Amid the ongoing discussions about the christening of Ghana's main airport after Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, who was the brain behind the 1966 coup d'état that overthrew the Nkrumah government, it has emerged that Ghana's first president planned to name the airport after Yaa Asantewaa, the Asante queen renowned for her bravery.
According to historian Yaw Anokye, Dr Kwame Nkrumah had already reached out to the king of Asanteman, seeking their approval to name Ghana's main airport after Yaa Asantewaa.
However, the well-documented rift between Kwame Nkrumah and the Ashanti chiefdom at the time prevented the lofty and genuine idea of Kwame Nkrumah from coming to fruition.
Anokye Yaw Frimpong, in an interview with GTV in 2023, explained that the chiefs rejected Nkrumah's request on the grounds that the leadership of Asanteman at the time belonged to the United Party (UP) and that if Yaa Asantewaa were alive, she would have belonged to the UP.
