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From Detroit to Dagbon
A Royal Wedding at the Crossroads of Diaspora and Homeland
On 14 November 2026, in Tamale, Northern Ghana, Prince Poku-Ansah, a Ghanaian technology entrepreneur of Ashanti heritage, will marry Queen Zosimli Naa Kennedy S. Johnson, a Black American traditional leader born and raised in Detroit. The couple met in November 2024, on the very day Johnson became a Ghanaian citizen, at a ceremony for members of the African Diaspora.
Rather than a single ceremony, the couple has built Reign Week: a nine-day experience across Ghana, from 7–15 November 2026, taking guests — many of them Diaspora travelers visiting the African continent for the first time — through Accra, Cape Coast, the Volta Region, and finally Tamale, where the Traditional Ceremony and Royal Wedding culminate the journey.
Key Facts
- Couple
- Prince Poku-Ansah & Queen Kennedy S. Johnson
- Wedding date
- 14 November 2026
- Location
- Red Clay Studios, Tamale, Ghana
- Reign Week
- 7–15 November 2026
- Traditional Ceremony
- 13 November, Chief Dakpema Palace
- Heritage
- Ashanti (Prince) & Dagbon / Black American (Queen)
- Hashtags
- #LoveIsTheAnsah #ReignWeek #CrownedInLove
Media Asset
The first photograph of the couple, taken at the Ghanaian citizenship ceremony where they met, November 2024. Free to use with credit to the couple.
Notable Angles
- A Black American traditional leader — enskinned as Zosimli Naa in Tamale in 2021 — marrying an Ashanti Ghanaian on the same soil where her royal identity began.
- The couple met on the exact day the bride became a Ghanaian citizen — a coincidence neither could have scripted.
- Reign Week reframes the destination wedding as a Diaspora homecoming: guests experience Ghana's history and culture, not just a ceremony.
- The wedding unites two royal traditions rarely seen joined publicly — Ashanti and Dagbon — alongside Black American heritage.
Read the Full Story
The complete narrative — from the photograph mix-up to the proposal to why Northern Ghana matters.
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