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On May 4, 2024, the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Jubilee Hall in Kumasi witnessed the Executive launch and unveiling of five commemorative stamps including a historic Crypto Stamp in honour of the enduring legacy of the 16th Monarch of the Asante Kingdom by Ghana Post Company Limited. The unveiling of the crypto stamp, the first of its kind in Africa, goes down into the annals of Asanteman, Ghana and Africa. Since the issuance of the Ghana Post’s first postal stamps […]
The Ga Mantse and President of the Ga Traditional Council, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has served notice about plans to attend the climax of the 25th Anniversary of the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The message was delivered by emissaries from the palace of the Ga traditional leader when Otumfuo sat in state to receive homage and well wishes on May 2, 2024. Speaking on their behalf, Ambassador Parker Allotey, conveyed the felicitations of the […]
About one thousand framed pictures chronicling the unprecedented and illustrious reign of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II have been displayed in a tabernacle mounted at the Afia Kobi Park inside the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The Photo Exhibition was inaugurated by the King on May 1, 2024, to afford all and sundry the chance to familiarize themselves with events, programmes and projects he has undertaken since his ascension as the 16th Monarch of the Kingdom from 1999 till date. The […]
Apart from being widely known as an agent of peace and unity in his country, the Director of Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Dr Tristram Hunt, says the 16th Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has distinguished himself as an agent of healing and reconciliation between Africans and their former colonial masters. He recognizes that the King has dedicated his reign for the past 25 years to peace as well as healing Africans in the diaspora and […]
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 […]