Book Review by Ama de-Graft Aikins*
A History of Manhyia Palace Museum: Inaugural and Other Objects by Ivor Agyeman-Duahtackles Asante art history, and how this intersects with the making, decline and remaking of the Asante empire itself, with glimpses of the psychology of Asante kings…
Looted Asante artefacts returned on loan from the British Musuem and the Victoria and Albert Museum on display at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana on May 12, 2024.GETTY IMAGES
Repatriation ceremonies tend to be bureaucratic affairs done for show—the deal to return a looted artwork…