The Asantehemaa, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III has passed on, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene has officially announced.
Otumfuo made the disclosure at an emergency meeting of the Asanteman Council yesterday, at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
The King said the One Week Observation of the Queen mother will take place at the forecourt of Manhyia Palace on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
In February 2017, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in consultation with the royal family, appointed his then 83-year-old elder sister, Nana Ama Konadu, as the 14th Asantehemaa to succeed her late mother, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II.
Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem, the 13th Asantehemaa, passed away in November 2016 at the age of 111, after reigning for 39 years.
Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III was born in 1927 to the 13th Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem III (1977-2016) and Opanin Kofi Foffie, also known as Koofie or Keewuo of Besease, near Atimatim, a suburb of Kumasi. He was a Carpenter by profession.
Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III was the first born of Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi’s five children, the youngest of whom is Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, known in early life as Nana Panin, had informal palace education.
In 1959, at the age of about 22, Nana Panin was christened and baptised into the Saviour Church of Ghana and christened Ruth.
She was also of the Anglican Church by convention, since every Asantehene and Asantehemaa becomes an automatic member and patron of the Anglican Church.
By occupation, Nana Konadu Yiadom III was a Caterer who specialised in local dishes. She was also into food crop farming and petty trading. Her hobbies were cooking, music and dance.
