Barnaby Phillips is an author, journalist and lecturer. 'The African Kingdom of Gold - Britain and the Asante Treasure' (2026) is his third book, after 'Loot- Britain and the Benin Bronzes' (2021) and 'Another Man's War' (2014). Previously Barnaby was a journalist for 27 years with the BBC and Al Jazeera, based in Mozambique, Angola, Nigeria, South Africa and Greece. He lives in London, and also works for the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) as an adviser on communications.