The Ashanti live in central Ghana<span> in western Africa </span><span>[map of Ghana ]</span><span> approximately 300km. away from the coast. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital.</span>
William Bradford basically describes the natives as unfriendly and hostile. He describes them as unfriendly and hostile because when the colonists arrived at the shores, instead of being welcomed with friendly smiles, they were welcomed with deadly arrows.
