,emphasising the value of learning from the past.

Hundreds packed the square to welcome Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene — the king of Ghana's Ashanti tribe. Jama music, the traditional Ghanaian percussion-driven performance genre, filled the air as drums and sheet metal bells kept time. Fans in bright yellow Ghana kits stood alongside those draped in kente cloth, swaying and chanting in unison.