Abstract
British colonial destruction of the Asante capital of Kumasi, Ghana-including the Asantehene's palace, rebuilt as a military fort on the site of a ceremonial gathering ground-profoundly altered the city's spatial organization, as well as the Asante social and political order. In the century that followed the colonial occupation of Kumasi, however, the reconfiguration of the fort as a museum of military and cultural history, and the transformation of other structures within the architectural order of the redesigned capital, shifted the city's architectural focus from colonial authority to the Asante legacy of regional hegemony. This article situates the Kumasi Fort Museum and the treasure storehouses of the Ghana National Cultural Center and Manhiya Palace Museum within the architectural history of Kumasi, and examines how the capital displays distinctive constructions of Asante imperial hierarchy.
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