[1] Yaa Akyaa went on to marry Akyebiakyerehene Kwasi Gyambibi, who served as an adviser to the Queen Mother and other important chiefs of the empire.
[1][2] Yaa Akyaa became Queen Mother in 1884 [2] after ousting her brother Mensa Bonsu in 1884, in which year she exiled both him and their mother; her son Kwaku Dua II became king, but died after 44 days in office of small pox, after which she engineered the accession of her son Prempeh I to the Golden Stool.
During the constant civil war, the neighboring Adansis took advantage of the weakened state of the Ashanti.
[2] She was severely anti-British, and would stop at nothing to neutralize or eliminate enemies, though she was otherwise intelligent in matters concerning royal politics.
[2] In 1896 the British succeeded in subjugating the Ashanti and exiled her to the Seychelles, along with her son and other chiefs; there she remained until her death.