The Asante Kingdom is mourning the lack of its extremely revered Queen Mom, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, who handed away on the age of 91.
Her life was outlined by service, custom, and unwavering dedication to the welfare of her individuals.
Early Life and Royal Lineage
Born in 1927 on the Benyaade Shrine in Merdan, Kwadaso, Kumasi, Nana Konadu Yiadom III entered the world throughout the interval of the restoration of the Asante Confederacy.
She was the daughter of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa from 1977 to 2016, and Opanin Kofi Fofie, popularly generally known as Koofie or Keewuo, a carpenter from Besease close to Atimatim in Kumasi.
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At simply over a 12 months outdated, she was separated from her organic mom and raised by her aunt, Nana Afia Konadu, in Ashanti New City (Ash-City), Kumasi.
Training and Conventional Rites
Though she didn’t attend formal faculty, Nana Konadu Yiadom III acquired an intensive casual schooling, gaining knowledge, sensible abilities, and cultural information exterior the classroom.
In her early teenagers, she was initiated into womanhood and underwent puberty rites alongside her niece, Nana Abena Ansa.
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She later married Opanin Kwame Boateng, a blacksmith from Aduman in Kumasi.
Prophecy and Ascension to the Throne
Within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, Kwaku Firi Bosomfo, priest of Kwaku Firi, prophesied via Baffour Akoto, senior linguist of the Asantehene, that she would sooner or later turn into the Queen Mom of Asante.
This prophecy got here true when she ascended because the 14th Asantehemaa in 2020, following the passing of her mom.
Philanthropy and Group Impression
Nana Konadu Yiadom III was celebrated for her humility, kindness, equity, and deep spiritual religion.
She was additionally recognized for her dedication to justice, resolving disputes impartially and to the satisfaction of all events concerned.
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Her generosity was broadly recognised. The Saviour Church named the Nana Konadu Saviour College in her honour for her constant charitable works.
She launched and championed an annual breastfeeding marketing campaign, donating generously to the Mom-Child Unit (MBU), Paediatric Emergency Care Unit (PICU), and Paediatric Emergency Unit (PEU) at Komfo Anokye Instructing Hospital and Manhyia Authorities District Hospital, together with overlaying all medical payments for brand spanking new moms.
Dying
The Oyoko Royal Household formally introduced her passing to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, throughout an emergency assembly of the Asanteman Conventional Council on Monday, August 7, 2025.
