Asantehemaa: Queenmother of the Asante Kingdom Nana Konadu Yiadom Dead at 98
- The queenmother of that Asante kingdom, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, has died at the age of 98 years of age
- Asantehene had formally announced her passing following an emergency Asanteman Traditional Council meeting
- The one-week observance for the late Asantehemaa has been scheduled for August 21, 2025
The Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, has died at the age of 98 years of age.
The one-week observance for the late Asantehemaa will be held on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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She marked her eighth year as her reign as the Queen Mother of the Asante Kingdom in February 2025.
She was the 14th Asantehemaa and the biological sister of the current Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Nana Konadu Yiadom III ascended to the position of Asantehemaa on February 6, 2017, taking over from the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II.
YEN.com.gh checks with sources close to the Asantehemaa confirmed her passing.
Opemusuo Radio reported that the Asantehene had formally announced her passing.
Joy News also reported that the Oyoko Family confirmed the passing of the second most powerful person in Asanteman to the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at an emergency Asanteman Traditional Council meeting earlier on August 11.
Nana Konadu Yiadom III was born in 1927 at Benyaade Shrine at Merdan, a small town located at Kwadaso, Kumasi, in the days of the restoration of the Asante Confederacy.
She was born to Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa, who reigned from 1977 to 2016.
Her father was known as Opanin Kofi Fofie, known popularly as Koofie or Keewuo, a carpenter by profession from Besease near Atimatim in Kumasi.
Source: YEN.com.gh
