The Movement for Change has expressed its condolences to the Royal Family and Asanteman for their loss.

passingIn a statement shared yesterday, Monday, August 12, the 'Butterfly Movement' extended "its deepest condolences to His Majesty Crumfus Deel Tutu Anatio, the Royal Family, and the people of Aumeman on the swing of the Auntahemaa, Mana Vladom".

Not only did the late queenmother play a motherly role for the Ashanti kingdom, according to the butterfly movement, but she also served as a light to the nation.

"The late Asantehemaa was not only a mother to Asanteman but a guiding light to the entire nation, whose reign was marked by wisdom, dignity, and an unwavering dedication to unity, peace, and the preservation of our cherished traditions,” the statement read.

The statement went on to highlight her wise counsel and unwavering leadership, she fostered stronger bonds of kinship and harmony within the Kingdom and throughout Ghana.

“Through her counsel and steadfast leadership, she strengthened the bonds of kinship and harmony both within the Kingdom and across Ghana” it added.

The Alan Kyeremanten Movement ended that, “Her transition to the ancestral realm is a monumental loss, not only for Asanteman but for all Ghanaians.

The Movement for Change mourns with you in this time of great sorrow and calls for calm, reflection, and the sustaining grace of the Almighty upon our land, especially amid the other tragic circumstances that have recently befallen our nation”.

The 14th Queen of the Asante Kingdom, Asantehemaa Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, has passed away.

She died at nearly 100 years old. Her passing was announced today at an emergency sitting of the Asanteman Traditional Council, which was presided over by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

Paramount, divisional, and sub-chiefs from across the Ashanti Kingdom have assembled at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi for the meeting, which was earlier announced in a statement on August 7.

According to reports, there is enhanced security around the palace, with traditional protocol officers and police personnel working together to maintain order and ensure the smooth conduct of proceedings.

Profile of Asantehemaa Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III

Asantehemaa was named Nana Ama Konadu at birth and is also known by all as Nana Panin or Naa Panin. She later became Nana Konadu Yiadom III, after her enstoolment as the 14th Asantehemaa on February 6, 2016.

She was born in 1927 at Benyaade Shrine at Merdan, a small town located at Kwadaso, Kumasi, in the days of the restoration of the Asante Confederacy.

She was born to Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa, who reigned from 1977 to 2016. Her father was known as Opanin Kofi Fofie, known popularly as Koofie or Keewuo, a carpenter by profession from Besease near Atimatim in Kumasi.

At a very tender age, just when she was a little over a year old and being breastfed, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, Asantehemaa, was separated from her biological mother and given to her aunt (mother’s sister), Nana Afia Konadu, at Ashanti New Town (Ash-Town), a suburb of Kumasi.

Nanahemaa never had any formal education, but she underwent a rigorous and quality informal education, learning a lot of things that were not taught in the classroom.

She was initiated and underwent puberty rites together with her niece, Nana Abena Ansa, in their early teens. She married Opanin Kwame Boateng, a blacksmith by profession from Aduman in Kumasi.

She was religious, kindhearted, calm, fair and firm, hardworking, very humble, unassuming, and accommodating. In the mid-1990s, Kwaku Firi Bosomfo, the priest of Kwaku Firi, prophesied through Baffour Akoto, a Senior Linguist of Asantehene, that Nanahemaa would be Queen of Asante someday, and surely, it came to pass.

Nanahemaa achieved a lot and has been recognized as such. Through her constant generosity in doing God’s work, the Saviour Church named a school after her, Nana Konadu Saviour School. She exhibited a high level of equity, justice, and fairness, and all cases brought before her have been settled amicably to the satisfaction of both parties involved.

In celebrating her 5th Anniversary as Asantehemaa, she made a huge donation to the mothers at the Mother-Baby Unit (MBU), Pediatric Emergency Care Unit (PICU) and Pediatric Emergency Unit (PEU) and paid for all the medical bills and expenses for new mothers at the Mother-Baby Unit (MBU) at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Manhyia Government District Hospital.

Nanahemaa started a vigorous campaign and instituted an annual event to encourage mothers to breastfeed their young ones, the main reason why she made a generous donation to the Mother-Baby Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Manhyia Government District Hospital.

The one-week observation of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, has been announced by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

In the aftermath of the official announcement of the Queen Mother's demise, Otumfuo made known to the public that Thursday, August 21, 2025, has been scheduled for the ceremony.

The one-week rite will be held at the forecourt of the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.

After eight years of dedicated service to the Ashanti Kingdom, mourners from across Ghana and beyond are expected to gather to pay their last respects to the Asante monarch,

According to Palace officials, Nana Konadu Yiadom III’s one-week observation will follow traditional Asante customs, with chiefs, queen mothers, and government officials

Meanwhile members of the public are expected to attend in mourning attire.