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Ku·ma·si

(ko͞o-mä′sē)

A city of south-central Ghana northwest of Accra. Founded c. 1700, it is a commercial and transportation center in a cocoa-producing region.

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Kumasi

(kuːˈmæsɪ)

(Placename) a city in S Ghana: seat of Ashanti kings since 1663; university (1961); market town for a cocoa-producing region. Pop: 862 000 (2005 est)

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Ku•ma•si

(kʊˈmɑ si)

n.

the capital of Ashanti district, in S Ghana. 376,246.

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The 60th anniversary of the late Opanin John Kwame Bawuah Bonsafo Edusei has been held in Kumasi with a call for Ghanaians to stop unnecessary litigation and embrace continuity of family business.

60th Year memorial for John K.B Edusei

Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa meets Ghanaian Ashanti King Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II in Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti region, on Wednesday.

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figure By VINCENT OPIYO Kariobangi Sharks face fired-up Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko Saturday evening at Baba Yara sports Stadium, Kumasi in the second leg of the Caf Confederation Cup first round needing a scoring draw to progress to the playoff round.The SportPesa Shield winners, who were held to a barren draw last Saturday at Kasarani, are confident that they can upset the most popular club in the West African nation in the 6.

Sharks touch down in Ghana, ready for Kotoko showdown

Kumasi is in Ghana's cultural heartland as the ancient capital of the Asante Kingdom, and Kumawood reflects this proud heritage, with its movies made using the local language.

Kumawood, Ghana's booming movie industry

After receiving his medical degree at the School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, Osei interned in the Departments of Child Health and Surgery at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.

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Ghana hammered Egypt 6-1 in the first-leg match held in Kumasi on Tuesday night, shattering the Pharaohs' dream for booking a place in Brazil's 2014 global tournament.

Football defeat rubs salt into Egypt's wounds

Jolly and her colleagues recruited 314 HIV-positive people who were not yet on antiretroviral therapy for the study in Kumasi, Ghana.

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giving win "Erimus Rotary and staff from James Cook University Hospital are working together to help reduce the transfer of Aids from mothers to their newly born children in the city of Kumasi."

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The author, Adwoa Badoe, sets the tale in her native Ghana, profiling the people's modern day lives through Gloria's travels from rural Accra to urban Kumasi. Functionally illiterate, Gloria faces a future life similar to that of her beloved family: poverty, survival, illness.

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This means that Asante Kotoko will not be available to play in the game at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

Ghana trip scrapped but Malaga make visit

Gary Imlach presents coverage of the eagerly awaited Group C match at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana, where defending champions Egypt get their campaign under way.