'Crown jewels' looted by British soldiers returned to Ghana on loan | BBC News

[@in-x-orable2769]

It's an insult to 'loan' a stolen object to the rightful owners. The proper thing is to 'give' them back to whom it belongs.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

What makes them the "rightful owners"?

[@in-x-orable2769]

@@Patrick-y4d1z what doesn’t?

[@manithrupasinghe8744]

@@Patrick-y4d1z their history belongs to them. Not to the european invaders.do u have any idea about common sense😅.

[@TheTraveller20081]

@@manithrupasinghe8744 go and learn some history as to why the British Army was there. I thought you hated slavery?

[@EricNoi-m5]

Exactly

[@dremmanuelnwogu]

This is beyond shameful, but as someone said “You cannot shame the shameless”.

[@curiositycloset2359]

Briton only recently paid off the debt they built up stopping slavers like these. Im sure these items made a very small dent in that overall cost.

[@Carol-b5v2r]

Indeed, "you cannot shame the shameless".

[@daniellaizer1]

Never Doc

[@miketysall5714]

but it wasn't stolen neither was the Indian jewel that was gaven to the queen as a gift. wish people would read their history instead of slandering a nation. People only have a problem with the British empire because it was white. no body ever moans about ghengis Khan and his empire. or the ottoman empire or the roman empire they all raped and pillaged to why is it just Britain that gets called out because it is white. grow up and read some books you all have like 3 brain cells

[@-ucanthandledatruth01-12]

@@curiositycloset2359 Britain people paid for their own oppression, not to pay off any 'debt' for ending slavery. That is such a ridiculous belief. Slavery NEVER ended, it transitioned, and another excuse was made to exploit white people on the ground directly with an excuse of ending slavery and it gave the English or Europeans a distortion of themselves as many do not know they were manipulated and deceived to become slaves themselves (just not in the fashion we are mostly familiar with).

[@sasachiminesh1204]

Ghana should suddenly pass a reciprocal law that does not allow the return of stolen cultural property that is in the nation on loan.

[@khutala1]

Exactly

[@rizanz2108]

Not yet. It'll suddenly happen, across the oppressed and free world.

[@delia9716]

Then what will happen with the rest of the stolen artefacts taken by these thieves? This is just a small portion of what was taken from the African continent.

[@monietusuubira228]

Yes

[@jonesyjonesyjonesy72]

Loan is code for RETURNED PERMANANTLY

[@rolandannaguey4659]

Once in Ghana those items should be protected not to be returned to the thieves 😅

[@Cybertruck1000]

How did the Ghana get the gold, peacefully or was it plundered.

[@yarik12341]

@@Cybertruck1000 doesnt matter. Empire building is human history. Both the british and the ghana have waged wars. Problem for brittan is that ghana is still around

[@markdempsey1088]

@@Cybertruck1000 Ghana was formerly called Gold Coast - it had gold almost everywhere, even till date we still have a lot of Gold.

[@smasher90ful]

@@Cybertruck1000from the ground. I know it’s hard to believe for some races of people but not everything has to be gotten through plunder.

[@abrokyiremus3m639]

@@Cybertruck1000Ghana was formerly known as the Gold coast. Currently if it even rains really hard in my hometown in Ghana, it’s easier to find gold . It’s very easy to find gold in Ghana without stress

[@chrisnalsmoviehub897]

Imagine stealing something from someone and then enacting laws that will prohibit you from returning it. This is ridiculous and shameful. I feel very sad about this whole thing.

[@sainttonylennane7538]

Stealing ? The kingdom of Benin and Togo ( Ghana, Nigeria)was the centre of the african slave trade for a recorded 5500 years. When the english government declared slavery illegal in 1830, after 250 years of slave trading, it started to send trade envoys to the slavers to try and replace slavery income with other income. The africans did not want to do this. The Maasi, The Zulu, The Xhosa the Swazi did not want to stop... being "proud" warrior nations who took other africans into slavery. So they slaughtered the envoys. The english reacted by attacking and then taking the defeated enemies possessions, as was custom in africa ... and freeing their slaves... which was NOT common in africa. The Benin Bronzes were a part of that penalty. None of those slaver tribes admit or apologise for their past. Nigeria and Ghana became rich thru slavery but will not even help their own poor, let alone any other african nation that suffered from their continued attacks over thousands of years.. dragged across the sahara to arabia and the orient and egypt to die in chains. Then sold to the new trans atlantic trade. Africans whos ancestors enslaved other africans are calling for the working class in the uk to pay compensation. A working class that did not benefit.. some of whom were still "slaves" by indenture long after slavery was outlawed. And africans still enslave other africans. Rewriting history does not wash a soul clean

[@ITzDaveXD]

So you've never been in a history class then...

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Imagine being the Ashanti empire, pillaging and enslaving your neighbours and then getting your a-se handed to you by an outside power which, as per all the other wars in human history, then took spoils and kept them safe for 200 years Are you sad about what the Ashanti did too? Will you be demanding that they account for themselves to their neighbours today?

[@Tony-lj5lr]

britain did far more pillaging, plundering and mudring all across the world than ashanti empire ever didd@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp

[@Tony-lj5lr]

when is britain going to pay reparations to ireland for its 800 year occupation of ireland@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp

[@pbworld7858]

Those museums would be practically empty if they were forced to return everything that was looted!!!!

[@simonpure109]

I disagree,,it would be left with atleast sheep woolies

[@TabsT-vy5jy]

"practically" ?? They would be completely empty.

[@simonpure109]

@@TabsT-vy5jy and the Irish would get up their 👃 we've gotten crazy as the world and I just love it

[@pbworld7858]

@@TabsT-vy5jy I'm sure there are some British relics too, which is why I said "practically". But who knows, even they might have been looted from their owners too!

[@TabsT-vy5jy]

@@pbworld7858 only Roman artefacts which as you know the Romans looted from start to finish.

[@Lol91b]

I'm British and i think these items should go to and remain in Africa.

[@mauxuwon6252]

goods and other resources too and the britts around the world should return to their own land.

[@Cybertruck1000]

No one cares

[@ritamars2370]

​@@Cybertruck1000why will u care cos you've already enriched yourselves with wat u stole n still stealing n ppl you've murdered n still murdering in/from Africa

[@Durka-Durka01]

Course you are!

[@Lol91b]

@@Durka-Durka01 What

[@maureen348]

Any thing that is stolen can never be owned by the thief.

[@briansmith8490]

Jobiden2020 👍😉

[@johnlemon1863]

Don't expect a bbc audience to get that.@@briansmith8490

[@nobody-iz3fu]

Although that sounds nice it's nonsense when you think about it, I have a bag of tools out there somewhere getting used by someone who isn't me so he may as well own them because i don't.

[@nobody-iz3fu]

​@@briansmith8490that's exactly how much sense this guys comment made to me.

[@explorer47422]

The entirety of human history would disagree

[@vukoni1]

Did anyone hear about thieves returning stolen property to owners on loans? What a stupid thieve? The thieve must be charged for the crime and fined.

[@Joyslove3080]

The ashanti themselves were thieves and kidnappers. They were known for looting gold and selling slaves to the bristish

[@kway522]

Ghana is seizing these jewels and artifacts back PERMANENTLY don't let the internet lie to you that this is on loan

[@NakedSageAstrology]

Imagine a burgler being busted and then being ordered to "loan" back the stolen property. 🤣

[@MrBazBake]

Empires are criminal enterprises, monarchy is fascism with fancy hats, the UK is legitimately proud of their historical evils and thinks they saved the world's cool stuff from being stolen by stealing it first...

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Why didn't Ghana ask for this before?

[@MP-ix1mo]

Why should they have to ask for something that was stolen from them, if any normal person did this they would be arrested immediately and the object would be returned, they can get away with it because they control the jails and have overwhelming physical power.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

@@MP-ix1mo They never cared before now, did they? None of these things were an issue for decades despite Ghana having become an independent country in the 60s But you're right, we need to have a global reckoning. We need to examine all the museums, we need to look at the slaving that was done, all the land that was stolen by all the different countries on planet earth and we need to have justice!

[@NakedSageAstrology]

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Have you ever tried nicely asking your robber if they would kindly return the property they stole from you? If you haven't, here is a spoiler- it rarely ends well for the victim.

[@THB1945]

RETURN AS LOAN ? ! ! WTF ! ! ! SHAME ON YOU UK ! ! !

[@aswaltan8962]

Return back also Ghana people they stolen and they own family decendant money !.shit colonial & cruelty imperial

[@rizanz2108]

❤❤❤...when era is ending, shamelessly.

[@IdontKnowAtAlllol]

Legally the british museum can't return them premenantly

[@Kanvers_Martian]

A thief takes your bike then lend it back to you on a loan 😂😂

[@orlandomensah]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kway522]

Ghana is seizing these jewels and artifacts back PERMANENTLY don't let the internet lie to you that this is on loan

[@charlesdonkor3996]

The laws of the Ashanti's will be edited: Loans from stolen items must not be sent back once received😊

[@TheTraveller20081]

the laws and customs of the Ashanti are why the British Army was there in the first place: the British were stamping out the Ashanti's attachment to slavery - the source of their wealth. But idiot revisionists prefer to pretend that Africans were all sweetness and light, and never hurt anyone.

[@africasoundoff1518]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 besides how can you get in trouble for taking back what was always yours FINDERS KEEPERS

[@addaistephen1733]

❤❤❤

[@maryearl-ocran7649]

Why should it be on loan Ridiculous and shameful

[@brainites]

I had to read the "loan" again. I thought I was hallucinating.

[@markabrahams2191]

I think it should be given back then tell them to go away and stop asking for anything else that would be free . I would imagine the loan though would be to stop the corrupt politicians in Africa selling the for their own gain. They are no better than Western politicians

[@breadstick4458]

Totally, imagine if someone stole something from you then years later loaned it back to you. It’s madness and we should give it back

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@breadstick4458 Have you not seen how African leaders have run things? They are mostly ruthless money laundering criminals who live it up in a mansion and dont give a penny to help there own starving dieing people a stones through away. Get real, it's a loan precisely for the reason that it cant be sold because you know it would be sold pretty fast.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@brainites Do your research on African politics and then you will understand why it's a loan.

[@nimonicon6830]

I love the illustration Nana Ayim gave. It's absolutely stupid for them to be saying that they want to loan what was looted to the rightful owner. I would advise Ghana to accept it and never to return it back to them.

[@frenatfarms]

I agree with you

[@theafricanjumbee4057]

Exactly

[@curiositycloset2359]

Except, these items were taken as recompense to pay for the very expensive effort to end global slavery. But of course, no one's really talking about why the British went there.

[@theafricanjumbee4057]

@curiositycloset2359 Gold. The British wanted to establish a resident in Kumasi, but the Ashanti king refused. He wanted to keep them out. The French, the Germans, I believe, and the British.

[@curiositycloset2359]

@@theafricanjumbee4057 I must say, defending ritual sacrifice, and slavery, is a great position to hold. Certainly puts you on the moral side of the argument. Good show. What a fine culture.

[@Dezertdarker]

Our ancestors blood won’t die forever … long live Ghana my home; long live Africa my motherland.

[@alhassansibawoe9843]

That gold is 24 karate pure gold.

[@Random_cleans]

Does karate gold throw kicks and punches when someone attempts to steal it?

[@Lil_Elegant]

yes pure stealing

[@toekneekerching9543]

@@Random_cleans beat me to that one

[@myztroogeegibson3568]

The Ashanti king can give back the same quantity of gold in exchange. But that's not just mere objects but of spiritual importance...

[@curiositycloset2359]

Highly doubtful

[@mwansasichone5357]

the audacity of these people for me is mind blowing and why would anyone agree to this. Honestly they lack no shame!

[@SafetySpooon]

Pretty sure Ghana is "agreeing" & then will simply never return it.

[@nikkin.9206]

I hope so ​@@SafetySpooon

[@kway522]

Ghana is seizing these jewels and artifacts back PERMANENTLY don't let the internet lie to you that this is on loan

[@MrHOPPONG]

This is not Ghana government. The Ghana government stand is to return all artefacts permanently.

[@JD-te6vm]

The Ghanaian government is incompetent and amateurs

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

Ghana government can suck an egg. They don't have any claim just because they occupy the same geographical region from people hundreds of years ago.

[@toekneekerching9543]

Who gives a crap what the Ghanaian government think?

[@vervetech9395]

​​​​@@toekneekerching9543Why are you so triggered? You're all over the comments section defending theft. You try to lecture the world about morals while stoop to defending looting.

[@JD-te6vm]

@@toekneekerching9543 Lol. The Ghanaian wealth built your infrastructure and now your infrastructure will crumble! Strap up old boy!

[@adygreg]

I still don't get the idea of loaning an item which is stolen.

[@jijoowonaluminiumtech]

I don't even get it too

[@julianaansah6367]

It’s called audacity just like they have audacity to start the slave trade then turn around and point blame to us Africans as the creators of it rubbish

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

If it's illegal to give it back permanently, then it's either loaning or nothing. Having said that, they're not stolen by definition.

[@toekneekerching9543]

You dont get it? why, are you dense or something?

[@coyotelong4349]

@@Patrick-y4d1z Then to get around the law, the UK should “loan” the items back to Ghana for an indefinite period of time (meaning forever)

[@The-Man-Right-Chea]

Ghana should pass a law saying that the stolen pieces are to never leave Ghana 🇬🇭

[@abk6877]

Look at the faces of thieves without shame. Loaning looted objects back to their rightful owners? How incredible and unbelievable this is?

[@tvs9978]

The Gonja Kingdom is waiting for Asante to return looted ancient manuscripts taken in the 1700s too. Asante is demanding its cultural artefacts but not entertaining any discussions about returning treasures and artefacts they looted when they conquered others during wars

[@abk6877]

@@tvs9978 start negotiatiions with the Asantehene. You can't come here and speak on behalf of the colonizer.

[@curiositycloset2359]

@@abk6877 do you know why the British were there? Hint, the uk only recently paid of the debt incurred in stopping the global slave trade.

[@tvs9978]

@@abk6877 what do the Gonjas have to do with the colonisers? The fact that you cannot address a relevant issue without deflecting shows your lack of moral character. It's clear your fake outrage is less about the principle and more about your misplaced sense of victimhood.

[@abk6877]

@@tvs9978 who should fight your fight for you? It is in the interest of the Asantehene to bring back looted items from wars that they didn't start. If you care to get your items from the Asantehene what prevents you from initiating the process? Do not be an idle and lazy looser?

[@russianinvader3207]

This is beyond outrageous.

[@roserobson6707]

No it's not, they loan items back so it's secured in contracts before fees are repaided back, such as transportation, security and even tracking costs money to do, via a loan system, both parties are held accountable for anyone happening to the artificacts than the country getting it returned back, otherwise that country WILL LOSE EVERYTHING IF THAT ARTIFACT IS STOLEN, please do study up how UK uses its loan system, quite embarrassing from someone who waves a Russian flag or Ukrainian one! Clearly you know nothing about how Britian works do you???

[@roserobson6707]

Granted it's been looted over a hundred years ago, however, who is responsible for that? No longer Britain nor Africa, hence the whole shared contract for returning goods back, otheriwse again, THEY COULD GET STOLEN BY OTHERS ONCE MORE!!!!

[@AYTM1200]

​@@roserobson6707Kumasi museum has never been robbed but nice excuse.

[@Bonnah-]

Don’t take it back I know my people!!!

[@EmmanuelMensah-su7uw]

I wish Osagyefo is still alive, may he rest well. Otumfuo will never return them, he is a BRAVE KING✊

[@Toplarson]

No he is not 😅

[@Rachel-zk6il]

LOAN! These people are beyond reprobate!

[@titteryenot4524]

If these are eventually handed back then, if we’re being consistent, every ‘looted’ object in every museum on the planet needs to be returned to where it was looted from.

[@pkp6791]

Lol! The museums of Western Europe are going to be empty😂

[@MrBazBake]

Don't tempt us with a good time... 😂 Also, why are you using quotes? British soldiers went to Ghana, killed people, and stole their stuff. It was looted. Period.

[@titteryenot4524]

And just about every other nation/empire on this planet _hasn’t_ gone to other places and ‘stolen their stuff’, I suppose.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

No

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

European museums are where they belong because it's where they can be taken care of properly. If you do send stuff back, many priceless artifacts will be destroyed. Sending priceless artifacts back to Africa, a violent and savage place, will only ensure that someone will steal them or there will be a fire or something else to damage them. It's happened before.

[@sasachiminesh1204]

Please, Ghana, do NOT return these stolen treasures from your glorious legacy. Then sue them for what they did.

[@raphaeltakpa6952]

I bet you, Otumfuo won't allow these items to return back to England.

[@sagancobra6402]

They would’ve most likely have had to put up collateral to even qualify for this ‘loan’, to hedge against that possibility

[@reindorfnanamantey7158]

He won't in a million years

[@handl3_me]

Someone here said why is Ghana just asking for their stolen items back. I believe they were always asking, it's just in the spotlight now like every other country has been asking.

[@gaspax5972]

Ghana government will never take the items back on “loan”. The Asante case is a lil different because of there is a very well known personal relationship between the Asantehene and King Charles which I believe is not captured by any law. I don not agree to the “ loan” in anyway but I also know enough to acknowledge why and how this could happen.

[@Angel_Elijah-Ministries]

Such an insult to we Ghanians… wicked British. How can you steal something from us and now that you are finding it difficult to keep it to yourself, you want to return it back as loan. The gold has turned into fire and they can’t hold it again 😂, whatever else that is hidden will definitely come to light. Whatever that was stolen from Africa will be returned in full. This is eye opening 🎉

[@nicolawilliams8716]

What a shame they always want and take what is not theirs SMH

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Who's "they"? The Ashanti who pillaged and enslaved their neighbours and then lost wars to the British who, as per all the other wars in human history, took spoils? Those guys?

[@africasoundoff1518]

​@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rpWho led the Asantes in a War against the British in 1900? Nana Yaa Asantewaa The Asantehene Nana Agyeman Prempeh 1 was captured, and Nana Yaa Asantewaa led an army of the Asantes to force the British to release their king. The early 19th century: The first British people arrived at the coast of what is the present Ghana as traders. GIVE THEIR STUFF BACK & STOP SHIFTING THE BLAME THEY WENT TO WAR BECAUSE BRITIAN WAS TRYING TO COLONISE THEIR LAND NOT BRITAINS BESIDES STOP THE BULLCRAPP EXCUSES BECAUSE IF YOU HAD ALWAYS FELT THAT YOU NEVER NEEDED TO GIVE BACK WAR BOOTY THEN WHAT'S THIS???On 6th March, 1957 Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah declare de country free from British Colonial rule.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now stop this nonsense & give them back their jewelry

[@nanakwadwo8355]

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Nonsense 😏

[@smasher90ful]

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp are the Ashanti people still doing the wrong thing in 2024? It seems the Europeans still want to be barbarians

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

@@nanakwadwo8355 The Ashanti empire needs to account for itself. We are waiting

[@_SeaH0rse]

Returning their stolen artifacts…on loan…?

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

They were the spoils of war and every nation and tribe on planet earth has taken them

[@JackoX901]

Otherwise they get no aid. It's not difficult chief.

[@_SeaH0rse]

@@JackoX901 That sounds like they're trying to wean them off dependence then. You're right, it's not difficult at all sir.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

Not stolen though are they. If they were claimed in spoils of war that's not the same thing as stolen.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

@@Patrick-y4d1z We're dealing with children here mate... And the rules are different for their empires and countries

[@SaSko74]

Bbc, does make sense to you when you stole people's items and you return it on loan? Amazing! Unbelievable! This is senseless

[@einienj3281]

You stole them and now you "loan" them back? Wow...

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

They were the spoils of war and every nation and tribe on planet earth has taken them

[@Hamassholes]

Cope harder,

[@knockedoutloaded]

They were the spoils of war. The Ashanti were well known for the brutal enslavement of their neighbours and you're worried that the British fought to stop them. Wow!

[@punnamrajenderreddy5537]

​@@knockedoutloadedthen what about other stolen artifacts 😂 do you think every country practiced slavery and British came and gave punishment bull**it

[@AbouNgoma]

​@@knockedoutloadedliar. Give it back you thieves. There were no war, like always they say they come to trade when in fact they always come to Africa to kill and loot.

[@kevinmaingi4836]

African you need to wake up coz we've been sleeping for the longest

[@ASHKE-NATZI]

It's not only about Africa

[@memofromessex]

Sleeping on the oppression and theft of millions of Africans...which the British went to war with and destroyed the slave trade.

[@theoblack392]

The British should rather pay interest on the items, not Ghanaians taking it on loan. How does that makes sense. It's mental slavery to me. Nonsense

[@flavorsofthecontinent7195]

There are way more gold ashanti artifacts that they are still keeping

[@znxster]

As it is now, the law doesn't let them send it back permanently. I can respect why Ghana (and others) wouldn't accept a loan. But as a workaround to let the items return home, its a better step that denying even that.

[@politicallyafrican6317]

Change the law. Human beings make laws or???

[@znxster]

@@politicallyafrican6317 Absolutely! But at least the stuff is going home. I can imagine it would take much longer to get a law change (unfortunately). Hopefully when we do get a law change, we can just swap out "loan" with "yours now".

[@PrinceOvOpp]

YOU CAN RESPECT GHANA FOR WHAT ? ARE THEY NOT SURVIVING WITHOUT THE JAGONS ALL THESES YEARS? SO WHY BORROWING WHAT BELONGS TO YOU ?......

[@RealWatch1]

agreed. its a step in the right direction but laws which take a while need to change to permanently return in the future. itll take time

[@znxster]

@@PrinceOvOpp I said that I respect them because Ghana do not see a "loan" as good enough. They want what is rightly theirs, ownership. But in this case, the UK museum cannot return it (because UK law doesn't let them). All the museum can do is offer a workaround .. which is the loan. The UK people need to push our government to change the law, allowing items to be returned to their rightful place.

[@Theworldparrot]

The most insulting deal I’ve witnessed in my four decades life on this planet

[@michaelryan2562]

In my 77 years of life, it’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard of, when growing up I had no idea these things happened. I know that if it was a member of the public that had stolen anything they would have to return a=it or if they didn’t have it or destroyed it they would have to make reparations, for the theft. Receiving stolen goods is worse crime than the actual theft of them so the courts rule in England. Britain wouldn’t have many museum items left, if and when they gave them all back to the countries they were stolen from, same as most of our allied colonialist countries in Europe. It’s very wicked they don’t just return them, honestly instead of saying we will loan them to the tribes owner the royal Ashanti family, the Ashanti tribe along with many large tribes throughout AFRICA WERE VERY CULTURED CIVIL ORGANISED SOCIETIES THOUGH THE EUROPEANS MADE OUT THEY WERE SAVAGES. IT IS US BRITISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, WHO WERE THE BARBARIANS DOING WICKEDNESS WITH OUR WEAPONS GUNS AND CANNONS, AS WE STILL DO TODAY. LOOTING STILL GOING ON LOOK AT IRAQ AFGHANISTAN SYRIA VERY OLD CIVILISATIONS THEY STOLE MOST ALL IRAQS ARTEFACTS WITH WARS BUILT ON LIES. I FEEL ASHAMED TO BE BRITISH THESE DAYS AFTER LOSING A GRANDFATHER GREAT GRANDFATHER AND OTHER RELATIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS FOR THE WORLD TO BE FREE, WE STILL DO THE SAME ONLY WEAPONS ARE WORSE KILL MORE PEOPLES. Sorry for caps eyes not clear just then.😢😭

[@novoelite3236]

If they return all the loot king will be naked 😂

[@param888]

😂😂😂

[@ASHKE-NATZI]

😂😂😂

[@Baraxes]

😂😂😂

[@olaade1555]

😂😂😂😂

[@theworld7094]

Hands up of you an Asante. The greatest people in the world

[@TheTraveller20081]

well, you were damned good at enslaving your African neighbours, ay? You're still sore that the British went it to stamp that out?

[@memofromessex]

Cough cough horrifically violent slave empire

[@kingsleykyeitabi1852]

Fact❤🎉

[@cma21191]

One of the greatest, since there are many great people as well.

[@annemungai4562]

Everyday i learn about how our people were civilised and rich before colonization. # true wealth

[@brofutv1853]

Yup. They then went and wove a narrative that until we met them, we had no history. I've even seen a comment that said we didn't know how to mine gold. Funny

[@263Insights]

thats an insult our African leaders are still lettting us down

[@Michaela1942]

Might still makes right to many in this world. It's sad that the British government can't let go of this outdated idea and just give back all that it looted over the centuries. I remember being in the British museum years agoand being horrified that what I saw there. Room after room of stolen items. It was depressing - not the museum experience I think the museum people intend for there visitors.

[@TheTraveller20081]

WTF did you expect to find in a museum of human history? Did you go there entirely in ignorance of the contents, and hoping to see some posters with pictures of interesting things around the world? Look in a book for that. Meanwhile for the rationally-minded, we realise that the entire history of humanity is of migration and conquest. Empires have been built and have either fallen or withdrawn, tribes grew to become powerful then took over (and usually enslaved or simply killed off) their rivals; then became nations, and all the while they looked for land, resources, power. All of them gathered the spoils of their conquests, and many of them displayed those things as signs of their own power. Gradually the most advanced ones became educated, curious, benevolent, even philanthropic, and the displays became educational, and for the benefit of the societies that had developed. If you go 'full woke idiocy' and try to empty the museums, you send human understanding of other cultures backwards by centuries because no-one will be able to see objects that describe the development of the world - only pictures that offer no feeling. Especially given the pathetic attention spans of modern youth, who wouldn't even seek out and look at pictures unless they were posted on TikTok with deliberately misleading captions.

[@Tony-lj5lr]

stop making excuses for somethign as apalng as briish histry britain has a detestbl histry@@TheTraveller20081

[@FireDancerR]

Everything about British history is sad...

[@ammintuitivecreations4590]

​@@TheTraveller20081your arrogance is overbearing......all this explanation just to make something Wrong; Right.....what kind of values are setting for our children....as a so called civilized nation you'd think that giving back those items would be a no brainer.... Finally, why should these items be treated differently from the items of the Jewish Holocaust.....all African looted items belongs to Africa not the Uk

[@ammintuitivecreations4590]

@@TheTraveller20081 so you mean other groups who got back there looted items was an excption to this idiotic rule....so Africans is not developed enough to preserve its own Veritable.....this is very condescending....and I am thinking as you're speaking that education have really done a one two on many of us in the so call Civilised Countries.

[@DavidOfosuAppiah]

#Ghana needs all heritage,relics,artefacts back

[@cma21191]

Not only ghana, the whole of Africa, and many other countries as well. A world wide PEACEFUL protest is needed to bring attention to this.

[@DavidOfosuAppiah]

@@cma21191 well said

[@samuelaboagye468]

This deal is embarrassing and disgraceful on both countries

[@Lil_Elegant]

yes its not sense

[@vervetech9395]

The deal was made with the Ashanti monarch not the Ghanaian government because the government would have insisted it should be returned permanently.

[@curiositycloset2359]

Perhaps you should look into why the British took these items? Costs a lot of money to send an army to Africa. Perhaps you would prefer we hadn't.

[@samuelaboagye468]

@@curiositycloset2359 Yes, I would have preferred they weren’t looted at the first place and I would have preferred the Kingdom is not so low self esteemed that you accept your own property on loan from the very person who LOOTED them from you.

[@cautioushubbard3074]

​@@curiositycloset2359F Britain

[@ASHKE-NATZI]

Damn what world are we living in Returning Stolen antiquities on loans ffs

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

Weren't stolen - it was a spoil of war. Very different.

[@toekneekerching9543]

@@Patrick-y4d1z the Ashanti probably stole it in the first place when they were out taking slaves from the neighbouring tribes.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

@@toekneekerching9543 Oh definitely. If not then the slaves forced to make it would most likely have been from neighbouring tribes etc.

[@vervetech9395]

​​​@@toekneekerching9543You think ordinary slaves from other tribes could make those Ashanti designs? Gold was so abundant in Ghana during the colonial era that it was called "Gold coast". Ghana today is still the biggest producer of gold in Africa.

[@roserobson6707]

The loans are done for security reasons idiot 🙄🤡

[@asigosamuel5554]

It's a big insult to loan a stolen item to the owner 😢😢😢.... God have mercy

[@Azda-emina]

Dont give them back Ghana!!!

[@julianaansah6367]

We won’t and we coming for more of our stuff too and our gold in there vaults

[@researchtwins]

The audacity…if the King gives them back after they’ve been in the Manhyia Palace, what would that mean politically?

[@benjaminghartey7352]

Would the British accept these terms if the tables were turned? If we had possession of the crown jewels and offered to loan it back to them? What a sad funny story

[@Joshpox]

There are British artefacts all over the world. I remember seeing alot of them in the National Museum of Romania. We are honoured to share our history with the world.

[@bekisiphotshili2566]

Are these the originals? I would not be surprised if these are counterfeits. Especially that they are made of pure gold. Ghana should test the authenticity of the objects. make sure they are pure gold.

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

Given back to Ghana on loan,,,,, I’ve never heard anything so disgusting,,,, it’s like someone stealing your car,,,,but allowing you to have a ride in it at the weekend.

[@tk-6967]

Ghana didn't exist as a nation, so it is a false comparison

[@blackentrepreneur8564]

​@@tk-6967am sorry that kingdom is still around and they need their stolen regalias back, thieves.

[@nanaantwi1858]

How is it a false comparison, it belonged to the Ashanti people and was looted by British soldiers.​@tk-6967

[@tk-6967]

@@nanaantwi1858 The Ashanti people didn't rule the entirety of Ghana nor do they represent the Ghanaian people, and they themselves were pillaging and enslaving other peoples in the region and had allied with the Dutch Empire. Britain's assaults against the Ashanti started as an intervention when the Ashanti were attacking the Fante and Ga peoples, and continued as an anti-slavery operation. It wasn't some random tribe that the British just came upon and looted, this was a legitimate war. For most of human history, and still today in some places, soldiers loot the settlements of the enemy faction. Is that a good thing? Of course not, but there is nothing that makes this case of looting particularly special or significant in a way that makes it comparable to robbery on a judicial level.

[@ayiamulordson3737]

UK is never ashamed of its shameful past. It actually boast about it. Indeed, one cannot shame the shameless 😢! Ewie, botey!

[@monietusuubira228]

Its too heavy for uk to say "we have returned the items permanently " so they enact a funny law. But the fact is those items are returned permanently. They have indirectly accepted defeat.

[@rico2815]

Be thankful. Why are so many whinging in the comments?

[@cobblebrick]

Loan a brain, you'll understand

[@Hamassholes]

​@@cobblebrickhush subject

[@Hamassholes]

Because that's all these blacks ****s do

[@rico2815]

@@cobblebrick I think it's you that should be loaning a brain

[@blackentrepreneur8564]

For been a thief

[@TheGshit1]

We all knew who the thieves are, they enriched themselves with African treasures.

[@lastChang]

Will China 🇨🇳 return artefacts from its museums to Tibet, East Turkistan, Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Russia, Cambodia, Mongolia, and many more?

[@KellyTour-d9s]

Both countries can be wrong.

[@hgfku-tn6hb]

If China wants to

[@MrBazBake]

"Let us be evil, other people are evil!!!" Next thing you know they'll be defending genocide and colonialism because they committed a bunch of genocides for centuries and now they think someone else should have a turn at it... Oh, wait...

[@123teaboy]

What’s about Ghana people in the UK, they can have them back as well

[@ASHKE-NATZI]

​​@@123teaboywhat about European descendants in America Australia New Zealand Canada and Latin America? They literally living on natives graveyards though

[@urimtefiki226]

A thief is a thief.

[@mck5549]

He doesn’t feel shame! It’s part of empire he says. It would be great if the spirits in Africa would ensure that the items can no longer leave the country

[@BlamBird]

Yeah, Ghana should absolutely keep them and let Britain sue them to get the items back. That would be the most hilarious/hypocritical lawsuit of all time🤣

[@julianaansah6367]

I wish they will sue we need all our gold in there vaults back to

[@evansennin9690]

They still have a lot more objects there so there has to be a compromise before they do anything

[@TheKADXperience]

🤦🏿‍♂️ Sometimes I don't understand. Why? You steal my precious items, set laws to protect you from returning it and now loaning it to me? How's this possible? It's either you keep it, or return it and apologise! YOU LOOTED IT!

[@kennedyobeng1952]

Return all looted gold and treasures to the Ashanti Empire

[@Baman16747]

I think the Ashanti King will only need this for spiritual purposes but if it was for wealth then the UK shouldn’t worry because I know the Ashanti King can even load them more gold than what was stolen. They should rather send it back to seek forgiveness of what they did to Ashanti’s.

[@memofromessex]

For smashing a slave empire?!

[@addy3134]

​@@memofromessexWhere did you get that lie from? The Ashanti empire was not a slave empire. It did not take slaves or sold slaves. States the Ashantis conquered were added to the empire. Conquered people the Ashantis took as slaves were used to build the Ashanti empire. Why would the British and other empires benefiting from slavery fight against slavery? Use your head. The Ashanti empire fought with the British over a century and only after they lost the last war in 1901 did the British make the coastal states that were once under the control of the Ashanti empire a colony in 1902 and called it Gold Coast.

[@cma21191]

​@@memofromessexa slave empire? Research when slavery started and when Asante empire was formed and you will know the truth. Slavery was started almost 200 years before the empire was formed. Do not believe the British propaganda.

[@coolkevs2371]

That dude is a total delusional . hes not ashmed that his race took something from ghana .

[@dellydzima]

What an insult... How do u loan back a stolen goods. I blame the leaders who negotiated with this agreement.

[@oseigerald7174]

The right word is Asante and not Ashanti😊

[@abby-a]

Does it matter? Who cares. They stole our artifacts and they won't give it back unless it's a loan and all you're worried about is how they spelled the word Asante wrong?? Smh 🙄🙄😒😒

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

Both Asante and Ashanti are correct. Given that this is an English production, Ashanti is the correct spelling.

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

@@abby-ayou were conquered. Nothing was stolen. You lost. To the victor go the spoils. Sit down.

[@abby-a]

@MyHandelsMessiah and you're ppl are dying off, so worry about the low declining birth rate that is going on in your community and stay out of blk people's business

[@Baros4444]

Asante is the language, ashanti is the tribe

[@Imran-u7z4l]

How can you loan it back when it was stolen from there in the 1st place. They should just be handing it back full.stop

[@lemuhuru]

STOP LETTING THEM SPIT IN YOUR FACE GHANA!!! TAKE BACK WHAT IS YOURS!!

[@PeacetatendaZingwena]

They loan it back , we dont give it back!!!

[@guineverejackson1201]

This should be a return NOT a loan. DO NOT RETURN THEM. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

@3:19 I'm shooketh over his statement. He doesn't see an issue with England having stolen goods. Pure evil 😢

[@MegaEllie78]

AN ABSOLUTE INSULT!!!!

[@theresadavidsson7959]

We can't breathe, and this must stop. This must change.

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

They ruled India for 4hundred years ...can u imagine what they did to India in those days without internet phones and what u have today...???India being the biggest jewel in the British crown ...

[@afro1327]

Let me get this straight..... The thief is lending what they stole back to the people they stole it from....

[@prrophetjonathandzugba9246]

How insulting? After you steal our treasure you then loan it to us. Sickening and most insulting, but as an African and a Ghanaian am not surprise BBC see this as honorable to project. Maybe give the stolen things back will be right way to settle this issue.

[@Clintxtra]

This is not a disrespect to only the Asante Kingdom but entire black history. The Western has never felt remorse for what they have done to black people, from killing our forefathers to human trade separating us with borders and more. Black people has always be in a victim and no compensations has been paid to us. It has been clearly stated that the items were looted. So why do they have to loan it to us and why Asantehene also agreed to this? Black people are humans for Christ sake

[@waynenash6008]

Well m8, the Brits were there to end the Ashanti slave traders, the gold was taken to cover some of the costs of the military operation, as was standard of the times,, instead of your constant whining, maybe a thank you to the family's of the British soldiers who died in that campaign would be more appropriate

[@John-w4o3l]

@@waynenash6008how about ended their own slave trade? Word champion coloniser

[@SoulessNinja]

@@John-w4o3l Your comment is beyond retarded.

[@waynenash6008]

@@John-w4o3l the British had already ended there own slave trade, and we're in the process of ending it worldwide,, at an enormous cost in money and lives,, please read a book ,

[@blackentrepreneur8564]

​@waynenash6008 how can you lie so badly. Anything stolen is not yours, thieves.

[@senyopaku2757]

I blame our leaders accepting these deals. It’s either you return it permanently or the negotiator does not accept it

[@laupernut]

Did you listen to what the woman said at the end of the video? 4:21

[@sharonakumiah2863]

Just like Nigeria have done and have not accepted any loan for the Benin Bronzes. During the elections we must hold the government to account on this.

[@lucafrica123]

While they don't teach about their killings, torture, looting and stealing histories in Africa and on Africans in their school s, but they got the guts to loan stolen stuff. This shows they will never change. A true show of who they really are since the colonial times to this century .

[@AustineMiles22]

Never to be returned to the divided kingdom, it belongs to the great people of Ghana. So Ghana should never give it back .

[@Goldeneye7-rh3pw]

So you telling me they stole these items and now they’re sending them back on loan? 😂😂 this must be a prank 😂😂 wake me up when the real world exist.

[@isaaca6445]

... weirder still, there are people in the comments performing mental gymnastics trying to justify it.

[@toekneekerching9543]

@@isaaca6445 weirder still, everyone keeps pretending the ashanti wernt some of the worst slave traders in history, they built their entire nation on literally stealing people from other tribes to sell or sacrifice to their gods and i would hazard a guess most of that gold was stolen too... i wonder how much reparations the Ashanti are going to pay to the decedents of their crimes.

[@mysterymankab]

My uneducated mind cant get around this,pls my educated people help me understand.Stole from me and lending it back? thats beyond me

[@adjoahelene9203]

UK still needs Ghana resources to survive🙄what a naked country. Shame to them including Elizabeth.

[@RollaArtis]

There's a very good reason why these gold objects have survived up till now....

[@Jay-Kay-Buwembo]

Yet you ignore the gold worn by the Ashanti king in Ghana today as played in that clip! 🤷🏿‍♂️ 😪

[@RollaArtis]

Well, that will also be lost, broken or damaged at some pont...@@Jay-Kay-Buwembo

[@serwaakobua7826]

do u loan what you looted to it's rightful owners? As a Ghanaian and Asante this is absolutely Shameful!! By the way I commend the news reporter for her pronunciations of the Asante Names in her report. Well done Ma'am. Piawwww

[@curiositycloset2359]

Perhaps your people shouldn't have been enslaving people, then you wouldn't have incured a charge for having to be stopped?

[@sillybillybee]

​@@curiositycloset2359 are you dense? you people stole from us ghanaian people. the mental gymnastics you make in your head to justify stealing is insane.

[@memofromessex]

I'd be as ashamed of the Ashanti empire - it wasn't a golden era, it was era brutal slave-owning rulers.

[@YT-xk5jl]

@curiositycliset2359, typical pale people propaganda. Africans sold slaves at the bequest of you pale things. And you even kidnapped too. You did NOT stop slavery like you would love for the world to believe. Additionally, where are the charges you people incured for your own even more significant role in slavery? Or what about the charges for genocide? Why didn’t you deduct that money from the money you incured from pillaging and destroying regions of Ghana and Africa? Even today, you pale folks ask for tons of money for us to live on our own continent in countries like SA or even Saint Helena which belongs to us. But you paid nothing to live in these regions. Interesting how every thing you got for free becomes highly valued today to benefit you, interesting how everything you considered right and justly somehow becomes wrong today, because it’s convenient for you. Why didn’t you punish your own selves with debt for slavery since you suddenly woke up and realized it was wrong?

[@ehisgeorge414]

The British see nothing wrong with their global looting spree.

[@MiguelDLewis]

"The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.” - Proverbs 13:22📖✝🕎

[@mysterymankab]

the colonialists brainwashed you with this religion in other to soften your heart so they can freely loot all you had and you still believe in that shit

[@addy3134]

In other words??

[@MiguelDLewis]

@@addy3134 I said what I said.

[@addy3134]

@@MiguelDLewis lol, I know what you said. I wanted to know if you were bold enough to say it in plain words 😁😏

[@MiguelDLewis]

@@addy3134 The bible is plain words.

[@tcphoto]

The people of Ghana are right to have ill will about the "loan" of their property but at least the items will be back in Ghana. If the "law" prevents their return, change the "law".

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Right well maby they should make an effort to help the starving dieing children over there instead of sponging off of western charities.

[@knockedoutloaded]

It was their ill will towards the British trying to end slavery that caused the war in the first place. The Ashanti raided and slaughtered their neighbours while the British tried to stop them

[@curtis-dj5bp]

@@HOLLASOUNDS No one is sponging off of western charities. The charity money is going to european heads of organization and staff. You are being scammed.

[@martinsgates1141]

@@HOLLASOUNDS Western charities you say . Don't you know what your elite class do here .The ignorance of many of you outstand me . Ghanaians didn't journey to England you all did that . Till date you all milk the resource of the countries in Africa and when we have leaders who are not puppets you kill them . The last one being Ghaddafi. Companies like Unilever , UAC have been here in Africa leeching and pilfering for centuries . you all carved up Africa and looted it for years killing and stealing till date . People barely talk about Leopold II and his atrocities in the Congo ,nobody talks about the British involvement in the expedition that led to more than 10 million lives destroyed . Have some respect or read a book.

[@FelixForex]

This is strange. Instead of compensating the true owners they ask for payments? Its really terrible. I think they should be returned not only to Ghana but Africa freely and in good faith

[@princedomson9732]

This is the most ridiculous activity by the British government in the last decade. The fact that these items were never yours should only impress on you to the needful. Stealing can never part of your rich history.

[@iamnileshkadam]

looted "KOHINOOR " return to india 😡😡

[@TheAArmstrong]

You gave it to us 😐

[@Gabriel-gx6kk]

Returning "on loan"? What nonesense is that!!!! Disgusting. Why does the Ashanti kingdom accept such an insult. The Kingdom of Ashanti must ask firmly for their return

[@Angel-deIight]

How can you loan someone what belongs to them don’t make sense!!

[@tk-6967]

How does it belong to the Ghanese state though? I agree that it should be returned to a museum if it is safe enough to do so, but A. not only do I not trust governments but B. Ghana didn't exist when the British looted these artifacts.

[@nanaantwi1858]

It belongs to Ashanti people.The deal is being made with the Ashanti King, who happened to have this Kingdom in Ghana.​@@tk-6967

[@ngalahansel6066]

The arrogance of these murderers who sit on their high horses and lecture us on "equality" and "justice". Bunch of hypocrites

[@toekneekerching9543]

and yet the entire third world are clambering onto boats to come here or demanding we give them free money and food because they keep having kids they cant feed.

[@memofromessex]

We can taught you not enslave your fellow humans, we taught you human rights, we taught you democracy. None of these high-minded ideas are your own.

[@AngelinaKusi-nn1vj]

​@@memofromessex now who benefited from that, your people are so selfish and deceptive. They only did that because they want to steal from us.

[@jonathankabanga9425]

I wonder how it makes sense to UK to do such a move. A robber went to a store, took a table and even got identified. One day, the robber said that he would give the table back to the store on his own terms . By this action, the robber is stealing more than the table

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

UK law not allowing the return of stolen items is just immoral. Amazing how the archaeologist called the theft an “interaction”

[@roserobson6707]

It's got nothing to do with law idiot, think of it this way, you return items back, what happens when they are damaged during transportation or stolen???? WHO IS GOING TO PAY THAT MASSIVE BILL FOR DAMAGED GOODS HUH??? CERTAINLY NOT BRITAIN OR THE BUYER YOU DUMB IDIOT!!!! Hence they use a loan system so both sides are held accountable instead of one side which could lose EVERYTHING if the goods are damaged, misplaced or even stolen, grow a brain cell you F*CK T*RD 🤣😂🤣😂🤡

[@curiositycloset2359]

Usually the losing party has to pay recompense for the cost of the war. Perhaps you'd rather the British allowed them to continue in their practices?

[@ZoeyBrendan]

The law of Ghana should not allow them take it back

[@mouvettefall]

Unless it’s the holocaust items that’s just disrespectful to African and Indian

[@curiositycloset2359]

@@ZoeyBrendan lol then nothing will ever be loaned again.

[@maliandek]

All African artifacts must be returned! the governments of Africa must get involved!

[@stevenhills1058]

I guarantee these items wont be returned back to great Britain.....

[@Cybertruck1000]

Don't be silly all the people of Ghana are trust worth nowadays.

[@smh_dtr6644]

It means that robbery is in our DNA (We European people)!? Always thought that we are role model of the world

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

They were the spoils of war and every nation and tribe on planet earth has taken them

[@blackgirlsrock264]

Oh look, white people stealing things from black people and claiming it as their own and then refusing to acknowledge it was stolen and ‘loans’ it back as a compromise! 🙄 How British!

[@waynenash6008]

It's in everyone's DNA, we just better at it than most, and don't constantly whinge to have things returned

[@chrisquirke5235]

Well if you want to think that ,it's free

[@knockedoutloaded]

They were the spoils of war. The British fought the Ashanti to end slavery which they were well known for. How do you think they got so much gold?

[@realiwatisitz]

On loan??😡 i would NEVER send them back. THEY WERE STOLLEN!!

[@lilacer6841]

Imagine thueves loaning back what they stole. Cant make this up. Disgusting

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

They were the spoils of war and every nation and tribe on planet earth has taken them

[@phyllisthompson4207]

Amazing craft manship! I really hope that this is the right step forward for these items to be returned to their rightful place..