Ghana’s Ashanti king receives looted royal artifacts from U.S. museum

Raw Story

Left

Mixed Factuality

Independent: John K. Byrne

Independent: Michael Rogers (Publisher)

Ghana’s Ashanti king receives looted royal artifacts from U.S. museum

A California museum on Thursday returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana’s traditional Ashanti king to commemorate his silver jubilee in the first planned handovers of Ashanti treasures looted during colonial times.The ceremony came as pressure grows for European and US museums and institutions to restore African artefacts stolen during the rule of former colonial powers Britain, France, Germany and Belgium.The Ghana royal treasures from the Fowl…