‘The issue has been on the drawing board for half a century. It’s not just an immediate concern of the current Asantehene. It has been a concern of the last three occupants of the stool (throne).
But this year is critical because it marks 150 years since the Sagrenti War. It also marks 100 years since the return of the Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh after his exile in Seychelles and 25 years since the current Asantehene, Oseu Tutu II, ascended the stool.
So, while in London in May 2023, after having official discussions with directors of these museums, he reopened discussions and negotiations.
He asked me and Malcolm McLeod, former curator and scholar at the British Museum and vice-principal at the University of Glasgow, to help in the technical decisions that would be made. We’ve been working on this for the past nine months.
