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Ghana, Nigeria and the quest for UK looted treasure

May 12, 2024

Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A, shakes hands with Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Artefacts looted by the British in the colonial era have been returned to Ghana and are already on public view. So why is it taking Nigeria so long to put its returned treasures…

Otumfuo@25: Golden Stool Goes On Display this Sunday

May 11, 2024

The revered Golden Stool of the Asante Kingdom will go on display on Sunday, May 12, 2024, during the culmination of the Silver Jubilee of the King, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. This was revealed by Nana Otuo Sereboe II, the Paramount Chief of…

Homecoming – Exhibition of Asante Gold Regalia at Manhiya Palace Museum, Kumasi

May 8, 2024

Historic Asante gold court regalia acquired by the V&A in 1874 from items looted by British troops during the Anglo-Asante Wars has gone on show in Ghana for the first time in 150 years, through a significant cultural partnership between Manhyia Palace Museum, the V&A and the…

Otumfuo’s Reign Chronicled In Pictures at Manhyia Palace

May 5, 2024

About one thousand framed pictures chronicling the unprecedented and illustrious reign of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II have been displayed in a tabernacle mounted at the Afia Kobi Park inside the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The Photo Exhibition was inaugurated by the King on May…

Come Visit and See Returned Artefacts- Asantehene

May 2, 2024

The King of the Asante Kingdom, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged natives of Asanteman and the world to visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to behold and experience the elegance and magnificence of Asante traditional artisanship. The elegance is evident in the recently…

What to Expect When Manhyia Museum Reopens Tomorrow

April 30, 2024

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…

Asantehene Receives Looted Artefacts from UK Museums

April 13, 2024

The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has taken delivery of 32 of the artefacts stolen by the British from the Palace of Asantehene Kofi Karikari in Kumasi during the 1874 Sagrenti War. They included 15 gold and silver objects from the…

Stolen Asante Artefacts From British and V&A Museums Now Home

April 10, 2024

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…

Photo Highlights of Kuntunkuni Durbar

February 9, 2024

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 Set to Return from UK in April

February 9, 2024

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…

Asanteman To Give Fowler Museum Replicas Of Returned Artefacts

February 8, 2024

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…

Fowler Museum Returns ‘Stolen’ Asante Artefacts to Otumfuo

February 8, 2024

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…

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