Looted artefacts from the Asante ... and gold badges worn by officials charged with cleansing the soul of the king. "These treasures have borne witness to triumph and trials of the great kingdom ...

T he UK will loan back 32 pieces of Asante Gold, considered “crown jewels,” to Ghana, 150 years after they were taken. The artifacts, named after the Asante empire, will be returned to the ...

The Asante kingdom was founded by the great King Osei ... Army in 1873 (as a result of which much of the magnificent Asante gold regalia can be seen in Londo n in the British Museum).

The Asante people built what was once one of the most powerful and formidable states in west Africa - trading in, among others, gold, textiles and enslaved people. The kingdom was famed for its ...

Late in January, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London announced they were to lend gold and silver treasures looted from the Asante kingdom back to Ghana in a six-year deal.

Prempeh was the Asante king, or "Asantehene", of the late 19th Century who resisted British demands that his territory be swallowed up into the expanding Gold Coast protectorate. A British army ...

As an advance deposit (the “Initial Deposit”) toward future gold deliveries, Fujairah has paid US$100 million to Asante Bibiani. Under the Gold Forward Agreement, there is a three month grace ...