Agyen Kokobo

Agyen Kokobo was a southern Akan migrant leader in what is now Ghana. He is believed to have been the earliest leader and founder of the Akwamu He was also the nephew of Ofori Besie and Kuruko Booman. The princess Ampranso Akomaso from Dwenemu was brought to Agyen Kokobo to start the royal line.

He is known for bringing a group of traders from the forests near the Portuguese fort of Elmina Castle to Kumkunso (now Twifo-Heman), around 1500, where a city was then established. The prosperity of the new establishment is attributed to gold trading, which was further accentuated by early European arrival on the coast. Agyen Kokobo ruled with his mother, the queen mother of the Akamawu state; the major contribution which the Akwamu brought to the Akan was military organization. because of conflicts with their Akan neighbours.