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Accra July 11, GNA - An exhibition dabbed "Treasures of the Gold Coast" opened on Thursday to showcase the cultural objects returned by Mr Rene David, the Swiss collector of cultural objects to educate and entertain the public.

The exhibition mounted by The Ghana Museum and Monuments Board seeks to showcase some Ghanaian cultural objects, which were collected over the decades by the family of Rene David and taken out of the country, then known as the Gold Coast.

Togbe Noagbesenu III, Paramount Chief of Awate Traditional Area and member of the Ghana Museum and Monument Board of Directors in his address, said the artefacts were very valuable to Ghanaians, "they identify us" and enrich the chiefly aspect of the Ghanaian culture. He urged all who have collected the Ghanaian artefact to emulate Mr David Mr Rene David said the Ghana Museum and Monument Board recognized the immense value of the Ghanaian culture and preserving the cultural heritage in the dynamic times was very important.

He said in Europe, a lot of excellent Africa art collections could be found in private hands that sometimes had higher quality than in Africa. He promised to go on with the promotion of the new thinking about African culture to cultivate it in its native and genuine form for the African people.