Hemang

Hemang lies in the forest country of Twifo, inland from the Gold Coast. Local traditions connect its founding with Akan-speaking migrants who joined earlier Etsi inhabitants. Twifo-Hemang became an important part of the Twifo state, but a dispute over succession divided its ruling house. The region later came under the power of Denkyira. Twifo recovered its independence after Denkyira’s defeat by Asante in 1701, in a struggle in which Twifo also took part.