Anyone who visits the Manhyia Palace Museum from May 2, 2024, when the tourist site is opened to the general public would witness an augmented facility.
The Museum is now home to 39 new artefacts that were lost among other precious gold and silver objects…
After 150 years, 32 of the artefacts stolen by the British from the Palace of Asantehene Kofi Karikari in Kumasi during the 1874 Sagrenti War have returned home.
Fifteen (15) gold and silver objects from the British Museum and 17 from the Victoria and Albert…
There is an adage that “black is not just beautiful; it’s magical,” and that proved true when Asanteman convened at the Manhyia Palace in black attire to observe the culmination of the 150th anniversary of the Sagrenti War.
Though the event portrayed the solemnity of…
Stolen Asante artefacts from two museums in the United Kingdom (UK) are expected to be flown into Ghana and finally to Asanteman three months from now.
This was revealed by Mr Ivor Agyeman-Duah, one of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s technical advisors leading negotiations for the…
The gallery in Fowler Museum which housed seven pieces of Asante artefacts that were stolen during the Sagrenti War of 1874 will not remain vacant.
The gallery will be filled with replicas of the crafts made by Asanteman as an appreciative gesture for their willingness…
The Fowler Museum has presented seven artefacts, among stolen treasures some 150 years ago, to their true owner, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
The items including a royal stool belonging to Asantehene Kofi Karikari, the 10th Asantehene, were formally presented before Otumfuo and Asanteman during the…
The Paramount Chief of Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Otuo Serebuo II has disclosed that the first set of stolen Asante Artefacts during the Sagrenti War has arrived Ghana.
The seven-piece collection from the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles has touched its home soil for the…
Thirty-nine gold and silver artefacts belonging to the Asante Kingdom are set to return home after decades of decorating the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Fowler Museum.
They encompass fifteen objects from the British Museum, seventeen from the Victoria & Albert…
Two significant events will take place this February to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Sir Garnet Wolseley War, known as the Sagrenti War.
The war, fought in 1874, saw the destruction of the Palace of the then-Asantehene with explosives by the British, who were…
The Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is scheduled for a leave of absence from all official duties this month.
This was announced by Akyeamehene Nsuase Poku during the first meeting of the Asanteman Council on January 11, 2024.
Otumfuo is expected…