Kumasi
the capital of the kingdom of Ashanti, western Africa. It occupies the side of a rocky hill, and is about 4 miles in circuit. The walls of the houses are mostly formed of stakes and wattle work, the interstices being filled up with clay; the roofs are of palm leaves. The king's palace was burned by Wolseley in 1874, but has been rebuilt. Pop. about 25,000. See ASHANTI.