Ashanti

plural Ashantis · alternative Asante · alternative Ashantee

1. A member of a nation and ethnic group of Akan origin, found mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

   'Yes,' she said quietly. 'It's an ouanga, a Voodoo fetish. It's the invocation to the Drum Witch. It's used by the Ashanti tribe in Africa when they want to kill someone. They use something like it in Haiti.'

   1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 128

alternative Asante · alternative Ashantee

1. A region in southern Ghana; in full, Ashanti Region.