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1890 Kumasi, Ghana
The private quarters of the palace of Asantehene Prempeh I in Kumasi, photographed in 1890. Kumasi was the capital of the Asante Empire, and its royal palace stood at the center of Asante political life until the British-Asante wars of the following decade.
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