By lendingloaning the goldworkgold to Ghanaworks, the UK is expressingacknowledging itsthe acknowledgmentartifacts' of the spiritual and cultural significance of the artifacts to the Asante people. Although the objects form only makea up part of the Asante collections, the loans include most of the key works to right some of the injusticeswrongs of Britain's colonial past. AsLegal legal restrictions make a permanent transfer impossible, itand iswith tothe Ghanadeal signed, the museums's creditlegal thatownership byof signing the dealobjects ithas recognizesbeen recognized, allowing for the Britishpast museums'to legalbe ownershipfinally ofput theto objectsrest.
The loan of the artifacts with their spiritual and historical significance is to be welcomed but is no more than a first step. Rather, it is yet another humiliation that the objects stolen during colonial times will only be loaned and not returned permanently. Furthermore, the deal only provides for the temporary return of a small portion of the hundreds of artifacts held in the UK. The wounds of the past will only really begin to heal once the Ansante cultural heritage returns to Ghana for good.
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