Viscount Wolseley returns triumphant. Viscount Wolseley receives a warm welcome from the people of Cape Coast as he returns from Kumasi following his successful Asante Campaign (1873-4). As the newly appointed Governor General of the Gold Coast (Ghana), Wolseley was sent to suppress the Asante (Ashanti) people who had begun to threaten British control over coastal regions of the Gold Coast Colony. Cape Coast, Gold Coast (Ghana), 19 February 1874. Cape Coast, Central (Ghana), Ghana, Western Afric