Asante may mean: The Ashanti people The Ashanti Confederacy, a pre-colonial state in West Africa. Asante Kotoko, a football club Empire of Ashanti The ancient state of the ashanti that was powerful around the West African region Asante's also the name of: Asante Samuel, NFL sportsman Alan Augustine Kwame Asante Boateng British actor Amma Asante British film director/producer Anita Asante, English football player Molefi Kete Asante author, born in 1942 M.K. Asante, Jr. author, born in… (More on Asante)