The Ashanti Empire ruled over West Africa in what is Ghana today for 200 years. And while Ashanti herself is proud of her name, she wanted to show young people everywhere that having a unique name ...

The Ashanti combined strength in war — conquering lands from what is now Ivory Coast in the west to Togo in the east and defeating British colonizers several times — with skill in art ...

That Ashanti’s name, referencing the Ashanti empire of Ghana, means “woman of strength” should come as no surprise to anyone who’s worked with the singer-songwriter. With a career spanning ...