The Asantehemaa (Queenmother of the Asante Kingdom), Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II has died at the age of 109, Graphic Online has reported.
Nana Afia Kobi who reigned for 39 years, reportedly died Tuesday.
Emissaries from the Manhyia Palace have since been dispatched to various paramount chiefs within the Asante Kingdom to inform them about the passing of the queenmother, as custom demands.
The chiefs are expected to meet on Thursday to plan funeral arrangements.
Nana Afia Kobi was enstooled in 1977 as the 13th queenmother of the Asante Kingdom since 1695 after the late Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko II who reigned from 1945 to 1977.
The late Asantehemaa was the mother of the current Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
She saw the reign of the late Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, as Asantehene who reigned from 1970 to 1999
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