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The African Kingdom of Gold: Britain and the Asante Treasure

byBarnaby Phillips

Barnaby Phillips reconstructs Britain's nineteenth-century wars against the Asante kingdom and follows the gold treasures removed during conquest into museums, collections, and private hands. He presents Asante as a sophisticated political and cultural power rather than a backdrop to imperial adventure, tracing the meanings carried by royal objects before and after their dispersal. The book connects military history with collecting, memory, and contemporary demands for restitution. Phillips asks what museums owe the societies from which celebrated artifacts were taken and how returning them might reshape historical understanding.

Publisher

Oneworld Publications

Publication date

2026-04-14

Format

Hardcover

Pages

416

ISBN

9781836431336