Fetu Kingdom
Fetu Kingdom Effutu | |||||||
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| Status | Kingdom | ||||||
| Capital | Effutu | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
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Fetu or Effutu was a kingdom in what is now southern Ghana, specifically in today's central region. The towns of Elmina and Cape Coast were originally built on Fetu land.[1][2]
History
[edit]Fetu historically fought many wars with the neighboring Fante Confederacy in the 17th and 18th centuries. Repeated conflicts, particularly the Komenda Wars, left the kingdom weakened and dependent on Eguafo.[3] The Fante intervened aggressively in internal Fetu affairs between 1707 and 1711, before finally cementing their influence in 1720.[4] This control was shortlived, but Fante permanently incorporated Fetu into the confederacy in the late 18th century.[5][6]
Fetu had equally produced remnant groups such as Winneba and Mumford, both located in Central Region. Another group called Nyangbo (Batrugbu) in today's Volta region are also believed to come from the Fetu Kingdom. All these mentioned groups have Guan ancestry, believed to be Ghana's earliest settlers.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ DeCorse, Christopher (2009). "A Tale of Two Polities: Socio-Political Transformation on the Gold Coast in the Atlantic World". Australasian Historical Archaeology. 27.
- ^ Shumway, Rebecca (2011). "The Fante Shrine of Nananom Mpow and the Atlantic Slave Trade in Southern Ghana". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 44 (1): 27–44. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 23046842.
- ^ Law 2012, p. 70.
- ^ Law 2012, p. 45-6.
- ^ Law 2012, p. 42.
- ^ Deffontaine, Yann (1993). Guerre et société au royaume de Fetu (PDF). Ibadan: IFRA-Nigeria. p. 146. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
Sources
[edit]- Law, Robin (2012). "Fante Expansion Reconsidered: Seventeenth-Century Origins". Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana (14): 41–78. ISSN 0855-3246. JSTOR 43855021.
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