Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford OBE and comedian Sophie Duker to explore the incredible Asante Empire. We learn the roots of Ghanian heritage - from storytelling, fabric, food, music and rhythm as communication, to how centuries of traditions across the empire came together to protect the most sacred symbol of power in the Asante Kingdom from the hands of the British during the War of the Golden Stool. Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Lloyd Roberts The Athletic production for BBC Radio 4
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me from Radio Four, a history podcast for everyone, for people who don't like history, people who do like history and people who forgot to learn any at school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
You may have also heard my other podcast, homeschool history, but that one's mostly for the kids.
On this podcast, we do things a bit differently.
We hook you up with proper history whilst being proper funny.
Today we are nipping to the Bureau de change and swapping out our pound sterling for west ghanaian gold dust and travelling back 300 years to learn all about the Asante kingdom.