Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, left for Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, July 30, 2023, to participate in their Emancipation Day Celebration.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been designated as the distinguished guest of honor for the Emancipation Day celebration, an annual event held on August 1 to mark the complete eradication of Chattel Slavery in the British colonies on August 1, 1834.
Opemsuo Radio, based in Kumasi, shared a video displaying the welcoming ceremony of the Ashanti Kingdom’s monarch in Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, on Sunday.
The video captured the arrival of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s plane at Piarco International Airport in Port of Spain.
Upon disembarking from the plane, the Asantehene was greeted by representatives from the government of Trinidad and Tobago.
Subsequently, he conducted an inspection of a guard of honor before proceeding to attend a welcome ceremony.
Trinidad and Tobago’s President, Christine Kangaloo, extended an official invitation to Otumfuo, designating him as the special guest for their 2023 Emancipation Day celebration. The invitation was conveyed through the Prime Minister of the country, Keith Christopher Rowley, and their Honorary Counsel.
The first country to celebrate the day is Trinidad and Tobago.