About:
The 22-member Ghana Focal Team on Reparation and Restitution was inaugurated in April 2022, chaired by Professor Kodzo Gavua from the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Ghana MotacAllafrica. Established under Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Hon. Mark Okraku-Mantey, the team addresses the urgent need to repatriate and restitute cultural artefacts, film and intangible cultural heritage of Ghanaian origin held in Western European nations Return stolen cultural artefacts – Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture (MoTAC) Ghana. Professor Gavua, who also chairs the Ghana Heritage Committee and directs the Leventis Digital Resource Centre, leads this government initiative MIASAImaginingfutures as part of Ghana’s systematic approach to cultural heritage recovery through research-based evidence gathering and diplomatic negotiations with former colonial powers.
Objective of Working Group:
To identify and support researchers to elicit data that would support the government’s call and demand for restitution and reparation Ghana Seeks Reparation of Stolen Cultural Heritage, Artifacts – allAfrica.com of Ghanaian cultural heritage illegally held abroad.
What measure/s does the working group put in place as an avenue to restitution.
Research support and data collection to build evidence for restitution claims
Diplomatic negotiations with Western European nations Return stolen cultural artefacts – Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture (MoTAC) Ghana
Academic expertise through university partnerships and heritage specialists
Limitations of the measure/s the working group put in place as an avenue to restitution:
The search results do not provide specific information about limitations or challenges faced by Ghana’s Focal Team in their restitution efforts.
