Asomani

Asomani was an Akan Akwamu merchant on the Gold Coast (now Ghana) who became governor of Christianborg Castle.

After working as a cook in the British forts at Accra he became a broker for Akwamu traders at the Danish Christianborg fort. Akwamu relations with the Danes soured in the 1670s when the Danes aided Accra in a war with Akwamu. In 1693 Asomani led a group of soldiers who entered the fort on the pretext of buying arms, and then captured it. Asomani became governor and the fort remained to traders. Later that year Akwamu sold the fort back to the Danes. Asomani left to reside at various locations along the coast, where he became a prosperous trader.