01/01/2026
The items will go on show at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the capital of the Asante area, to rejoice the Asantehene’s silver jubilee. “It doesn’t seem to me that all of our museums will fall down if we construct up these sort of partnerships and exchanges.” The items to be loaned, most of which have been taken during 19th-Century wars between the British and the Asante, embrace a sword of state and gold badges worn by officers charged with cleaning the soul of the king. Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A, informed the BBC that the gold objects…

