Editing Yaa Asantewaa (section)

==Biography==
Yaa Asantewaa was born in 1840 in [[Besease]], the daughter of Kwaku Ampoma and Ata Po. Her brother, Afrane Panin, became the chief of [[Ejisu|Edweso]], a nearby community. After a childhood without incident, she cultivated crops on the land around [[Boankra]]. She entered a [[Polygamy|polygamous marriage]] with a man from [[Kumasi]], with whom she had a daughter.<ref name=dq>{{cite web|url=http://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/07/22/yaa-asantewaa/|title=Yaa Asantewaa|author=Korsah, Chantal|publisher=Dangerous Women|date=22 July 2016|access-date=20 February 2017 }}</ref>

Asantewaa died in exile in the [[Seychelles]] in 1921. She was a successful farmer and mother. She was an intellectual, a politician, a human rights activist, a queen and a war leader. Yaa Asantewaa became famous for commanding the Ashanti Kings in the War of the Golden Stool, against [[British Empire|British colonial]] rule, to defend and protect the sovereign independence of the Golden Stool.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nanayaaasantewaa.de/who-is-nana-yaa-asantewaa/|title=Nana Yaa Asantewaa|website=nanayaaasantewaa.de|access-date=2020-01-11}}</ref>