The Twifo (Tu a ankↃ) people are a small Akan group with an Aduana stool. Their name Twifo comes from the language they speak, their culture and traditions.
The word “Twi”, is the language which is an Akan dialect and the suffix “fo” means people. They consider their language as the finest among the Akan spoken dialects.
They settled first together with all the Akans on Bonoland and later in the Adanse area for some time before moving to their present settlement.
They migrated with the Akans from the Sahara desert and Sahel regions around the 11th century. Around the 14th century they moved South Eastwards into the forest area and occupied North West of present day Cape Coast. In the forest they settled at a place called Kumkumso led by their leader Nana Amfo Akoto.

They settled first together with all the Akans on Bonoland and later in the Adanse area for some time before moving to their present settlement.
They migrated with the Akans from the Sahara desert and Sahel regions around the 11th century. Around the 14th century they moved South Eastwards into the forest area and occupied North West of present day Cape Coast. In the forest they settled at a place called Kumkumso led by their leader Nana Amfo Akoto.

Factors according to the history of Twifo that necessitated their movement from Bonoland was in search for fertile lands since most were farmers, search for peace and security, and also in search for market and trade since most Twifo’s were into gold trading.
After the Twifo had found this new settlement around 1480, they sent message to the rest of the Aduana group headed by Nana Agyen Kokobo of Akwamu to joined them and they made Kumkumso their capital (close to present day Twifo Hemang).

All the Aduana stools with their separate stools once lived at this capital before moving to their present settlement. The big Stools that once lived with the Twifo (Kumkumso / Hemang) people are Akwamu, Dormaa, Asaremankese, Takyiman, Wassa Akropong and many more Aduana stools that later seceded from these big stools. .
By this time, these chiefs in Twifo were able to establish close contact with the Europeans on the coast and profited greatly from the coastal trade. This brought them into conflict with the then super power Dankyira who threatened the peace and security of the Abrade / Abrade chiefs in Twifo.

During their stay at Twifo they grew in number and had good prospects to become a mighty nation.
Succession and other disputes became an issue between themselves around 1580 after the death of the fifth Twifo king. The Nananom resolved never to fight one another as a family but decided to migrate further in search of their own destinies leaving the Twifo’s behind. Otumfuo Asare in 1595 migrated with his subjects from Twifo Hemang to Abakrampa area and later moved with many stopovers before their present home in Asaremankese. All the other chiefs left Twifo area and Akwamu also left finally.That is why the Twifo stool and Palace is called “tu a ankↃ’’ stool.
The Twi words “Tu” means “leaving or migration”, ‘’a ankↃ” means did not migrate. When put together it becomes “tu a ankↃ’’.
It is worth saying that, none of the guest chiefs who later came to acquire land from the Twifo Hemang people for settlement ever met the Akwamus and the Aduana chiefs on the Twifo territory.
These are some of the guest chiefs on the Twifo territory – Mampong, Aduabeng, Ntafrewaso, Mfuom, Ankaako, Gyankobo, Wawase, Atobiase that have no historical dealings with the Akwamu and the Aduana chiefs in the Twifo territory.
All these chiefs migrated later from elsewhere and applied for lands from Twifo Hemang to settle on with their subjects and some even adopted the name Twifo. The Mampongs who came from Asante Nkawie after the defeat of the Dankyira in 1701. After applying for a land to settle, they adopted the name Twifo (Twifo Mampong).