Ashanti chiefs blocked ‘Yaa Asantewaa’ name for Kotoka International Airport – Historian

Private legal practitioner and historian, Otumfuo Yaw Anokye, has revealed that the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) was originally intended to be named after Yaa Asantewaa, but opposition from some Ashanti sub-chiefs prevented the plan from materialising.


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