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COLUMNIST: KWAME OPOKU, DR.

Statue of Gou, Gdgb (1850-1936) famous Fa(Ifa) divinator, Divination Plate of Gdgb Republic of Benin and Tunic of an Amazone Warrior

Will Gou Go Home Soon To Benin?

Sep 11, 2026 | Feature Article

lsquo; hellip;Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them ali ...


Jun 18, 2026 | Feature Article

rsquo;Let rsquo; s make a deal, you return everything, all the treasures you have stolen from the African con ...

Feb 5, 2026 | Feature Article

lsquo; rsquo;In one way or another, an alien cultural heritage always alienates those who adopt it. Foreign c ...

Nov 4, 2025 | Feature Article

lsquo;A people who free themselves from foreign domination will be free culturally only if, without complexes and wi ...

Oct 12, 2025 | Feature Article

The British Museum has announced that it will be holding a charity ball on 18 October 2025 to collect funds to further, ...

Aug 21, 2025 | Feature Article

lsquo; The restitution of those cultural objects which our museums and collections, directly or indirectly, possess ...

Jul 31, 2025 | Feature Article

The French National Assembly has finally approved on 7 July 2025 the restitution to C ocirc;te d 39;Ivoire of the talki ...

Jun 13, 2025 | Feature Article

lsquo;Colonialism imposed its control of the social production of wealth through military conquest and subsequent po ...

May 29, 2025 | Feature Article

There is still such self-hatred that we evaluate the different options available to us by systematically choosing wh ...

May 5, 2025 | Feature Article

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return to Robert Owen Lehman twenty- seven Benin artefacts while keeping five of t ...

Mar 19, 2025 | Feature Article

39;Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them alive, dynami ...

Dec 2, 2024 | Feature Article

The heinous crimes and atrocious acts of German troops in their colonies in Africa are well-known, especially their geno ...

Nov 9, 2024 | Feature Article

rsquo;Europe would have done better to tolerate the non-European civilizations at its side, leaving them alive, dyna ...

Aug 28, 2024 | Feature Article

ldquo;The first room visited was one which during the day had been seen to be full of boxes, some of which, at all e ...

Jul 31, 2024 | Feature Article

As we stated in last year 39;s Restitution Day message, 39;On every Restitution Day,10 November, we shall take sto ...

Jul 22, 2024 | Feature Article

lsquo;The return of the Benin Bronzes is not just about the objects themselves, but about a broader movement towards ...

Jul 7, 2024 | Feature Article

ldquo;Humanity 39;s moral conscience progresses, slowly yet surely... rdquo; - Cheikh Anta Diop, Civilizatio ...

Kwame Opoku, Dr.
Kwame Opoku, Dr.

Former Legal Adviser, United Nations Office, Vienna.. More Dr. Kwame Opoku writes about looted cultural objects

Trust in Ghana’s Judiciary: Which recent case most influenced your view?

Started: 01-09-2026 | Ends: 30-11-2026