 The day after the priest planted the limb, the people found a tree starting to grow.The tree was named Ebisa-dua, or the consulting tree, and its location is today one of the most important shrines in Mankessim.The Fante quickly organized themselves into military groups, or companies, called Asafo, to defend themselves from non-Akan groups in the vicinity, as well as separate Akan groups - most notably the Ashanti in later centuries.