Nana Ama Bonsu has been installed as the new Asantehemaa (Queen Mother), succeeding the late Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, the 14th Asantehemaa, who passed away in August 2025. Her official outdooring ceremony took place on Monday, July 6, 2026, at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
She is a sister of the late Nana Akwasi Agyemang, the long‑serving Metropolitan Chief Executive of Kumasi, and a granddaughter of Otumfuo Agyeman Prempeh I, the 13th Asantehene who was exiled to the Seychelles by the British during the Anglo‑Asante wars of the 19th century.
Nana Ama Bonsu is also a niece of the 14th Asantehene, Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, and sister to the late Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive Nana Akwasi Agyemang, popularly known as Okumkom.
Source: Enoch Darfah Frimpong
