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The “Golden Stool” is considered a social charter among the Asante and it is also a unifying force in their society. The stool is described as a social charter because the soul of the nation is in it. It was the job of the people to observe and respect it. The stool is believed to have fallen from the sky onto the lap of the king who was the first king of the Asante, Osei Bonsu. It was proclaimed by the Fetish Priest that the golden stool was the soul of the new nation. With the stool all the Asante were considered equals, but the king was first among equals. The Golden stool was at the center of the life of the Asante. The stool was never allowed to touch the earth. No one was ever allowed to sit in it, not e