Ghana: The revered king of the rich and historic Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is knocking on the doors of the British Museum to return gold items to the West African country. Report by Kentmensah
Posted on June 21, 2023 12:31
Carved wood stool ornamented with sheet silver, from the Asante people, Ghana, 19th century, at the British Museum. Ghana’s revered king of the rich and historic Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is knocking on the doors of the British Museum to return gold items to the West African country. The British empire conquered the powerful Ashanti Kingdom in 1874 after several wars in what is today Ghana. The palace of the then-Asantehene , Otumfuo Nana Kofi Karikari and the private homes of other royals were ransacked.
“The purpose of the war was to free some British captives for gold and for free trade at the coastal areas because theat that time,” Osei-Bonsu Safo-Kantanka, a Ghanaian monarchical historian and teacher, tells
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