Nana Kaku Aka l ruled the Nzema Kingdom in the 1840s and climaxed at the time of the signing of the Bond of 1844 between the British and Coastal Chiefs.
He was captured by the British and was sent to prison after he refused to sign the Bond of 1844.
After his capture the Nzema confederation of United tribes disintegrated into the Evale, Dwira, Ellembelle and Jomoro.
October 2005 was 155 years since the Great King Kaku – Aka I of Nzemaland died.
The chiefs and people of Nzema installed another king by name of Great King Kaku-Aka II to lead the people of Nzema and to honour their illustrious heroic King.
The “Great” is the title taken by occupiers of the stool.
According to the new king, King Kaku-Aka II, after the death of his predecessor, several attempts were made to install another king but to no avail!
But on May 2014 another Chief was installed, Mr. Isaac Ettie Amihere with the stool name: King Kaku Aka III.
He was installed to quickly take over after the demise of his uncle who was enstooled King Kaku Aka II in 2005.
Mr. Isaac Ettie Amihere, is currently the Project Coordinator in charge of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Local Content Policy in the Oil and Gas industry.
The King said he is poised for the reconstruction of Nzema land and its past glories and appealed to the people to refrain from wars, bitterness, animosity, disunity and forge ahead as one people to spearhead the development of the area.
King AKa III promised to bring the body of his late grandfather, King Kaku Aka I from the Cape Coast castle for burial and funeral rites.
Who was The Great Awulae Kaku Ackah I?
He was the great Nzema king who sought to unify Nzemaland.
But his plans for unity was ruined with the coming of Europeans and partition of Africa.
The partitioning of Africa happened among seven powerful European countries including the Great Britain, Germany, France, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark and Holland.
The partition affected the Nzema kingdom and its people.
In 1822 France and the Great Britain amicably agreed to partition the land among themselves, without respecting the will of the indigenous tribe.
The river Tano was officially used as the boundary to divide this great and thorny tribe among the Akan.
The partition weakened the Nzema kingdom and its people.
The artificial french Nzema and British Nzema were created.
Smaller Nzema kingdoms who served the Benyin seat as the capital disassociated from the main stream of government because they were now on their own territory by the rules of the partition.
Great Nzema was disintegrated due the partition of Africa.
Prior to this, the whole Nzema people were under one great banner of ANYI as the seat of the old Nzema kingdom.
The Portuguese who were scared of the then Nzema kingdom quickly called them APPOLONIANS! (gods)
The Portuguese upon their arrival in Ghana in 1471 before establishing “Gulf of Guinea” which was coincidentally called “Lord of Guinea”, in a far distance in the sea saw the display of lights along the Nzema coast.
These Portuguese were scared as they were approaching the shores of Nzema.
The stricken picture that came into their mind was their scary god APPOLO of Portugal had already taken the lead to strike them should they come further to land the shore.
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Little did they know it was display of local touches planted along the shores of Nzema land to provide light made from coal collected along the shores.
Satisfying their curiosity, the Nzema people were named APPOLONIANS in the name of their god, APPOLO.
True upon his arrest some of his family settled in capecoast near the castle so they were near to the King and after he committed suicide for refusing to be sent to Sierra Leone with King prempeh of ashanti kingdom, some of them migrated to accra,met the King of accra who gave them land to settle which they named “mayera “near today amasaman .Their descendants could be now found In la and accra central. Infact my maternal grandfather is his grandson .
Nana Ackah Nyanzu ll was installed July 1983. Treasurer to the Nzema people by Awulea .
What is known about Nana Nyanzu l. ?
Will work on it
Very good history am so exciting,May the Almighty God bless the current King Kaku Aka lll.Tumivole please rescue the good people of nzema from the unknown leaders who so call theirselves as leaders.