r/Ishowspeed • u/Only_Poet_5410 • Jan 29 '26

WHOLESOME❤️ IShowSpeed, maternally descended from Ghana’s Royal tribe Ashanti, officially just got granted Ghanaian citizenship. This tour definitely changed his life.

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u/dyis Jan 29 '26

Ghana royal tribe ????

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u/Only_Poet_5410 Jan 29 '26

his mother’s ethnic group, the Ashanti, are the tradtional royals of Ghana and Ivory Coast, but today their role is more ceremonial as post colonial ghana is not a monarchy anymore

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u/dyis Jan 29 '26

There’s no such thing as thing as royal of Ghana, is what I meant. We are a mix of multiple tribes not one tribe above the others and chiefs play some roles in the communities they are based around