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Just
behind the Okomfo Anokye Hospital, one will find the Okomfo
Anokye Sword. It is named after a famous traditional priest
who, in the 17th century, was said to have conjured the ""Golden
Stool"" from the sky. Legend states that as high
priest of the Akan kingdoms, he drove his sword into the ground
with such force that it has remained there ever since, marking
the site of the new imperial city, Kumasi, which unified the
Akan kingdoms. The site is revered by all as a sacred shrine.
The
unmovable Sword of the Komfo Anokye remains in the grounds
of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he pushed it.
It is believed the Komfo pronounced that no one would be able
to remove the sword, and so it has remained in spite of many
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