The Oyoko clan forged this alliance from the small states that arose near modern Kumasi.  
Their modern-day descendants are a matrilineal Akan people.  The Oyoko clan forged this alliance from the small states that arose near modern Kumasi.  The British broke it up and exiled King Prempeh I to the Seychelles, but the confederation was restored in 1935.  It reached its zenith early under Osei Tutu, whose authority was symbolized by the Golden Stool.  FTP, name this alliance, whose king remains influential in Southern Ghana, and which shares its name with a hip hop singer.
Their modern-day descendants are a matrilineal Akan people.  
Ashanti confederation