Britain and South Africa have returned more than 130 gold and bronze artefacts to Ghana, many of which were taken from the Asante Kingdom between the 1870s and early 20th century. The items, including royal regalia, ceremonial drums, and gold weights, were formally received by Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi on Sunday.
The artefacts, aged between 45 and 160 years, reflect the Asante people’s governance, spirituality, and the cultural significance of gold. The repatriation included 110 artefacts from the Barbier-Muller Museum in Geneva, part of a collection begun in 1904 by Swiss collector Josef Muller, and 25 items donated by British art historian Hermione Waterfield, whose contributions included a wooden drum believed to have been seized during the 1900 siege of Kumasi
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