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National Geographic Magazine October 1996
Highlights From this Month's Issue
Drums and horns heralded Asantehene Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, king of Ghana’s Asante people, on the silver anniversary of his reign. More than 70,000 gathered to take part in six hours of pageantry, surpassed only by a striking display of royal gold.
 
GHANA GOLD IMAGE
Article and photographs by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
 
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