Kwasi Boachi

Kwasi Boakye or Kwasi Boachi (24 April 1827 – 9 June 1904) was a Prince of the Ashanti Empire who was sent to the Netherlands together with his cousin, Kwame Poku, in 1837, by his father, King Kwaku Dua Panin, to receive education as part of larger negotiations between the Ashanti and the Dutch about the recruitment of Ashanti soldiers for the Dutch East Indies Army.

Kwasi Boakye
Prince of Asanteman
Boakye c.1849, at the age of 22
Born(1827-04-24)24 April 1827
Kumasi, Ashanti Empire
Died9 June 1904(1904-06-09) (aged 77)
Bantar Peteh, Dutch East Indies
HouseBretuo
FatherKwaku Dua Panin
Alma mater
OccupationMining engineer
RelativesKwame Poku (cousin)
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