Stool Culture in Ghana

Sophie: The assanti are living in a very heavily forested area. They didn't have chainsaws and they didn't have electricity, so how would you go about chopping down those trees? Gus: At this stage we are talking here about an emergent kingdom that is using slave labour,. Sophie: We know in terms of Ghanaian heritage that the stools are so important. Why is a stool so important, Gus? It's more than even a throne.

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