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The Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has challenged student artists and young artisans to rise to the occasion and make priceless artworks that surpass the value and elegance of their forbearers. Speaking at the Asante Regalia Homecoming and Photo Exhibition, dubbed, “Homecoming, Adversity and Commemoration”, an event to mark the return and exhibition of some Asante crafts looted from the Palace of an Asante King, on May 1, 2024, His Majesty admired the elegance and magnificence […]
With his insight and foresight, the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has identified looming danger threatening contemporary African arts and called for efforts in dealing with it. In the past, these precious and priceless arts were stolen or forcefully taken from Africans; however, he observes that young African artisans and artists of the current age are selling off their works which would be worth millions to non-Africans. This, His Majesty indicated, has the propensity to rid […]
As part of efforts to break down gender barriers and bridge gender disparities in the society, the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation (OOTIIF) has sponsored the training of 5,000 women for male-dominated occupations. The women were given vocational and technological skills to position them for jobs in these areas which are traditionally dedicated to men. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Opemsuo Radio’s Mr Black, Otumfuo Hiahene and Board Chair of Otumfuo Foundation, Nana Prof. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene said the […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged natives of Asanteman and the world to visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to behold and experience the elegance and magnificence of Asante traditional artisanship. The elegance is evident in the recently returned gold and silver artefacts from the British Museum, Fowler Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum which are now displayed in the Royal Museum for the public. An event dubbed, “Homecoming, Adversity and Commemoration” […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged natives of Asanteman and the world to visit the Manhyia Palace Museum to behold and experience the elegance and magnificence of Asante traditional artisanship. The elegance is evident in the recently returned gold and silver artefacts from the British Museum, Fowler Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum which are now displayed in the Royal Museum for the public. An event dubbed, “Homecoming, Adversity and Commemoration” […]
Anyone who visits the Manhyia Palace Museum from May 2, 2024, when the tourist site is opened to the general public would witness an augmented facility. The Museum is now home to 39 new artefacts that were lost among other precious gold and silver objects to the British army during the Sagrenti War in 1874 and the subsequent wars between the Asantes and the British. They have been installed in special cases in the Museum for exhibition following their return […]
Anyone who visits the Manhyia Palace Museum from May 2, 2024, when the tourist site is opened to the general public would witness an augmented facility. The Museum is now home to 39 new artefacts that were lost among other precious gold and silver objects to the British army during the Sagrenti War in 1874 and the subsequent wars between the Asantes and the British. They have been installed in special cases in the Museum for exhibition following their return […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to lead a short ceremony to reopen the Manhyia Palace Museum on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after the museum was closed three weeks ago. The temporary closure of the museum on April 10 was to make way for the installation of newly acquired artefacts from three museums in the United States of America and Britain. The artefacts have returned home after painstaking efforts by successive Asante Kings […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to lead a short ceremony to reopen the Manhyia Palace Museum on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after the museum was closed three weeks ago. The temporary closure of the museum on April 10 was to make way for the installation of newly acquired artefacts from three museums in the United States of America and Britain. The artefacts have returned home after painstaking efforts by successive Asante Kings […]
Two development chiefs in Asanteman have gifted the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a white horse on the occasion of his 25th Enstoolment Anniversary. Asanteman Nkosuohene Nana Osei Kwame Kyeretwie and Zongo Nkosuohene Alhaji Abdullai Ali Barry presented the horse draped in the flag of Asanteman on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, during the “Ahoho Da”, one of the events to mark the 25th Enstoolment Anniversary of the King. The horse was procured from Burkina Faso, Nana […]
