Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukamfowabo, u-Yaa Asantewa wabona uchungechunge lwezehlakalo ezisongela ikusasa lombumbano wase-Asante, kufaka phakathi impi yombango kusukela ngo-1883 kuya ku-1888. Ngesikhathi umfowabo eshona ngo-1894, wayezosebenzisa amalungelo akhe njengeNdlovukazi Umama ukuqoka umzukulu wakhe “Ejisuhene"(induna). Futhi lapho owokugcina ephoqeleka ukuya ekudingisweni eSeychelles e-1896, ephelezelwa yinkosi yase-Asante Prempeh IU-Yaa Asantewaa waba ngu-regent wesifunda Ejisu-Juaben. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ujenene waseBrithani UFrederick Hodgson izofuna ukuthi inikezwe i- "Golden Stool", uphawu lwesizwe sase-Asante.
Lesi sidingo esingahloniphi sizophoqa amalungu kahulumeni ka-Asante ukuthi ahlangane eKumasi ukuxoxa ngokubuya kweNkosi. Kodwa-ke, emhlanganweni kuzoba nokwehluka kwemibono ngalokhu kubuya. U-Yaa Asantewaa, okhona kulo mhlangano wesilisa ikakhulu, uzosukuma akhulume nomhlangano ngalawa magama asedumile manje: