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Kingdom of Sanwi is a traditional kingdom

Monarchy

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located in the south-east corner of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in west Africa

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. It was established in about 1740 by Anyi

Anyi

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migrants from Ghana

Ghana

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. In 1843 the kingdom became a protectorate

Protectorate

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of France

France

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. In 1959 it was merged with Côte d'Ivoire and at that time the tribal population was estimated to be around 40,000 people in 119 settlements.http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EsUmSftUmzoC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&dq=sanwi+independence&source=bl&ots=i8DCr_V4rL&sig=EAdRANhfdZKgb94YLBdLWHL07wg&hl=en&ei=QwemTajANomIhQexpfjXCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=sanwi%20independence&f=false

1900s

In the run up to independence for Côte d'Ivoire the traditional administration in Sanwi attempted to organise a political movement to ensure their continued autonomy and traditional structures called Liste pour la Défense des Intérêt du Pays Sanwi. This political party had limited success in the 1956-7 election year. After this the traditional elite sent representatives to Paris

Paris

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in an attempt to negotiate with the colonial

Colonial

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master formal autonomy for Sanwi within Côte d'Ivoire after independence. They cited the treaty of protectorate

Protectorate

between France

France

and the Sanwi of 1843. However, they did not receive support for their cause and later (in 1959) the traditional kingdom was formally abolished.

This was not accepted and shortly afterwards the kingdom declared its independence. In 1960 a "government in exile" was established in the neighbouring Republic of Ghana that received material support and encouragement from the government of Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

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.http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EsUmSftUmzoC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&dq=sanwi+independence&source=bl&ots=i8DCr_V4rL&sig=EAdRANhfdZKgb94YLBdLWHL07wg&hl=en&ei=QwemTajANomIhQexpfjXCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=sanwi%20independence&f=false http://africa.nai.uu.se/ecas-4/panels/41-60/panel-56/Pierluigi%20Valsecchi%20-%20Abstract.pdf

After this Affaire Sanwe several hundred activists were arrested and put on trial, found guilty and subsequently released. Further declarations of independence were made in 1961 and 1969 with the royal family and entourage remaining in exile in Ghana, only returning home in 1981.http://africa.nai.uu.se/ecas-4/panels/41-60/panel-56/Pierluigi%20Valsecchi%20-%20Abstract.pdf

Rulers

The kingdom received much attention after declaring Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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to be a "king" of the Sanwi in 1995. Reciprocal visits by Michael Jackson and Amon N'Douffou IV were made to Krinjabo and Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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respectively. After Michael Jackson's death in 2009 (in the aftermath an elaborate two day funeral was held0 Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

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was declared King in August of that year when he was crowned Prince Nana by Amon N'Douffou V, King of Krindjabo.

1900s

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