Nana Badu Bonsu the Ahanta (Ghana) king who was beheaded by the Dutch
Nana Badu Bonsu II was an Ahanta king who was hanged and beheaded by the Dutch on the 27th of July 1838. The head was discovered by Arthur Japin in 1997 at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands. The head of Badu Bonsu II was returned to Ghana in 2009 to be reburied after a quick rite in The Hague. A delegation from Ahanta made up of chiefs and descendants of Badu Bonsu II, brought the head to Ghana without compensation from the Dutch authorities for the atrocities and heinous crimes they perpetrated in opposition to the people of Ahanta. The head of Nana Badu Bonsu II in a jar The Ahanta people are an Akan ethnic group found in the Western Region of Ghana . The Ahanta’s lived near the Dutch Gold coast so they were the first to trade with the Dutch. In 1837, Badu Bonsu II rebelled against the Dutch government when he realized the Europeans were up to no good. They were selling guns to the Wassa people who were located in the Northern part of A...