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Awulae

Nzema · Nzema / Western Region · Royal Title

The title of a paramount chief among the Nzema, equivalent to Ɔmanhene in Akan usage. The Awulae presides over a traditional area, holds the state stool, and is enstooled and destooled by the kingmakers of the matrilineage. The title is customarily prefixed to the chief's stool name.

Awulae Annor Adjaye III sat in state at the Kundum durbar at Atuabo.

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