Kingdom of Sanwi

The Kingdom of Sanwi was a kingdom which was located in the southwestern corner of present-day West African Republic of Ivory Coast.

The official language was Anyin and the capital Krindjabo.

The Kingdom existed since 1740 and was founded by aristocratic Anyi - migrants from Ghana. In 1843 the UK was officially French protectorate. The independence of the monarchy held until 1959, when it was connected to the Ivory Coast. At this time, the population was about 40,000, distributed in 119 settlements.

History

Prior to the independence of the Ivory Coast, the traditional management in Sanwi had tried to organize a political movement to ensure their continued autonomy and traditional structures: The list for the defense of the interests of the country Sanwi (French list for the Defence of Intérêt du Pays Sanwi ). This political party had limited success in the election years 1956 and 1957. Thereafter, the traditional elite representatives sent to Paris to make an attempt to negotiate with the colonial power, a formal Autonomievetreinbarung for Sanwi within the Ivory Coast after independence. They cited the case protectorate treaty between France and Sanwi of 1843. However, France and later supported by him government of the Ivory Coast refused in 1959 Sanwi any autonomy. Therefore, the traditional kingdom was formally abolished in 1959.

However, this was not accepted and a short time later the Kingdom declared its restoration of independence. In 1960, a government in exile was established in the neighboring Republic of Ghana, which has received material support and encouragement by the government of President Kwame Nkrumah.

After this Sanwe affair several hundred activists were arrested, tried, convicted and subsequently released. Other declarations of independence were made in 1961 and 1969 by the royal family and their retinue in the Ghanaian exile. The royal family returned home in 1981.

Ruler

The Kingdom has received much attention after it was declared one of the kings of Sanwi in 1995, Michael Jackson. Mutual visits Michael Jackson and King Amon N'Douffou IV were made in Krinjabo and Los Angeles. After Michael Jackson's death in 2009 was proclaimed in August of Jesse Jackson to the king and of Priz Nana by Amon N'Douffou V, King of Krindjabo crowned.