Obunumankoma

Obunumankoma was a king of the Bono people, an Akan state in western Africa, flourishing around 1450–1475. The Bono state, located in what is now Ghana, was likely founded around 1450 and its growth was tied to the gold trade. Obunumankoma, along with other Bono kings, is credited with introducing new mining techniques from the western Sudan to the Akan gold fields. This gold was then traded through western Sudan and across the Sahara to North Africa, eventually reaching Europe. The Bono state eventually engaged in wars and was subjugated by the Asante empire in the early 18th century.1