What is "asante"

Asante may refer to:

Asante is an album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in 1970 and features performances by Tyner with Andrew White, Ted Dunbar, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Mtume and "Songai" Sandra Smith providing vocals on two tracks. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Asante is a bit unusual for the emphasis is on group interplay rather than individual solos". The CD release adds three tracks that originally appeared on the album Cosmos (1976).

Asante is both an Ashanti surname and a masculine Ashanti given name. Notable people with the Ashanti name include:

Surname:

• Akwasi Asante (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Amma Asante (born 1969), British film director and producer
• Anita Asante (born 1985), English footballer
• Ernest Asante (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
• Gyearbuor Asante (1941–2000), Ghanaian actor
• Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ghanaian politician
• Kyle Asante (born 1991), English footballer
• Larry Asante (born 1988), American football player
• Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942), American writer, scholar, historian, and philosopher
• M.K. Asante, Jr. (born 1982), American writer, filmmaker, and professor
• Okyerema Asante, Ghanaian drummer
• Richard Asante (born 1985), Canadian-Ghanaian footballer
• Shaheera Asante (born 1966), British radio and television presenter
• Solomon Asante (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
• Uriah Asante (1992-2016), Ghanaian footballer
• Wiafe Asante Mensah, Ghanaian musician
• Yaw Asante (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer

Give name:

• Asante Cleveland (born 1992), American football player
• Asante Gullit Okyere (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
• Asante Samuel (born 1981), American football player
• Iman Asante Shumpert (born 1990), NBA player

category:Surnames of African origin

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