The King of Swaziland, King Mswati III, is expected to attend the burial rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem II in Kumasi.
According to popular Kumasi-based radio presenter and the spokesperson of the Organising Committee of the Asantehemaa's funeral, Kwame Adinkra other representatives from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Uganda are also expected to attend the ceremony.Â
“The King of Swaziland is expected to be here, representatives from Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Uganda are all expected to be here", he stated in an interview on Accra FM.
The Nana Afia Kobi, the queen mother of Asanteman and the biological mother of the current Asantehene, Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, passed away on November 14, last year aged 111 years.
Her body has been lying in state since Monday, January 16, and will be buried on Thursday, as part of final funeral rites being organised by Asanteman.
All the chiefs and traditional leaders in Asanteman will pay their Asantehemaa’s four-day funeral which started at midnight on Sunday, January 15, at the Manhyia Palace.
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