Ashanti

Ashanti may refer to:

• Ashanti people, an ethnic group in West Africa
• Ashanti Empire, a pre-colonial West African state in what is now southern Ghana
• Ashanti dialect or Asante, a literary dialect of the Akan language of southern Ghana
• Ashanti Region, a region within Ghana
• Ashanti (Crown Colony), a United Kingdom colony 1901–1957 in what is now Ghana
• Ashanti (singer) (born 1980), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Ashanti (album), a 2002 album by Ashanti
• Ashanti (1979 film), an American film
• Ashanti (1982 film), an Indian film
• "Ashanti", a song by Zoheb Hassan from the 1983 album Young Tarang
• HMS Ashanti (F51), a Tribal-class destroyer launched in 1937
• HMS Ashanti (F117), a Tribal-class frigate launched in 1959

People with the given name

• Ashanti Alston (born 1954), former Black Panther Party member
• Ashanti Johnson, American geochemist and chemical oceanographer

• Ashanti Obi (born 1952), Nigerian sprinter
• Backxwash, Zambian-Canadian rapper-singer

See also

• Asante (disambiguation)
• Shanti (disambiguation)
• Ashanti Gold SC, a football club in Obuasi, Ashanti, Ghana
• Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, a gold mining company
• Bobo Ashanti, one of the Mansions of Rastafari
• Kahlil Ashanti (born 1973), American actor and writer