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London's Horniman Museum has returned its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
They were stolen in the late 1800s, by British colonial troops after they invaded the Kingdom of Benin in what is now Nigeria.
The artefacts ended up in museums in Europe and the United States and African states have sought their return for decades.
So how can other countries ensure their cultural treasures are given back and can go on display for generations to come?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Barnaby Phillips, Author

Dr. Jos van Beurden, Senior Researcher, Colonial Cultural Collections and Restitution, Free University, Amsterdam

Luigi Prada, Professor of Egyptology, Uppsala University
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28 ноя 2022

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@oseiyaw1431 Год назад

The title should be stolen artefacts not artefacts.

@shikobosco Год назад

Exactly 💯

@anastaciaqoachela3809 Год назад

This is encouraging and thanks for being so open and genuine about this

@richardosasosasere8704 Год назад

We Beni's need all our artifacts back to Benin City Nigeria, thank u 🙏

@oscarcazarez2227 Год назад

The best news I've heard in 20+yrs

@davet9708 Год назад

Cambridge University has loads of stolen property too.

@themetalfox3725 Год назад

19:41 I think the speaker makes a great point that the Holocaust is made out to be so different to any other atrocity in history, therefore objects stolen during that are seen as more worthy of being returned, compared to, say, those stolen during the colonial period

@djlyon2864 Год назад

King leopard ok Belgium killed more than 10 millions Congolese, killing natives and taking their wealth… I guess their never taught you that in school.

@themetalfox3725 Год назад

@@djlyon2864 I think you’re confusing my statement. I’m saying that it’s ironic that the Holocaust is made to be so special in comparison to other atrocities and suggesting that other atrocities need to be taken more seriously by modern people

@bumblebee2956 Год назад

Lol British museum will run out of items soon😂

@manemane6824 Год назад

They can put the queens teeth on display

@milaari3079 Год назад

@@manemane6824😂

@milaari3079 Год назад

😂

@Cirkux Год назад

Wonderful news!

@kumarj4693 Год назад

I hope the queen returns all the gold and jewels she wore until her dying days which were stolen from India. Britain certainly seems to need Niger oil soo bad, that they’d even give back stolen items. A super rare moment indeed!!!

@meteorquake9 Год назад

Theoretically if they did decide to, it's not clear who to return some of them to as there are multiple claimants for items due to geopolitical changes, and then where items were appropriated from owners who had themselves gained them through by force, you should perhaps be trying to work out the original owner if possible rather than who it was appropriated from. I'm sure there are plenty of items with a bit more clarity for who to return to though.

@mbomboaimaim798 Год назад

I'm glad this action has finally taken place. My hope and prayer is to ensure the Africans look after these artifacts...

@dundonrl Год назад

You honestly expect that to happen? All you have to do is look at history and you can see that it won't!

@shittumustapha9636 Год назад

Honestly as a Nigerian Our corrupt leaders will be like “we don’t need it. Just give us dollar” and a couple for display 😂

@rafaelguerreros263 Год назад

Your learders will sell them off in black market...like our leaders 😂😂

@EvwienureEjowokeoghene Год назад

What concern oba of Benin properties and Nigeria leader corruption

@davet9708 Год назад

Lots in the ashmolium museum in the basement in Oxford, University of Oxford has all the stolen property.

@meadc6754 Год назад

Britain is the looting and money laundering capital of the world. Nobody does piracy like they do.

@UserDontiAS Год назад

They must also return stolen gold they reserved and more...

@okuomose1 Год назад

That's a no no

@moaferikatheoriginalman Год назад

Times have changed. We have entered a new era, I guess the beginning of a goldern era.

@meadc6754 Год назад

Don’t count on it. Britain never returns anything it steals. Just ask the Chagos Islanders and there is a UN resolution that Britain totally ignores.

@apelsinuke Год назад

i'm happy even just to read such a headline. we're in the right timeline, woohoo!

@ahmedsharif367 Год назад

🛑 France please return the stolen artefacts of Africa!

@geovani9620 Год назад

now thats a rare move from the british museum

@hiroshi138 Год назад

Let's have a follow-up vid in a year and see what actually happens to these treasures.

@advityat Год назад

Does not matter. It dint belong to the people who took it. From what you seem to insinuating, it's ok for a thief to steal something and then tell the one they stole from that they take good care of the stolen goods and so should hold onto it.

@shikobosco Год назад

Does it matter,really?

@RupaRishima Год назад

I agree with returning things. But a flat digital item is not something I'm willing to go to a museum to see nor do I want to see that online. I have gone to touring exhibits. I am happy to go to those. Maybe there are replicas in those but I don't want to know. It takes something away from the historical importance of things. It would be meaningless to me.

@user-rr5mq4em5w Год назад

Europe knows, their time is up...

@yunismacalim2542 Год назад

@aljazera talking about stolen artifacts but still bringing the thieves to talk about.

@FreemanV99 Год назад

If the artefacts were stolen, looted or forcefully taken in the first place, how returning them would simply be enough or fair to the countries these items belonged to?

@rafaelguerreros263 Год назад

What else u want? I think people should thank them for keeping them safe for 200 years. They wouldn't have survived this long in their original countries this long.

@FreemanV99 Год назад

@@rafaelguerreros263 Thank them for what? For invading other countries, ransacking and stealing their valuable artefacts? If you simplifying this way, you either mistaken or out of touch.

@RexExLiberi Год назад

I may be going against the current here but I'm not sure this is such a good idea..

@hassanharith6820 Год назад

The Title of this news should be, . . . Returning Artefacts where it is belongs,. i guess.

@awoweataro9932 Год назад

Why did you not invite a person from Nigeria or Egypt we want to know how they feel & how they think about your biased analysis

@thejoker7323 Год назад

Can we do the same with people?

@gregorypeck2415 Год назад

These are critical times. Does this mean Arabs will respect the grave sights of Africans in the north of Africa ( Egypt )?

@TheMatin1 Год назад

Is it so? The dead queen of stolen properties restoring the Koh-E-Noor, to the respective claimants?

@thomasthomasphilp4393 Год назад

European museums will be soon empty

@sunboy1558 Год назад

What do you expect from a continent without history Soon there will be no museum In Europe, they depend on African artifacts so bad,call themselves Archeologists but dig out Europe History and put Europe artifacts in Your museum, give back Africa's Artifacts your ancestors stole it Return every damm artifacts back To it origin because it does belong there.

@afrikanheritage99 Год назад

😁😁😂😂

@nelsonrodricks4358 Год назад

fear not corrupt politicians will sell them back to highest bidder.

@eltonlewis4979 Год назад

stereotypical bullshit ..... we africans value what was made by our ancestors .......

@sindyiathakur5507 Год назад

Iss hisab se toh British museum khali ho jayga 😂😂

@blackphoenix114 Год назад

Glad that this countries still have remaining shame of being a thieves.

@merrygoround168 Год назад

No, they can't professionally preserve these precious artefacts like it is treasured in the West. For the sake of humanity, it's better to have them kept in Western museums. Those precious historical artefacts in the Western museums are the fortunate ones. It's not the right time to return to these countries.

@eltonlewis4979 Год назад

really.... why...why did you stole it in the first place..... admitting to being a thief

@milaari3079 Год назад

Nah There is no logic on your statement unless they pay big royalty from displaying of that stolen artefacts to the country. But never happen that way right.

@fintiasiska1805 Год назад

This is how a thief thinking

@adrindewar7392 Год назад

Where what is European culture

@foggy561 4 месяца назад

To the victor belong the spoils

@rameshrai7844 Год назад

Can British return ? British still holding more and more foreigner's diamond and gold .

@Goch46 Год назад

Benin is for benin not nigeria

@blackphoenix114 Год назад

Shame on Britain.

@massapower Год назад

You mean STOLEN ARTIFACTS! 😏🙄

@patrickformert8460 Год назад

Who toke care of the art before they were stolen it was the Africans from the kingdom of Bannin,it is an African problem not the world,these arts belong to Africans

@ckhome8907 Год назад

Well, did the British stole every single piece of Benin cultural artifact? What happened to those that are not taken by the British? Did the Nigerian save those or they're too busy stripping them down & sold it for more money? Let's hope the IS didn't get their hammer on them.....

@yo2trader539 Год назад

And they will be stolen, destroyed, and lost forever.

@RexExLiberi Год назад

This comment section is just so negative, full of ignorance and resentment with few exceptions

@awoweataro9932 Год назад

The British thinking they are god's. when you founded those artifacts in their original places they were in perfect shape , their are not world artifacts they are specifically bennin artifacts they belong in their original places not you thiefs