Okomfo Anokye

According to Akuapem tradition, he was son of Ano and Yaa Anubea,[1] both from Awukugua in the Nifa Division of the Okere state.

[5] [4] When Osei Kofi Tutu I succeeded to the throne of the Kumaseman State between c.1680 and c.1695 (exact year unknown; although he was definitely Kumasehene by 1695) to the leadership of the small group of Akan forest states around the city of Kumasi, which were already grouped in a loose military alliance, Anokye was his adviser and chief priest.

Tutu and Anokye, who must be considered together, carried out the expansionist policy of their predecessors, defeating two powerful enemies, the Akan Domaa to the northwest and the Denkyera empire to the south.

Anokye and Tutu established rituals and customs of the Ashanti state to diminish the influence of local traditions.

The Ashanti broke the Denkyira hegemony and captured the Dutch deed of rent for Elmina Castle.

This gave the traders of the empire access to the African coast and involved them henceforth in the commerce and politics of the coastal slave trade.

[7] After Osei Tutu's death in 1717, Anokye is said to have returned to Akuapim and died at town called Kyirapatre in Kumasi between 1717 and 1719 (aged between 62 and 64).