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The Ashanti (cf Asante) are a major ethnic group from Africa. Prior to European colonisation, Ashanti was a major state, particularly during the period from 1570 to the late 19th century, and one of the few African states able to offer serious resistance to the European invaders. Britain fought several wars against the Ashanti kings, one of which was notable as the first conflict in which the Maxim gun was used.The territory occupied by the Kingdom of Ashanti is now known as Ghana. The hereditary Ashanti crown continues to be honoured by the Ashanti people, however, alongside the authority of the state.
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Ashanti Douglas is a pop star who quickly rose to fame during early 2002 as a result of her good looks and distinctive voice, which worked equally well as background vocals in rap songs and on their own.She first was brought into the public eye as a featured background vocalist on Vita's 2001 hip hop remake of Madonna's "Justify My Love," which appeared on the soundtrack to the movie "The Fast And The Furious". That same year, she caught the attention of Fat Joe, and he invited her to sing background for Big Pun's unsuccessful posthumous single "How We Roll".
Ashanti's big break, however, didn't come until early 2002, when, almost simultaneously, Ja Rule released the song "Always On Time" and Fat Joe released "What's Luv". They were two of the biggest pop hits of the year, and both featured Ashanti. Shortly afterwards, Ashanti released her own single, "Foolish," which contained a simple of the late Biggie Smalls' hit song, a remix of "One More Chance". It was the year's biggest hit, according to Billboard, spending eleven weeks at number one on the pop charts, thanks in part to a remix called "Unfoolish," which featured a rap by Biggie, and got heavy urban radio airplay. Ashanti's follow-up singles, "Happy" and "Baby" were smaller hits later that same year. During the summer of 2002, Ashanti also appeared on a Ja Rule song called "Down 4 U," along with labelmates Vita and Charli Baltimore.
In early 2003, Ja Rule and Ashanti teamed up again and scored a massive hit with "Mesmerize".
In summer of 2003, she released an album called Chapter 2. Its first single, "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)" became one of the summer's biggest hits and its steamy video, which showed Ashanti in a bikini frolicking on a beach, was nominated for a 2003 MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video. The second single, "Rain On Me" was released in the fall of 2003 and has not yet been able to reach "Rock Wit U"'s level of success on either pop or urban radio.
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The most important god in the pantheon of the Ashanti of Ghana is Nyame (also Nyankopon), the omniscient, omnipotent sky god. His wife is Asase Ya and they have two children, Bia and Anansi. Asase Ya is a earth goddess of ferility.Anansi is one of the most important and famous gods of Ashanti lore. He is a trickster and a culture hero, who acts on behalf of Nyame and brings rain to stop fires and performing other duties for him. Eventually, Anansi was replaced by a chameleon.
In some beliefs, Anansi created the sun, stars and the moon. He created the first man, but Nyame actually made him come to life. He taught mankind agriculture
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Movie/TV Titles | Ashanti (1979) | |
Song Titles | Always On Time (performing artist: Ja Rule featuring Ashanti) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Wooden sculpture of mother and child from the Ashanti tribe, Gold Coast. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Ghana | There are two semi-private television stations that broadcast in the Greater Accra, Eastern, and Ashanti regions. (references) |
Ghana | In 2000 soldiers mounted checkpoints around the Brong-Ahafo regional capital of Sunyanai and outside the Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi prior to national elections. (references) | |
Economic History | Ghana | Much of this is attributable to U.K.- owned Lonmin's 32 percent stake in Ashanti Goldfields Corporation. (references) |
Human Rights | Ghana | On October 14, an armed bank robbery suspect in Mampong, Ashanti District, died while in custody at the Kumasi Central Prison. (references) |
Ghana | In October 2000, the acting Ashanti Regional Director of CHRAJ stated that more than one-third of the inmates of Kumasi Central Prison are remand prisoners. (references) | |
Ghana | On May 24, police severely beat before taking into custody a 46-year-old farmer in Obuase, Ashanti Region; he died the next day from his injuries at a local clinic. (references) | |
Minorities | Ghana | The dispute was resolved in May 2000 after the Ashanti paramount chief gave formal recognition to the Sika-O-Sika faction's leadership claim. (references) |
Ghana | The President and some of his ministers and close advisors are Ashanti, but the Vice President and many ministers are of other ethnic origins. (references) | |
Ghana | In 1999 a chieftancy dispute in Juaso in the Ashanti Region resulted in the death of a policeman, several injuries, the burning of the police station, and the arrest of over 60 persons. (references) | |
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| "ASHANTI" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "ASHANTI" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.67% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 16.67% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (plural) | 11.11% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ASHANTI" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ashanti | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,282 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ashanti | 28,483 | ashanti rock wit | 139 |
ashanti lyrics | 2,041 | ashanti baby lyrics | 135 |
ashanti picture | 1,493 | ashanti nude picture | 129 |
ashanti pic | 925 | ashanti singer | 114 |
ashanti nude | 864 | ashanti by lyrics rock | 104 |
ashanti fabolous featuring into lyrics | 694 | ashanti official site web | 91 |
ashanti lyrics rock | 408 | ashanti awww baby lyrics main rock u wit | 89 |
ashanti photo | 391 | ashanti fabolous | 88 |
ashanti wallpaper | 322 | ashanti video | 88 |
ashanti naked | 305 | ashanti gallery | 84 |
2 ashanti chapter | 284 | ashanti music | 84 |
ashanti lyrics rock u wit | 274 | ashanti style | 82 |
ashanti nude pic | 229 | ashanti foolish lyrics | 80 |
ashanti lyrics rock wit | 224 | ashanti biography | 79 |
ashanti rock u wit | 208 | ashanti naked picture | 77 |
ashanti rock | 200 | ashanti site web | 75 |
ashanti douglas | 198 | ashanti official site | 75 |
ashanti ja rule | 185 | ashanti foolish | 71 |
ashanti chapter ii | 174 | ashanti pic sexy | 66 |
ashanti com | 159 | ashanti new picture | 64 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ASHANTI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | poivrier africain (Ashanti pepper), poivre du Kissi (Ashanti pepper), poivre des Achantis (Ashanti pepper). (various references) | |
German | Aschantipfeffer (African cubeb, Ashanti pepper). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashantiay.(various references) | |
Spanish | pimienta negra de Guinea (African cubeb, Ashanti pepper), pimienta de Africa (African cubeb, Ashanti pepper). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"ASHANTI" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achintee, Ahani, Akhnaten, Ashangi, Ashonai, Assante, Hahanit, Sadhana. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: shaitan. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: shanti. | |
-2 letters: antas, antis, hansa, hants, hints, saint, saith, satin, snath, stain, tains, thins. | |
-3 letters: aahs, ains, aits, anas, anis, ansa, anta, anti, ants, hant, hast, hats, hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, nits, sain, sati, shin, sinh, sith, snit, tain, tans, than, thin, this, tins. | |
-4 letters: aah, aas, aha, ain, ais, ait, ana, ani. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: asthenia, habitans, shaitans. | |
+2 letters: ailanthus, anarchist, antishark, aphanites, asthenias, cantharis, habitants, haematins, halations, inhalants, katchinas, rhatanies, shamanist. | |
+3 letters: anarchists, anesthesia, antiasthma, asphalting, athanasies, chatelains, euthanasia, euthanasic, hantavirus, inhalators, leviathans, machinates, malathions, myasthenia, parathions, phantasied, phantasies, phantasmic, shamanists, thiaminase. | |
+4 letters: ailanthuses, anaesthesia, anaesthetic, anarchistic, anesthesias, annihilates, anthracites, antifashion, antipathies, antiphonals, antiphrases, antiphrasis, antitarnish, artisanship, batrachians, cachinnates, cantharides, captainship, catarrhines, chatelaines, christiania, cohabitants, euthanasias, exhalations, habitations, handfasting, handicrafts, histaminase, inhabitants, inhalations, lanthanides, machinators, mastheading, myasthenias, mythomanias, phantasying, plainchants, shamanistic, tarnishable, thiaminases, thrasonical. | |
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