Akyem Kotoku has been in existence since 1500 A.D. From their settlement in Adanse, believed to be the first seat of the Akan nation, they moved to settle at Twifo in an area called Ntoasem within the Senyase Division of the Denkyira Kingdom under the leadership of Nana Yaw Awere, believed to be the first ruler of Kotoku since there appears to be very little or no reliable information about Yaw Awere’s predecessors. The ruling dynasty was, and still is, the Agona clan comprising Denkyira, Kotoku and Bodweseango, believed to be blood relations.