The National Archives UK - CO
1896 Kumasi, Ghana
A scene in Kumasi, photographed in 1896 and held in the UK National Archives' Colonial Office photographic collection. Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti kingdom, came under British control that year following the Anglo-Ashanti conflicts of the 1890s.
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