{"id":26971,"date":"2024-02-09T18:15:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:55:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:55:49","slug":"in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana","title":{"rendered":"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana’s Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, in a ceremony that marks a significant step towards the repatriation of cultural treasures looted during colonial times.<\/p>\n

The Thursday handover coincided with the king’s silver jubilee, making it a doubly momentous occasion for the Ashanti people of the West African nation.<\/p>\n

The returned artifacts include a black gold necklace, a royal gold crown, and a stool, which were looted by British troops during the Sagrenti War in 1874 and eventually found their way to the museum on the campus of the University of California.<\/p>\n

The return of these items represents a small but meaningful step towards correcting the historical injustices inflicted on indigenous cultures by colonial powers.<\/p>\n

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II expressed his gratitude for the return of the artifacts, acknowledging the significance of the gesture for the Ashanti people.<\/p>\n

“What just happened confirms what occurred so many years ago when the British attacked us and looted our treasures,” Otumfuo Osei Tutu II said at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

“Let\u2019s remain united to bring about peace and development in the kingdom,” he added, stressing the importance of unity in the face of historical adversity.<\/p>\n

The return of the artifacts is part of a broader effort to repatriate looted treasures, with a second batch of 32 items set to arrive from leading cultural institutions in the United Kingdom, including the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, in April.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eritrea<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eritrea. The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana’s Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, in a ceremony that marks a significant step towards the repatriation of cultural treasures looted during colonial times. The Thursday handover coincided with the king’s silver jubilee, making it a doubly momentous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[242,243,233,3949,744,3947,3948,304],"class_list":["post-26971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-eritrea","tag-fowler-museum","tag-ghana","tag-king-otumfuo-osei-tutu-ii-of-ashanti","tag-looted-african-artefacts","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"\nIn historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana's Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana's Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eritrea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-09T18:15:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-09T18:55:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-09T18:15:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-09T18:55:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eritrea\",\"Eritrea\",\"Fowler Museum\",\"Ghana\",\"King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II of Ashanti\",\"looted African artefacts\",\"US\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana\",\"name\":\"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana - Eritrea\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-09T18:15:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-09T18:55:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana's Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tu ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg\",\"width\":864,\"height\":486,\"caption\":\"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/\",\"name\":\"Eritrea\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana - Eritrea","description":"The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana's Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tu ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana","og_description":"The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana's Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tu ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana","og_site_name":"Eritrea","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-02-09T18:15:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-09T18:55:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":864,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana","datePublished":"2024-02-09T18:15:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-09T18:55:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana"},"wordCount":271,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eritrea","Eritrea","Fowler Museum","Ghana","King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II of Ashanti","looted African artefacts","US"],"articleSection":["all news","miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana","name":"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana - Eritrea","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-09T18:15:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-09T18:55:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, California has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana's Ashanti king, Otumfuo Osei Tu ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/27\/2024\/02\/sm_1707492143.401569.jpg","width":864,"height":486,"caption":"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/in-historic-handover-us-museum-returns-looted-artifacts-to-ghana#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In historic handover, US museum returns looted artifacts to Ghana"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/","name":"Eritrea","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}