This empire won the battle of Feyiase against the Denkyira people.
In order to leave this empire's lands, Queen Pokou legendarily led the Boule people across a bridge of hippopotamuses after drowning her son. Slaves called Coromantees were from this empire, where elephant tails were used as a symbol of the obirempon status. A king of this empire was exiled to the Seychelles twenty years after signing the Treaty of Fomena. This empire won the battle of Feyiase against the Denkyira people. This kingdom's Queen Yaa led an (*) uprising in response to demands made by Frederick Hodgson. This empire was home to the Akan people and had a capital at Kumasi. This empire's founder, Osei Kofi Tutu, supposedly received its Golden Stool from heaven. For 10 points, name this West African empire centered in present-day Ghana.
In order to leave this empire's lands, Queen Pokou legendarily led the Boule people across a bridge of hippopotamuses after drowning her son.
Ashanti Kingdom [or Asante]