Asantehemaa Was More Than An Esteemed Advisor to Asantehene- Ken Agyapong
Presidential aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has expressed sorrow over the passing of the Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III.
In a statement shared on social media, Agyapong said he received the news “with deep sorrow” following the formal announcement made at the Asanteman Council Meeting on August 11, 2025, at the Manhyia Palace.
He described the late Queen as “more than an esteemed advisor to His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II,” adding that “she was a mother to us all.”
“Her unwavering fidelity to Asanteman, coupled with her lifelong commitment to duty, remains a shining example for generations yet unborn,” he wrote.
Together with his wife, Christiana Agyapong, a proud native of Asante Mampong, he extended condolences to the Asantehene, Nananom, Asanteman, and the entire nation, praying for the late Queen’s soul to rest in perfect peace.
The Queen passed away on 7th Agust 2025.
One-week observation
The Manhyia Palace has scheduled Thursday, August 21, 2025, for the one-week observation of the late Nana Konadu Yiadom III, the Asantehemaa and sister of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
The date was confirmed by the Asantehene on August 11, 2025, during a meeting of the Asanteman Council, where chiefs and elders were formally informed of her passing.
About Asantehemaa
Born in 1927 at the Benyaade Shrine in Meredane, a small town in Kwadaso, Kumasi, Nana Konadu Yiadom III was the first daughter of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II and Opanin Kofi Fofie.
Entrusted to her aunt, Nana Afia Konadu, while still an infant, she grew up in Ashanti New Town, Kumasi, receiving a rich informal education that instilled discipline, cultural knowledge, and life skills.
As a teenager, she underwent traditional puberty rites alongside her niece, Nana Abena Ansa, and later married Opanin Kwame Boateng, a blacksmith from Aduman in Kumasi.
She was known for her humility, compassion, and sense of fairness, traits that earned her respect across Asanteman. In the mid-1990s, a prophecy foretold her future as Queen, a prediction fulfilled when she ascended the Nyarko Kusiamoah and Konadu Yiadom Stool on February 6, 2017, becoming the fourteenth Asantehemaa.
Her reign was marked by advocacy for maternal health, promotion of breastfeeding, and support for hospitals, as well as initiatives to preserve peace and unity in the Kingdom.
Story by Adwoa S. Danso
