Otumfuo osei tutu ii biography of albert

Ghanaian monarch of Asante

Osei Tutu II (born Nana Barima Kwaku Duah; 6 May ) is the 16th Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April ^[4] By name, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the 17th-century founder of the Ashanti Empire, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I.^[4] He is also the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

A Freemason, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has served as the Grand Patron of the Grand Lodge of Ghana, the Sword Bearer of the United Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Patron of the Grand Lodge of Liberia.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Biography

Early life

He was born on 6 May and named Nana Barima Kwaku Duah, the third son and youngest of five children (three sons and two daughters) of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa (Queen-mother of the Ashanti).

His father Nana Kwame Boakye-Dankwa was from Kentinkyere in Ashanti and was also the Brehyia Duke of