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Otumfuo endorses 2021 GUBA awards to celebrate Yaa Asantewaa’s resilience

September 27, 2021
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OtumfuoOsei Tutu II, has endorsed the 2021 GUBA awards to celebrate a centenary of the passage of Nana YaaAsantewaa, the influential warrior and Queen mother of Ejisu, who rose to lead an Asante army against the British.

The two-day event will start with a durbar in Kumasi on November 7, 2021. At Kumasi, Otumfuo will host a cultural durbar in Kumasi and the climax will be at the main awards in Accra on the 8th of November 2021.

At a courtesy call by the leadership of GUBA to brief Otumfuo on the upcoming event, the King lauded the initiative to celebrate a century of resilience and the transition of YaaAsantewaa. Pledging to attend the event, Otumfuo said the upcoming awards would further deepen the spotlight on the Asante culture and improve Ghana’s local and international tourism drive.

Otumfuo believes that the theme for the 2021 awards, “Celebrating a Symbol of Courage and Resilience”, is indeed befitting and would recognize and celebrate the resilience of all African women in the last century.

At the meeting, GUBA Enterprise’s President and CEO, DentaaAmoateng MBE, indicated that GUBA awardees are the modern-day representation of YaaAsantewaa, adding, “the role of women in this pandemic throughout Africa and the world at large, has been unprecedented; most took up the mantle of leadership, and with courage and resilience, helped to steer the world back onto the path of progress”.

The year 2021 marks a centenary of the death of YaaAsantewaa, a Queen Mother and the last African woman to lead a major war against colonial powers in 1900, where she played the role of the Commander-in-Chief of the powerful Asante Empire. After the war, YaaAsantewaa was captured and taken to Seychelles in exile, where she lived until her demise on October 21, 1921. This year, marks exactly 100 years of her transition.

These events will observe an important moment in African history, one that is unique to the relations between the Republic of Ghana and the Republic of Seychelles, and is expected to host several high-profile personalities from the diaspora.

While celebrating her, the awards will also recognize the contribution of Black women in the diaspora and Africa. The 2021 GUBA Awards will also raise awareness on maternal mortality and call for measures to ensure safe child delivery across the continent. GUBA Enterprise believes that every child, born and unborn, has a great potential and must be given the opportunity to fulfil this potential.

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The year 2021 marks a centenary of the death of Nana Yaa Asantewaa, an Asante Queen Mother and the last African woman to lead a major war against colonial powers in 1900, where she played the role of the Commander-in-Chief of the powerful Asante Empire. After the war, Yaa Asantewaa was captured and taken to Seychelles in exile, where she lived until her demise on October 21, 1921. This year marks exactly 100 years of her transition.

About GUBA Enterprise

Grow, Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Enterprise seeks to promote greater economic, social, and cultural cooperation between Africa and the African diaspora through harnessing the power of the African youth to advance the socio-economic interests of the continent.

About GUBA Awards

The GUBA Awards is a non-profit organisation that focuses on enriching the African community in the Diaspora and in Africa with the aim of empowerment and growth. It is an event dedicated to highlighting and rewarding outstanding achievers. As one of the most professionally executed and entertaining events, the GUBA Awards ceremony attracts a high caliber of African political luminaries as well as business and entrepreneurial personalities.

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