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The History of Akwantukese and New Juaben 

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The formation of the New Juaben State is as a result of migration of the people of Juaben (Old Juaben in the Asante Region) to their current settlement in the Eastern Region. The name AKWANTUKESE simply means the Great Voyage. The Great Voyage resulted in the formation of the New Juaben State.

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The history of the New Juaben State is a complex story of a people who had to migrate from their traditional homes in Asante in the 1870s and resettled in the then British protectorate of Akyem Abuakwa.  Their choice of Akyem Abuakwa as a destination was by design rather than by accident.  In the 1830s, the Juaben under their great leader, King Kwasi Boateng, had sojourned at Kyebi in self-imposed exile and savored the lavish hospitality of the Akyems.

The founding of the New Juaben State in the Eastern Region of Ghana is a consequence of two civil wars within 43years (1832 and 1875) between Kumasi and Juaben, two of the most prosperous states in the Asante Union which led to the historic exodus of the Juabens and their allies to the then British protectorate in the Eastern Region and the subsequent establishment of the New Juaben State since 1878.

Juaben Ashanti, which spearheaded the migration, was an established State for nearly two centuries prior to the formation of the Asante Union.  Under their successive leaders from Nana Amoben Afra (1530-1550) to the first two kings, Adarkwa Yiadom (1670-1715) and Osei  Hwedie (1715-1730), Juaben developed into one of the largest and most powerful pre-union Asante states through the conquest and incorporation of pre-existing states in the area.



Chieftancy

Daasebre Emeritus Oti Boateng, a member of the Yiadom-Hwedie royal family of Asante Juaben and New Juaben was enstooled in 1992, two years after the death of his predecessor Nana Kwaku Boateng II.  Daasebre is the blood brother of the late Nana Kwaku Boateng II. 



By reason of his excellent education, his rich working experience and the high visibility of his tenure in the national public and international civil services, Daasebre Emeritus Oti Boateng, of the New Juaben State has already made a notable and impressive impact  on the social and economic conditions of the Traditional Area. His reign holds great promise for the future. He is concerned about the role of traditional rulers and is committed to the preservation of traditional values and practices.