Looted gold, royal treasures go on show back home in Ghana
The moment is solemn and ceremonial of his historic moment. The British delegation is paying its respect to the King Jose 2 to the second, as royal artifacts from his dynasty are being returned in a long term loan deal. The items that came back virtually the soul of the people of Ashanti. We are displaying this for you to see that the item that were stolen looted in 1874, not all of them has returned, but that what we have here still embodies the soul of Ashanti. Yeah. And I believe within the period that they have been displayed here, you make an effort everybody to come in and visit to see it yourselves. To believe 32 gold and silver treasures were pillaged by British military forces from the Asante Royal Court during the 19th century wars. Negotiations to return the attempts took more than 50 years. It’s it’s very significant indeed. My grandfather returned for Pokémon the 2nd began this process in 1974 as we’ve heard when he first wrote to the British Museum. And in many ways, this is one of his life’s goals. And even though he’s no longer with us and sadly has been gone for 25 years now, it means it means a great deal really, to see his vision come to life in such spectacular fashion, in ways that I’ve even think we were anticipating. But we always had faith. The artifacts are now displayed in a museum in Kumasi, the seat of the Asante Heney Kingdom. The return may be a way for the nations to confront the cultural legacy of its colonial past. And create better relationships in the future.