The National Archives UK - CO
1870 Kumasi, Ghana
Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti Kingdom, photographed in 1870 and held in the British colonial archive, a period preceding the Anglo-Ashanti conflicts that would draw increased British attention to the city.
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