The Role of ECOWAS in Artifact Repatriation

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ECOWAS abɛyɛ mantam no mu nipa titire wɔ amammerɛ mu agyapadeɛ a wɔayi afiri hɔ wɔ nniso ne nnisoɔ akyi ntɔkwa mu no ho. Wɔ afe 2019 mu no, N'amammui Adwumayɛfoɔ gyee Ɔmantam Nhyehyɛeɛ a wɔde bɛsan ama Afrika amammerɛ mu nneɛma akɔ wɔn man mu, de akyerɛ sɛ wɔasi wɔn bo sɛ wɔbɛsiesie abakɔsɛm mu ntɛnkyea ne sɛ wɔbɛbɔ mantam no agyapadeɛ ho ban.

Atɔe Afrika tete nneɛma akorae, ahemfie ahorow, ne mmeae kronkron a na Europa nniso di wɔn so no hweree nneɛma pii. Woyii nneɛma a wɔde yɛɛ ade fi ahemfo agyapade so kosi amanne mu nneɛma so kyekyɛe wɔ Europa ne Amerika Atifi fam nyinaa. Amammerɛ mu agyapadeɛ a wɔhweree yi maa nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no yɛɛ basaa, na ɛmaa awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no antumi anhu wɔn tete nneɛma no. Wɔ afeha a ɛto so aduonu awiei mu no, ECOWAS aman no hui sɛ nneɛma a ɛtete saa a wɔde bɛsan akɔ wɔn man mu no ho hia na ama wɔatumi asan de amammerɛ mu nkakrankakra aba, na wɔatumi ahyɛ nsrahwɛ ne nwomasua ho nkuran wɔ mpɔtam hɔ.

Aman a wɔbom yɛ kuw no mu biara fii ase de nsɛmmisa a ɛfa nneɛma a wɔakyekyere no ho bae wɔ 1960 mfe no mfiase pɛɛ, nanso mpɛn pii no, na mmɔden a wɔbɔ no nhyia na na wonni tumi a wɔde bɛyɛ saa. Wɔ December 2018 mu no, ECOWAS aman atitiriw faa amanyɔsɛm a wɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ wɔ Abuja de hyɛɛ Akwankyerɛ Kuw no sɛ wɔnnyɛ amantam nhyehyɛe mma wɔn a wɔresan aba wɔn man mu no, de kyerɛe sɛ wɔn adwene hyia sɛ, sɛ wɔbom yɛ biribi a, ɛbɛboa kɛse ma wɔne aman a na wɔyɛ wɔn nkoa no adi nkitaho. Asɔretiafoɔ bɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ, sɛ mmara no amma mu a, na nhyehyɛe no betumi ayɛ sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so adeyɛ.

Wɔ Kitawonsa bosome da a ɛtɔ so 17 wɔ afe 2019 wɔ Cotonou, Benin, ECOWAS amammerɛ mu amradofoɔ gyee 2019 - 2023 Ɔman mu Nsakraeɛ Nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛfa amammerɛ mu nneɛma a wɔde bɛsan aba ho no toom. Nhyehyɛe no de botae nsia bi asi hɔ, a nea ɛka ho ne sɛ wɔbɛhyehyɛ mmara bi, wɔama sika, ahyɛ aban no den, na wɔayɛ nneɛma a wɔakora wɔ aman foforo so no ho mfonini. Wɔ Ɔbɛnem bosome wɔ afe 2021 mu no, ECOWAS ɔmampanin Mamadou Traoré ne Liberia atumfoɔ yɛɛ nhyiamu de hyɛɛ 1970 UNESCO apam ne 1995 UNIDROIT apam a ɛfa amammerɛ agyapadeɛ ho no ho nkuran, de sii ECOWAS adwuma so dua wɔ aman a wɔdɔm ECOWAS no a wɔde wɔn ho bɛhyɛ amanaman ntam gyinapɛn ahodoɔ mu no.

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 Brown card system- ECOWAS hyɛn nsiakyiribaa
 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
 East African Community
 Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
 Economy of Africa
 ECOWAS Peace Pageant
 Intergovernmental Authority on Development
 Southern African Development Community (SADC)
 Alliance of Sahel States - ɛfa a wɔakyɛ mu

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