Encyclopedia.com's entry on Yaa Asantewaa, drawn from the Gale Group's Encyclopedia of World Biography, is a general biographical reference. Its strength is that it names her birthplace and her role in the Edweso state of the Ashanti Empire in a widely accessible, editorially reviewed reference format. Its limit is the ordinary one for a general purpose biographical reference: it summarises established fact for a broad audience rather than engaging with the more detailed and sometimes contested historical scholarship on her life and the war she led.
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Citation
AuthorEncyclopedia.com (Gale Group, Encyclopedia of World Biography)
PublisherGale Group (Encyclopedia.com)
Encyclopedia of World Biography, matching this entry's own author field. URLhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/yaa-asantewaa-c-1850-1921
Source Typeencyclopedia
Encyclopedia.com, Gale Group Encyclopedia of World Biography; matched to "reference encyclopedia" by direct name match. Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Encyclopedia.com's entry on Yaa Asantewaa, drawn from the Gale Group's Encyclopedia of World Biography, the middle tier reflecting a widely accessible, editorially reviewed reference format naming her birthplace and role in the Edweso state, notwithstanding that as a general purpose biographical reference it summarises established fact rather than engaging the more detailed and sometimes contested historical scholarship on the war she led. NotesA general biographical reference entry on Yaa Asantewaa, naming her birthplace and the Edweso state of the Ashanti Empire.
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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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