Ashanti

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Ashanti may refer to:

• Ashanti Empire, a pre-colonial West African state in what is now southern Ghana
• Ashanti language or Asante, one of three literary dialects of the Akan language of southern Ghana
• Ashanti people, an ethnic group, the natives of Ashanti Region
• Ashanti Region, a region within Ghana

People with the name

• Ashanti Alston (born 1954), former Black Panther Party member
• Ashanti (singer) (born 1980), American singer-songwriter and actress
  • Ashanti (album), her debut album

Miscellany

• Ashanti (1979 film), an American film
• Ashanti (1982 film), an Indian film
• HMS Ashanti (F51), a Tribal-class destroyer launched in 1937
• HMS Ashanti (F117), a Tribal-class frigate launched in 1959

See also

• Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, a gold mining company
• Ashanti Gold SC, a football club in Obuasi, Ashanti, Ghana
• Bobo Ashanti, one of the Mansions of Rastafari