ACCRA, Ghana — Seven royal artifacts looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom and kept by a United States museum have been returned and presented to the ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Donor notes read: "Military Museum, Kumasi Fort. Kumasi trip, Feb. 14-16, 1986. The date on the slide is MAR 86." Slide included in the ...
Seven handcrafted Asante objects have just travelled halfway around the globe to be returned, 150 years later, to the family of their original owners in Kumasi, Ghana. On Monday (5 February) they were ...
More than 130 gold and bronze artefacts taken between the 1870s and early 20th century were returned to Ghana on Sunday. They were delivered by Britain and South Africa to King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at ...
Ghana’s rich cultural tradition is epitomized by Asanteman (the Ashanti kingdom) and its leader the Asantehene Otumfuo Tutu II. The Ashanti kingdom plays a very important role in the socio-political ...
In February 1974, the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, celebrated the centenary of British invasion in honor of those who died. On Sunday, February 10, the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Opoku Ware II, and ...