Sakite II

{{short description|Ghanaian paramount chief}}

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Nene Sakite II (born in Krobo Odumase) is the fifth and reigning Konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo, enstooled in 1999.Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 120.Roger Gocking, The History of Ghana, Greenwood Press, 2005, p. 54.{{Cite web|url=http://www.manyakrobo.com/personality-profile.php?p-profile=1|title=Nene Sakite II Profile {{!}}{{!}} Manya Krobo Official Portals|website=www.manyakrobo.com|access-date=2019-03-05}} His predecessor was Azzu Mate Kole II, who ruled Manya Krobo from 1939 until his death in 1990. There was an interregnum in Manya Krobo between 1990 and 1999 due to chieftaincy succession disputes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2014/November-29th/traditional-council-dismisses-krobo-mountain-sale-rumours.php|title=Traditional Council dismisses Krobo mountain sale rumours - MyJoyOnline.com|website=www.myjoyonline.com|access-date=2019-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104142113/http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2014/November-29th/traditional-council-dismisses-krobo-mountain-sale-rumours.php|archive-date=2015-01-04|url-status=dead}}

In 2015, on the silver jubilee of the death of Azzu Mate Kole II, the son of Nene Sir Emmanuel Mate Kole, a memorial lecture on female education was held in his memory at the Odumase Presbyterian Church at Odumase-Krobo, which was chaired Nene Sakite II on the topic, “Oklemekuku Azzu Mate Kole: A great king and a statesman”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/nene-azzu-mate-kole-was-a-great-king-statesman-prof-sam-addo.html|title=Nene Azzu Mate Kole was a great king, statesman - Prof Sam Addo|date=2015-11-21|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://ritefmonline.org/my-father-was-a-great-king-sophia-mate-kole/|title=My Father Was A Great King – Sophia Mate-Kole|last1=Addo-Fening|first1=John|date=2015-11-21|website=Rite 90.1FM|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613002350/http://ritefmonline.org/my-father-was-a-great-king-sophia-mate-kole/|archive-date=2017-06-13|url-status=live|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://tinkongbee.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/late-nene-azzu-mate-kole-of-manya-krobo/|title=Late Nene Azzu Mate Kole – Of Manya Krobo|date=2017-07-15|website=tinkongbee|language=en|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/657000/nene-azzu-mate-kole-was-a-great-king-and-statesmanprof-sam.html|title=Nene Azzu Mate Kole Was A Great King And Statesman—Prof. Sam Addo|last=|first=|date=2015-11-20|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-05}}

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