The video depicts the chiefs lining up to give the late Queen of England, her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Philip their gifts of gold when they visited Cape Coast in 1961.
This footage was captured at a durbar attended by chiefs and other dignitaries for the Queen and her husband in the former Gold Coast capital.
The British monarchs is shown in the movie receiving various gold artifacts, including a solid gold miniature palanquin that is said to as the major gift from the Fante chiefs.
A wonderfully wrought solid gold tiny gold sword and linguist’s staff were also presented to Queen Elizabeth.
See some of the reactions from Ghanaians who were disappointed below:
Raymond Asamoah – Ok folks this was how we fell as a kingdom and a nation
Barekese Mmrante Hene – Instead of you to use that gold to help your people you are giving it out with no of anything return from them
Tey Wan – Either y return our gold or give us citizenship in Uk ,simple
Quophi Tsibuah – Aaa,what kind of leaders were these. They make the whites insult us always. Is this suppose to be a gift?
Owusu Livingstone – They should have gifted her with Kente instead of gold, our forefathers make a mistake kraaa, they have really cheated us for long time, but our era no way for the white Man again…
