{"id":285553,"date":"2017-01-17T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285553"},"modified":"2017-01-17T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T11:48:13","slug":"ghanaians-pay-last-respects-to-late-asantehemaa-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285553","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians pay last respects to late Asantehemaa [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaians from all walks of life have thronged the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, to pay their last respects to the late Queen-mother of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285557 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-4_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-4_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The public have been given the opportunity to file past the body of the queen-mother, which has been lying in state since Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285578 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-25_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-25_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Per custom of the Asante Kingdom, females who intend to file past the late queen-mother are to do so on barefoot, and without scarfs, earrings and bracelets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285568 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-15_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-15_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, is lying in state at the Manhyia Palace, where mourners will be filing past her body until Thursday, when she would finally be buried.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285562 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-9_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-9_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo, former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin and a host of other dignitaries were at Manhyia on Monday to pay their last respects to the late queen-mother.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285558 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-5_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-5_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, died at the age of 111 in November 2016, and will be buried in Breman on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285564 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-11_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-11_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285563 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-10_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-10_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285560 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-7_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-7_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285559 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-6_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-6_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285555 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-2_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-2_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some personalities in\u00a0Kumawood movie industry including Liwin are currently at the place as well as a delegation from the Ghana Bar Association and the clergy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285569 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-16_1000x599.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-16_1000x599\" width=\"1000\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285567 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-14_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"ghanaians-queue-to-file-past-asantehemaa-14_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285584 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clergy-at-manhyia-1.jpg\" alt=\"clergy-at-manhyia-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-285585 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clergy-at-manhyia-2.jpg\" alt=\"clergy-at-manhyia-2\" width=\"727\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-285586 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clergy-at-manhyia-3.jpg\" alt=\"clergy-at-manhyia-3\" width=\"716\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaians from all walks of life have thronged the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, to pay their last respects to the late Queen-mother of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. 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