political system.
[4] The Asantehemaa occupies a central position in the Ashanti political system since she regulates the legitimacy of successors and guarantees respect for customs and traditions in the actions of the Asantehene.
The revised chronology and the study of Dutch colonial archives has made it possible for the identification of Asantehemaa Akyaama, who was banished from the throne following a dynastic conflict, and further erased from oral tradition.
[6] Oral tradition states that Nyarko Kusi Amoah was Osei Kofi Tutu I's niece and he appointed her as Queen Mother.
[7] She headed the House of Ohemma (women rulers), in Kumasi, which establishes the structure and functions of the Queen Mother according to the tradition provided by the Oyoko clan.
[8] This seat comes from the previous Queen Mother of Oyoko and is integrated into the hierarchical restructuring carried out by Osei Tutu and Okomfo Anokye.
[12] The date of death of Nketia Ntim Abaom is uncertain because she was subject to the genealogical remodeling by Konadu Yaadom, in order to erase the existence of Akyaama from the lineage.
During the reign of Kusi Obodom, Dutch reports speak in 1758 of Akyaama, as Asantehemaa, which means that Akua Afriyie no longer ruled as queen.
Her son, Osei Kwame Panyin is notably reclassified as a child of Konadu Yaadom in order to exclude and erase Akyaama from the Oyoko lineage and oral tradition.