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omanhene|ˈəʊmænheɪneɪ|
[Ashanti, f. oman council + -hene combining form of ohene chief.]
Among the Ashanti people of West Africa, a paramount chief of a state or district, under whom are the lesser chiefs of villages.
1909Moore & Guggisberg We Two in W. Africa xi. 146, I met my first omanhin at Tarkwa—‘king’ he would have been called some years ago but his title is not officially recognised now, the head chief of a tribe being known by the native equivalent of omanhin. 1923R. S. Rattray Ashanti xxii. 264, I am greatly indebted to an Ashanti chief, Osai Bonsu, Omanhene of Mampon, for permitting his drummer to drum this complete history into a phonograph. 1955D. E. Apter Gold Coast in Transition iv. 94 The chief became known as the omanhene or head of council, among the Ashanti. 1959A. Abbs Ashanti Boy i. 17 That was nothing strange to a conscientious Omanhene to whom the family in its widest sense meant ‘the tribe’. 1961Guardian 10 Nov. 1/1 Chiefs and their retinues from all over the country..Nenes, Omanhenes, Nanas, Niis, Togbes, and..[the] Fiaga of Peki. 1962C. G. Baëta Prophetism in Ghana iii. 61 The head of the Church is referred to as Omanhene or ‘Paramount Chief’. |