UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years
The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is today’s Ghana on a six-year loan, Ghanaian negotiators have said.
The artefacts, comprising 15 items from the British Museum and 17 from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), were looted from the court of the Asante king during the turbulent 19th-century clashes between the British and the Asante people.
Western museums are under growing pressure to return stolen African artefacts.
Al Jazeera’s Fintan Monaghan has more.
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