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24 hours in Kumasi 🇬🇭Kumasi is the capital city of the Ashanti Region, in southern Ghana. It’s known as a center for Ashanti culture. Kumasi is alternatively known as “The Garden City”because of its many species of flowers and plants in the past. It is also called Oseikrom, after Osei Kofi Tutu I. The name Kumasi derives from the Twi language, meaning ‘under the Kum tree’. The word “ase” or “asi” means ‘under’, ‘down’ or ‘below’, and is used in many place names in Ghana, such as Obuasi, Daboas