"How do you think your ancestors got these? Do you think they paid a fair price? Or did they take it, like they took everything else?" ~ Erik Killmonger
Somebody argued it was wrong to steal it back. I was like "f*ck you". You can't put morals on immoral practices. I feel it should be about keeping the same energy. Especially on our people's legacy.
A lot of these artifacts were not just art to us Africans. They carried spiritual meaning, and some, not all, were used for special rituals and some were built to honor particular ancestors. It was way more than art that they were taking, they knew how spiritually connected we were to our art. Our ancestors had to watch their art get looted, which literally crushed their spirit as well.
Germany has agreed to return its Benin artifacts to Nigeria next year, and the famous Ghanaian architect, David Adjaye, will design the museum that will house these national treasures in Benin City.
@Ogun OgunI think we should concentrate on what we have control over. For example, President Akufo-Addo is giving foreign corporations with immense international power access to the Ghanaian economy. Twitter is setting up shop when Ghanaian startups could do the same thing if they had support from the government, foreign auto manufacturers are going to open factories even though Ghana already has Kantanka and a young genius who built his own car from scraps, and now Britain and Ghana just signed a trade agreement whereby Ghana will export cocoa to Britain although President Akufo-Addo said he wasn't going to export cocoa to Switzerland anymore. Africa needs to guard against letting foreign corporations coming onto to continent to use its large population as a supermarket when it can support its existing industries that can do the same thing. Our leaders are selling us out. Nigeria's Innoson should be selling automobiles to Africans throughout the continent. Where's the organization and unity?
When I think or hear of what Europe did to Africa, I feel sick to my core. There may be exact figures in their museums but how many can we find in their homes?
A lot is hidden in the Rothchild's and those churches etc... who benefited from the free labor of our Ancestors. Thats why I decided to no longer work for mzungus. greedy ppl
@@crztank9298 Yes, you are right, the English stole the 'Stone of Scone from Scotland in 1296 and the Scots manage to steal it back in 1950. The Greeks want the Elgin Marbles returned, and India wants the Kohinoor diamond returned. UK
In 1937, Mussolini's troops stole a large obelisk from Ethiopia. They installed it on the streets of their country. And it took 68 years, but they finally returned it. It is now home and standing proud in Axum, Ethiopia. What distinguishes Italy from other European nations is that, in 1947, they signed an agreement with the UN to return all Ethiopian stolen loot.
Literally just finished my essay on this topic for my expository writing class. The restitution of African artifacts from western museums is very much complicated. Especially when discussing Black American identity with museums like the MET in New York, the issues becomes much more layered. Education, cultural identity, wealth, Black youth, historical knowledge are all wrapped up. Funny that this popped up after I was done writing. Much respect✊🏾
As a Black Brit of Jamaican descent I am torn, I want the African artefacts to be returned to Africa but at the same time, I would like some to remain in Europe and America so that Blacks who have been cut off from their African heritage have an opportunity to see these artefacts. I don't believe Africans would have a problem with that, they are rightly angry about how it was brutally stolen from Africa and I do agree with them. UK
@Fatou Dams Well I am left with no option other than to go to the British Museum as soon as the lockdown is completely lifted so that I can view these marvellous African artefacts, especially the Ife heads, before they are given back...lol UK
And then they fight you...and regardless of if you win or lose that bully now knows that they got to fight each and everytime they want to take your lunch money.
@Ogun Ogun yeah...but killing the bully isn't conquering. It's self defense. Either way my point is you win some you lose some, but not fighting back / giving up is the ultimate defeat. Africa isn't where it is because we aren't conquering/didn't conquer others. Besides who would we need to conquer? We already have all of the resources. Going out and conquering everyone everywhere is the white man's mentality. Africa is where it is now because we didn't sufficiently defend ourselves. Today we're not even putting up a fight. Before we go and take from others, we need to focus on keeping what's ours.
I've read every article that's come my way about this for several weeks. It's all about money and control. Non African museums make bank off of these stolen treasures, and keeping them away from their countries of origin disrupts the learning process of African descendants. Sad and angering as it is, I thank you for this information. I really feel, though, that we'll get it all back.
yes, but because it was found in Sudan... they said Sudan was trying to incorporate Egyptian culture (LOL). They are still use today's geopolitical lines to speak for politics thousands of years ago. Same nonsense🙄: "𝗧𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗾𝗮’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 - 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗹𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘀 “𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 “𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴". Friday 08 January 2010 Independent -UK let just say this Kingdom did not build the statue on location; why would they use advance technology; yet the same 🧠 fail to plan the transport trip? These scholars /expert jump through hoops to try and undermined an advance culture they cannot duplicate.
As a Black British man who has visited both the British and Victoria and Albert museums, all I can do is quote Smeagol. "THEY STOLE IT FROM US!" Nothing in the British museum is of British origin and the entire place is a monument to colonial triumph that needs to be torn down and replaced with a monument apologising for the theft of property and the incredible loss of life that led to these thefts.
Exactly! I visited the same museums when I lived in the UK, and it was incredibly disheartening seeing all of those artefacts devoid of their proper contexts. People travel to Egypt to see the ancient African artefacts there; they will travel to other parts of the continent to see the others too.
"Nothing in the British museum is of British origin" that isnt't true, though I guess when you've got the Benin bronzes and Elgin Marbles stealing focus, it's easy to miss all the anglo-saxon pottery.
@@josephperkins4080 exactly plenty of celtic artifacts too, besides the britonic celts are extinct only the irish and scots are the only ones left on the british isles the cornish and welsh are reviving their languages but those celtic groups have been absorbed already for the most part.
Exactly, so its about time Africans get stronger instead of crying about what our ancestors went through. They'll be embarrassed that after 4 centuries, we opted for bitching about the past, instead of correcting the wrong that was done to them
It is disgusting the lack of respect that they have for our deceased, they did similar things to the Australian Aborigines and Native Americans on their sacred grounds. UK
The British empire has a lot to answer for, even now. They stole artifacts from around the world to bring glory to their king or queen. Now it's time to give those artifacts back.
@@WillyYum55 There is a curse on the Kohinoor diamond, all male rulers who come into the possession of the diamond will lose their kingdom or die early this curse was done in the 13th century and Prince Charles is next in line to the throne. UK
@@thatangrywickedtardigrade.39 i mean I still wouldn’t take a chance with it I’m Sikh and well when the British were “given” it there empire well is no more i ain’t superstitious but I’m smart enough to not take chances with shit like this
I was watching a documentary on the Spanish cubism artist Piccasso and thinking to myself how much his work looked like African art, about a year later I watched another documentary about Piccasso where it was revealed that he stole his style of art from Africa. UK
@@treanishajackson2295 Exactly, I remember reading as a child that African art was childish and primitive only to find out decades later that Europeans have been hoarding thousands of African artefacts in their museums, and when they can't steal it from Africans they will lie and state that it was created by the Arabs, the sole reason for them doing so is because of proximity, ie because Arabs look physically closer to White Europeans so therefore they would rather say it was Arabs than Blacks, funningly enough I have never heard actual Arabs trying to claim Black Africa's history. They did the same thing with the African written script, ie lied and said that Africans were illiterate and only because of the Arabic and European influence why they were able to write, when, in fact, African have for thousands of years had their own written script, eg Nsibidi, Vai, Meroitic, Ge'ez and Old Nubian etc. UK
@@Jenjen-qc5eq this can be comoared to when in school the teachers use to tell us africa is poor and not beautiful, but come to find out white ppl are moving there😐
@@Jenjen-qc5eq and i noticed, if africans made something that was super advanced or very beautiful, white ppl will try to say it was aliens or middleasterners and greeks actually created it💀
@@treanishajackson2295 Exactlty, I have noticed that too, they tried to do this with the Great Zimbabwean Wall, they marvelled at how the wall was constructed and decided that it was built by Arabs and not Africans, this is all about proximity, ie if they can't take the credit for themselves they will say it was the Arabs simply because the Arabs they believe are genetically closer to them. The racist German explorer Karl Mauch even tried to say that the Great Wall of Zimbabwe was built as a reconstruction of the palace of the Queen of Sheba in Jerusalem.
Cassinga Masacre and extermination of the Ovaherero people left a gash in the hearts of my people in Namibia. Our government had recovered some skeketal remains displayed in some European museums
I am a Black Brit of Caribbean descent and I have read about the Obahereo people and what the Germans did to them, the Ovaherero people were the first genocide of the 20th century has Germany even apologised for their barbaric behaviour? UK
Thanks for sharing this information the best on RUclips lol you deserve 1 million subscribers. yep these days people getting their hands on information very fast.
Valuable. Many are guilty by association concerning the suppression of OUR history. What bothers me the most is that many of OUR people still want to hold hands and sing spirituals with open enemies.
Let it be known: Stealing from my people will follow your generations until the end of days. You shall know no peace amongst yourselves, and you shall feel no joy. So, continue to steal at your own risk, but you will not escape unscathed, and there will be dire consequences. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but eventually your deeds will catch up with you. May my fellow Africans, no matter where you find yourselves on earth, prosper, and achieve great things. This is my earnest wish for you ❤
An Ashanti brass big pan that tells a history of two tribes at war taken away from bantama , kumasi... ( and others) ..The ashantes hid the golden stool very well , otherwise wud have been one of the missing artifacts this resulted in the exile of yaa asantewaa and chief prempeh ito the Seychelles by the British. In fact every artifact taken from Africa has a story attached to it.
My father worked on and off in Africa from 1996 until 2012. He died several years ago. I have masks, jewellery and other items that I inherited. I have no idea even where to start to try and return these items to Africa. If anyone knows, send a reply.
Where did he work? Which country? Reach out to the government, take pictures and make public announcements in various media of your intentions to return the artifacts. If you do it quietly with government officials, they may sell it off to Europeans or auction it on the black market. There's a lot of corruption in African politics, so you have to ensure you do things right!
the reason why they did that is because they could do that at the time, history has always been a matter it's a matter of might makes right, the strongest nations are those who have had a bloody history and most of the time eurasian kingdoms dominated the history, in medieval sub-saharan africa there were many kingdoms/empires like the Mali Empire, Wagadou/Ghana Empire, Wene wa Kongo/Kingdom of Kongo, Kanem-Bornu Empire, wolof empire, Mutapa, oyo empire, Nri Kingdom, Benin Kingdom, Aksum/abyssinia, Alodia, and Mapungubwe. Kingdoms like Mali, Aksum Kongo, Wagadou, Kanem Bornu Empire, were also major regional powers, wth Mali and Aksum being in my opinion in top 6 of most powerful kingdoms in the world, Kingdom of Kongo was also one of the most powerful in the world because they could go toe to toe against Portugal which at that moment was still one of the strongest states in the world, for example Aksum was 4th strongest state in the world at it's prime. people who say that africa has no history or historical powerhouses are wrong, it's true that Africa now is not yet very powerful on the world stage, but if an african country is going to become a superpower on earth it's going to be in early to mid 22nd Century and that might be Nigeria if they manage to fix their problems another country that will rival it will be Congo if it manages to solve it's issues.
I don’t see why exact copies can’t be made, from casts, and the originals sent back. I don’t think these types of exhibits should have a permanent home in any one museum. The Benin Bronzes should be taken back to West Africa but every decade should be taken on tour, so that members of the African Diaspora, if nothing else, can gaze at them and know that their ancestors were not savages but geniuses.
that would be a good strategy besides while the artifacts should be sent to Africa they should be like i said heavily guarded with incorruptible guards so that no one can steal them from the african museums.
Yes you wouldve seen these artifacts. We seem to forget that Africans interacted with one another and exchanged ideas. And I have no doubt that if Europeans returned those artifacts...their meuseams would be empty.
that's a massive lie not all european museums are full of african artifacts the only ones who have a lot of stolen african artifacts are Brits, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Italians, besides germans are giving those back, even if those nations i mentioned would give the african artifacts back it dosen't mean that the museums of former colonial european powers will be empty, it only means that the African artifacts will be returned.
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. It is said that if you want to see old African art and artifacts, you must travel to European museums because almost none remain in Africa. The looted art and artifacts should be repatriated and now Africa has the means of getting them returned. They can withhold access to essential mineral wealth to countries that refuse to repatriate items. I might further add that those that possess items in private collections should at the very least photograph the items and post them online for the benefit of educators, students, and scholars.
i would say nope they can't withold the former european colonial masters from getting resources as those countries are still far above the african countries in many ways, the only ones who are militarily powerful are Egypt, Algeria South Africa, and Nigeria, but even in the present the former colonial powers are still amongst the most developed and powerful nations on earth in both soft and hard power, if Us stops being the policeman of the world, the West Africa will either be recolonized by French while parts of north it will become turkish territory, while central and east africa will become Chinese Puppets. remember African countries suffer from one thing worse than anything and that is instability which can decide many key factors including whenever said country it's more easily conquered or not.
@@thatangrywickedtardigrade.39 Africa can't trust the US or European countries. History proves these countries racist, thieving liars. China seems the best bet to bring Africa into the 21st century. China has a long history going back to the friendship fleet of Admiral Hu of selflessly helping Africa and they have a history of desiring to bring their population out of poverty. China could bring Africa into the 21st century within a generation. I think its a great opportunity and doubt China will behave like racist America or colonialism Europe.
@@robertschlesinger1342 The thing is that the colonial powers were racist thieveing, liars, but if we count east and southeastern europeans then most of the folks here have never heard about Africa at all, during 19th century but still who is to say that Chinese do not have nefarious interests in africa anyone who comes comes out of pure interests. The Europeans are not racist anymore apart from some fringe neonazi groups same thing with US but generalizing population of entire countries or continents is a bad thing to do, as your average citizen has nothing to do with all of those, the colonizers were thieving and brutal racists who only cared about getting resources, they saw anyone who is not white as subhuman regardless of skin color which is not the case anymore in the present day everyone is equal regardless of skin color. When China goes into Africa it comes because it has interests there in politics and trade there are no real friends only interests and this has always been the case. World's history has been always dictated not by trust but by might makes right and this will always be the case forever. if the French, British, Germans, Spanish, Portuguese, Italians, want resources and the access to them is denied to them they are willing to wage the euro-african war I mentioned, dragging even the eastern and southeastern countries that nothing to do with african slavery and colonization into the conflict either by diplomatic means or by force the only one who can stand up to the western europeans are the Russians but if they become a part of the conflict they will Automaticly join the European side.
Coming from a Londoner , to visit the British museum and see these pieces of history is up lifting, as it helps to show the depth of African culture that is way deeper than stolen humans for the slave trade .. bit I feel these items should not be on these shores bit returned to their rightful owners and place .. of be even move happy to travel to Africa to see these items in their rightful homes
The United States is guilty of holding looted African artifacts too. I’ve seen the artifacts in person. Fun fact, according to my ancestry test I am a descendent of the Benin people. I truly don’t understand why it’s so hard for countries to give people their ancestors stuff back???
What and admit they error of their ways?! I wonder if people have pay for entrance into the museums housing their ancestors' looted things. But they gave us their surnames! Not a fair trade.
African artifacts in European possession have been photographed, scanned, replicated, and studied extensively so the goal of the museums in their words have basically been fulfilled. Return them home (after paying back rent of course) and play with the replicas
Please change the word history into our story because history is somebody else story. you should use words as our African story or the story of the black ancestors ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🖤❤💚
yeah... 2:53 ENVY IS REALLY A SIN. This is the point ....where I actually feel sorry for them. to have so little back home (SMH) where you will even steal the dogs.
@@thatangrywickedtardigrade.39 envy carries a destructive energy | it destroys what its was jealous of and put itself in that same position. ------------ ARROGANCE does not take artifacts, people who want to front as"first man" did. ARROGANCE makes you build things with your own people and own mind; because nobody else matters! GREED FERVOR does not warrant the ame energy for 500 yrs. especially when you gain 3 continents, and the world money purse. you are making the same assumption people made in the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century and 19th century. === you would not give yourself new ID names like American, Australian, Egyptian, Afrikaners if you stood in your own conviction. no the ID themselves as natives and give the natives a different id such as "indian, aborginees, 'sub saharan, bush people" = that is raw jealousy at the minimum!! it fit the destructive energy. ------- vandalism would not not be coined by the romans. if the vandals did not take a hammer to their art pieces, buildings and statues. STONE LAST FOREVER. no egytian statue have a nose, all the sudan pyramids were destroyed in 19th century ! Chinese empiral dogs should not be on Queen victoria's lap. LIONS DONT DRESS UP in Zebra's coats or live inside prey's territory. they even sleep in middle of the day.. king of the jungle remains unbothered. it does have to prove its king, by sending missionaries in the jungle [lol] . is is just is.
@@cinnamonstar808 europeans did the colonisation for 4 big reasons overpopulation fervor, Desire for Resources/Greed, Lust for Power arrogance is the same thing as pride which is a inherent human characteristic the only thing that truly separates pride and arrogance is the fact that arrogance is mostly just overbearing pride, humans are not like lions or zebras, humans are like great apes greedy/rapacious, deeply hierarchical and power hungry, and this is the universal law of mankind, Europe was an overpopulated bloody battlefield full of fiercely competing states which would lead to constant technological development, and those produce the best rulers, fighters/warriors, the mankind has ever produced apart from Mongol horse archers from classical age to the modern age, china had the economy and superior technological edge for a time but Europeans in 1500s started to become the most advanced in the world, it's a complete lie to blame it on envy, stone does not last forever it only lasts for billions of years at best, the noses of egyptian statues either eroded before the europeans arrived, or had their noses by Arabs long before most european expeditions came, do you know why europeans did so is because they had a war culture, and when they recovered after the black death the culture changed which mean't that people could spend more time developing arts education sciences which were a massive help so even before the colonization per capita Europe was the richest area in the world in 1400s in terms of per capita, the conquest was mostly for the reasons i mentioned also most of the greatest scientists in the world were european, Europe had competition between Kingdoms, the guns germs and steel explains very well why Europeans dominated the world if africa and Europe were born in the opposite direction it would be similar, besides modern university was invented in Europe and besides they had a massive geographic advantage they were close to middle east which mean't that they had access to middle eastern technology easily due to extensive trade Europe was full of small countries that were at war with eachother constantly, Europe was one of the most militaristic society in the entire history of mankind also another huge boon they got was the printing press which would help spreading information faster which helped with knowledge a lot. European used logic, reason, and scientific method to look at their world. So, they find better way to reorganize it another big factor for European world conquest the europeans are also the inventors of another thing that is capitalism which is another factor besides they were some of the first to use common sense as their cultural part in conclusion if you want to know why europeans did what they did read Guns germs and steels alongside my answer.
Fantastic short documentary about the stolen art works from Africa. It a really big story that can be spoken for a few hours. I collect and am a big admirer of African art. I love the bronze works from Benin the most, but equally the head costumes are superb. Very expensive now they are purchased by the Europeans. On eBay there are many being sold. On RUclips you can see how much works go into the bronze works. Wax works. The sad thing is they are taken from Africa and sold for a lot more Money.
Home Team is helpful, and I learn a lot about the African history I was born and raised. They stole history and culture, for example, Nubian or Kush kingdom, they divided our countries and territories. However, we are millions of people who still have the culture and languages I don't know-how we claim our history. Home Team Thanks you,
Most of these African objects in the British museum were taken as spoils of war. Although I agree that objects excavated and outright stolen should be returned, (if those African governments have the conditions to take care of them) those ones gained as spoils shouldn't. It was a different time and if we returned all the world's spoils of war from museums every museum in the world, including African museums would be empty as hell.
As a Black Brit what really angers me is not so much as the stealing of African artefacts it is the brain washing, I remember as a child reading that African either didn't have art or the art was primitive and childish, the same thing was said about writing, ie Africans were illiterate and were only able to write because of Middle Eastern and European influences only to find out years later that we have had our own writing systems for thousands of years.
@@Jenjen-qc5eq the only native writting systems existant in the ancient and medieval sub-saharan african were Nsibidi and Ge'Ez before those writing systems the writing system below the sahara were either imported or nonexistant meaning that most african societies were completly illiterate. as of african artefacts it indeed should go back to africa.
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@@luthien5516 Maybe the artifacts of today because most are ARABIC artifacts. Not the artifacts of yesterday that have been stolen because those artifacts are AFRICAN.
The Entire Continent Of Africa Needs To Rage War & Push Out All Who Do Not Belong There And Then Invade, & Take Back What What Was Stolen, All Art All Gold All Diamonds & Jems & Knowledge Then Close All Its Borders To All Who Do Not Belong, Then We Will Have Peace.
Whenever you see African artifacts in white museums that's an example of theft. Europeans need to return what they took. You won't see a Picasso or a Greek statue in Nigeria or Ghana. This shouldn't be ignored.
@@Jenjen-qc5eq our fathers gave us a stone to signify their inheritance and promise . The twelve family's we're all together beyond the kushite river until they last slave trade then we we're split up by slavery . Read the letter of Leopold 11 of Belgium. Even before Belgium they we're selling Yada or Juda in the Transatlantic trade. We are still called Igbo meaning black's by them today .
@@yiqwaba3833 It has never occurred to me until now that the Africans who were not taken as slaves also suffered the effects of slavery until today, it wasn't just those who ended up in America, South America the Caribbeans. UK
@@Jenjen-qc5eq at first I didn't even realize we were nation's , but I heard a voice one day when I was live praying for thousands with their countries and thought who are we. ? Mhh that did it . they band our language and true heritage in school in these concentration camps world-wide , while the hole time claiming our heritage inheritance identity book livelihood and peace.
"How do you think your ancestors got these? Do you think they paid a fair price? Or did they take it, like they took everything else?" ~ Erik Killmonger
“But don’t worry, I’ma take it off your hands”
“Excuse me, what?”
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Shut up Erik.
Erik Killmonger is goat 😆✨ 🙌🏾🙌🏾
He was right!
Somebody argued it was wrong to steal it back. I was like "f*ck you". You can't put morals on immoral practices. I feel it should be about keeping the same energy. Especially on our people's legacy.
A lot of these artifacts were not just art to us Africans. They carried spiritual meaning, and some, not all, were used for special rituals and some were built to honor particular ancestors. It was way more than art that they were taking, they knew how spiritually connected we were to our art. Our ancestors had to watch their art get looted, which literally crushed their spirit as well.
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Germany has agreed to return its Benin artifacts to Nigeria next year, and the famous Ghanaian architect, David Adjaye, will design the museum that will house these national treasures in Benin City.
beautiful, progress is being made
@Ogun OgunI think we should concentrate on what we have control over. For example, President Akufo-Addo is giving foreign corporations with immense international power access to the Ghanaian economy. Twitter is setting up shop when Ghanaian startups could do the same thing if they had support from the government, foreign auto manufacturers are going to open factories even though Ghana already has Kantanka and a young genius who built his own car from scraps, and now Britain and Ghana just signed a trade agreement whereby Ghana will export cocoa to Britain although President Akufo-Addo said he wasn't going to export cocoa to Switzerland anymore. Africa needs to guard against letting foreign corporations coming onto to continent to use its large population as a supermarket when it can support its existing industries that can do the same thing. Our leaders are selling us out. Nigeria's Innoson should be selling automobiles to Africans throughout the continent. Where's the organization and unity?
A positive drop in a ocean of cultural eresure and opression, but glad to hear nontheless.
@@PanAfricanNews You can't fight white Capitalism with black Capitalism...
@@robertstan298why not?
When I think or hear of what Europe did to Africa, I feel sick to my core. There may be exact figures in their museums but how many can we find in their homes?
A lot is hidden in the Rothchild's and those churches etc... who benefited from the free labor of our Ancestors. Thats why I decided to no longer work for mzungus. greedy ppl
Europe did this to Europe too. Irish culture was obliterated by colonialism
@Ogun Ogun don't forget the arabs
In their homes? A lot i think.
@@crztank9298 Yes, you are right, the English stole the 'Stone of Scone from Scotland in 1296 and the Scots manage to steal it back in 1950. The Greeks want the Elgin Marbles returned, and India wants the Kohinoor diamond returned. UK
African Art is a multi billion $ industry. A lot of wealthy people in Europe hold their wealth in African art work.
Right
Bwahaha nope
When the oppressors claimed Sub-Saharan Africa had no culture, history, or art, they should have simply checked their looted stash and museums.
Well said.
''These Blacks have neither culture nor art but we are going to steal it anyway''...Circa 1860s a British colonist. UK
@Thomas JT yes and they fulfilled Psalm 83!!
taking a stone mask. wow so much culture.
They were only giving us a bad name so as to hung us, they were jealous of us
In 1937, Mussolini's troops stole a large obelisk from Ethiopia. They installed it on the streets of their country. And it took 68 years, but they finally returned it. It is now home and standing proud in Axum, Ethiopia. What distinguishes Italy from other European nations is that, in 1947, they signed an agreement with the UN to return all Ethiopian stolen loot.
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That doesn’t distinguish them
Literally just finished my essay on this topic for my expository writing class. The restitution of African artifacts from western museums is very much complicated. Especially when discussing Black American identity with museums like the MET in New York, the issues becomes much more layered. Education, cultural identity, wealth, Black youth, historical knowledge are all wrapped up. Funny that this popped up after I was done writing. Much respect✊🏾
As a Black Brit of Jamaican descent I am torn, I want the African artefacts to be returned to Africa but at the same time, I would like some to remain in Europe and America so that Blacks who have been cut off from their African heritage have an opportunity to see these artefacts. I don't believe Africans would have a problem with that, they are rightly angry about how it was brutally stolen from Africa and I do agree with them. UK
@Fatou Dams Well I am left with no option other than to go to the British Museum as soon as the lockdown is completely lifted so that I can view these marvellous African artefacts, especially the Ife heads, before they are given back...lol UK
I would’ve been honored to be your professor and to read your work. I hope that your professor respects what you submit.
Well to stop a bully from stealing your lunch money, you have to punch them in the face!
#WakeUpAfrica
And then they fight you...and regardless of if you win or lose that bully now knows that they got to fight each and everytime they want to take your lunch money.
@Ogun Ogun yeah...but killing the bully isn't conquering. It's self defense.
Either way my point is you win some you lose some, but not fighting back / giving up is the ultimate defeat.
Africa isn't where it is because we aren't conquering/didn't conquer others. Besides who would we need to conquer? We already have all of the resources. Going out and conquering everyone everywhere is the white man's mentality.
Africa is where it is now because we didn't sufficiently defend ourselves. Today we're not even putting up a fight. Before we go and take from others, we need to focus on keeping what's ours.
@@DiggyRasta exactly
Violince..figures.
So Africa is going to punch China?
I've read every article that's come my way about this for several weeks. It's all about money and control. Non African museums make bank off of these stolen treasures, and keeping them away from their countries of origin disrupts the learning process of African descendants. Sad and angering as it is, I thank you for this information. I really feel, though, that we'll get it all back.
The Sphinx of the Nubian Pharaoh Taharqa which was built approximately around 680 B.C.E. is still displayed in the "British" Museum.....
yes, but because it was found in Sudan... they said Sudan was trying to incorporate Egyptian culture (LOL). They are still use today's geopolitical lines to speak for politics thousands of years ago.
Same nonsense🙄:
"𝗧𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗾𝗮’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 - 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗹𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘀 “𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀” 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 “𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴". Friday 08 January 2010 Independent -UK
let just say this Kingdom did not build the statue on location; why would they use advance technology; yet the same 🧠 fail to plan the transport trip? These scholars /expert jump through hoops to try and undermined an advance culture they cannot duplicate.
As a Black British man who has visited both the British and Victoria and Albert museums, all I can do is quote Smeagol. "THEY STOLE IT FROM US!" Nothing in the British museum is of British origin and the entire place is a monument to colonial triumph that needs to be torn down and replaced with a monument apologising for the theft of property and the incredible loss of life that led to these thefts.
Exactly! I visited the same museums when I lived in the UK, and it was incredibly disheartening seeing all of those artefacts devoid of their proper contexts. People travel to Egypt to see the ancient African artefacts there; they will travel to other parts of the continent to see the others too.
"Nothing in the British museum is of British origin" that isnt't true, though I guess when you've got the Benin bronzes and Elgin Marbles stealing focus, it's easy to miss all the anglo-saxon pottery.
in british museum there are plenty of european artifacts especially of anglo-saxon origin.
@@thatangrywickedtardigrade.39 And Celtic artifacts...we Celts where there before you Anglo-Saxons
@@josephperkins4080 exactly plenty of celtic artifacts too, besides the britonic celts are extinct only the irish and scots are the only ones left on the british isles the cornish and welsh are reviving their languages but those celtic groups have been absorbed already for the most part.
4:09 talking about Benin people. My people. I’m so happy
This is invaluable information & I will spread the word!✊🏿👏🏿👍🏿🖐🏾🙏🏾
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Its weird they have the same meaning
Right it has nothing to do with us we are the real Indians
Not only have they took our artifacts but the bodies of our ancestors to prop up like trophies, but as you said power respects power
Exactly, so its about time Africans get stronger instead of crying about what our ancestors went through.
They'll be embarrassed that after 4 centuries, we opted for bitching about the past, instead of correcting the wrong that was done to them
Exactly, all those tombs and coffins they stole
It is disgusting the lack of respect that they have for our deceased, they did similar things to the Australian Aborigines and Native Americans on their sacred grounds. UK
@@bigpharma2705 AMEN & ASÉ!!!💯👏👏👏👏👏
The British empire has a lot to answer for, even now. They stole artifacts from around the world to bring glory to their king or queen. Now it's time to give those artifacts back.
That is why India put a curse on the Kohinoor diamond that is in the Queen's crown.
@@Jenjen-qc5eq a curse?
@@WillyYum55 There is a curse on the Kohinoor diamond, all male rulers who come into the possession of the diamond will lose their kingdom or die early this curse was done in the 13th century and Prince Charles is next in line to the throne. UK
@@Jenjen-qc5eq the problem is that this curse cannot happen as curses are not real they are fiction.
@@thatangrywickedtardigrade.39 i mean I still wouldn’t take a chance with it I’m Sikh and well when the British were “given” it there empire well is no more i ain’t superstitious but I’m smart enough to not take chances with shit like this
I was watching a documentary on the Spanish cubism artist Piccasso and thinking to myself how much his work looked like African art, about a year later I watched another documentary about Piccasso where it was revealed that he stole his style of art from Africa. UK
Most European artists who arts are considered eccentric or unique are stolen art styles from africa
@@treanishajackson2295 Exactly, I remember reading as a child that African art was childish and primitive only to find out decades later that Europeans have been hoarding thousands of African artefacts in their museums, and when they can't steal it from Africans they will lie and state that it was created by the Arabs, the sole reason for them doing so is because of proximity, ie because Arabs look physically closer to White Europeans so therefore they would rather say it was Arabs than Blacks, funningly enough I have never heard actual Arabs trying to claim Black Africa's history. They did the same thing with the African written script, ie lied and said that Africans were illiterate and only because of the Arabic and European influence why they were able to write, when, in fact, African have for thousands of years had their own written script, eg Nsibidi, Vai, Meroitic, Ge'ez and Old Nubian etc. UK
@@Jenjen-qc5eq this can be comoared to when in school the teachers use to tell us africa is poor and not beautiful, but come to find out white ppl are moving there😐
@@Jenjen-qc5eq and i noticed, if africans made something that was super advanced or very beautiful, white ppl will try to say it was aliens or middleasterners and greeks actually created it💀
@@treanishajackson2295 Exactlty, I have noticed that too, they tried to do this with the Great Zimbabwean Wall, they marvelled at how the wall was constructed and decided that it was built by Arabs and not Africans, this is all about proximity, ie if they can't take the credit for themselves they will say it was the Arabs simply because the Arabs they believe are genetically closer to them. The racist German explorer Karl Mauch even tried to say that the Great Wall of Zimbabwe was built as a reconstruction of the palace of the Queen of Sheba in Jerusalem.
Cassinga Masacre and extermination of the Ovaherero people left a gash in the hearts of my people in Namibia. Our government had recovered some skeketal remains displayed in some European museums
I am a Black Brit of Caribbean descent and I have read about the Obahereo people and what the Germans did to them, the Ovaherero people were the first genocide of the 20th century has Germany even apologised for their barbaric behaviour? UK
One of the most greatest asset looted from Africans are their Names and Languages because these two doesn’t come back easily after being looted.
I haven’t been commenting lately but I’m still here watching and absorbing Dua bra you’re loved and needed 🤞🏾💗
You are doing our ppl a service w these video. Thanks so much, brother. Keep it up. Speak power to truth. Ase
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Our oppressors stole EVERYTHING from the Mother land even us
PROVERBS 14:15 PROVERBS 15:14 which is also a song
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@@veabarksdale5252 MUCH LOVE QUEEN
@JUDAH EBK Just try to understand which is also a song
PROVERBS 23:9 which is also a song
Thanks for sharing this information the best on RUclips lol you deserve 1 million subscribers. yep these days people getting their hands on information very fast.
*The British also took 900 books from the fort of Magdalla, emperor Tewodros's bad decision cost Ethiopia a lot*
Which ones the blacks or whites
@@jerellmitchell4090 what?
You do know they was black before the take over
@@jerellmitchell4090 what are you talking about? The Books where black?
I was asking was it the black British or white British .. it probably was the white ones to hide the true history
He should talk about how the articial borders they created in Africa is still affecting the population
He already did that long time ago
@@bigpharma2705 thank you, I will look it up
Excellent content as usual and love your presentation.
Valuable. Many are guilty by association concerning the suppression of OUR history.
What bothers me the most is that many of OUR people still want to hold hands and sing spirituals with open enemies.
Where could I get the intro music? I am really fall in love to it . Thank you for teaching us our history.
I went to Paris and they had the entire Egypt in the museum...The artifacts looked like us! 😮WOW😮
You are a treasure of knowledge! Respect!
Let it be known: Stealing from my people will follow your generations until the end of days. You shall know no peace amongst yourselves, and you shall feel no joy. So, continue to steal at your own risk, but you will not escape unscathed, and there will be dire consequences. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but eventually your deeds will catch up with you.
May my fellow Africans, no matter where you find yourselves on earth, prosper, and achieve great things. This is my earnest wish for you ❤
An Ashanti brass big pan that tells a history of two tribes at war taken away from bantama , kumasi... ( and others) ..The ashantes hid the golden stool very well , otherwise wud have been one of the missing artifacts this resulted in the exile of yaa asantewaa and chief prempeh ito the Seychelles by the British. In fact every artifact taken from Africa has a story attached to it.
There is so much that I don't know about Africa. :-( UK
Super interesting!
Your information is 100% correct.
Thank you.
Benin empire is Benin kingdom in present day Nigeria..
My great grandfather was a king of Ijesa and I look exactly like some of these statues👀
They are looting right here and now REGENTRIFICATION
A new book by Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museum, covers this topic quite well as well I’ve heard. Another great video bro!
I love all the content your channel provides, it helps me with my own research. Please keep it coming!
Bro your pictures in all your videos are outstanding where did you got dem from?? what are your sources?? I'm from Ethiopia
Good content
They've always wanted to erase evidence of how great we are as a people/race
My father worked on and off in Africa from 1996 until 2012. He died several years ago. I have masks, jewellery and other items that I inherited. I have no idea even where to start to try and return these items to Africa. If anyone knows, send a reply.
Where did he work? Which country? Reach out to the government, take pictures and make public announcements in various media of your intentions to return the artifacts.
If you do it quietly with government officials, they may sell it off to Europeans or auction it on the black market. There's a lot of corruption in African politics, so you have to ensure you do things right!
Thank you. UK
You can donate to a museum in Ghana
Very informative video.Truly enjoyed and videos such as this should continue to educate. Question what is the name or group performing the soundtrack?
already downloaded the app
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Still learning 🖤🖤✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Need more videos on this topic.
They have all enriched a lot with our art.
it's not the art that enriched them it was the resources they extracted.
the reason why they did that is because they could do that at the time, history has always been a matter it's a matter of might makes right,
the strongest nations are those who have had a bloody history and most of the time eurasian kingdoms dominated the history,
in medieval sub-saharan africa there were many kingdoms/empires like the Mali Empire, Wagadou/Ghana Empire, Wene wa Kongo/Kingdom of Kongo, Kanem-Bornu Empire, wolof empire, Mutapa, oyo empire, Nri Kingdom, Benin Kingdom, Aksum/abyssinia, Alodia, and Mapungubwe.
Kingdoms like Mali, Aksum Kongo, Wagadou, Kanem Bornu Empire, were also major regional powers, wth Mali and Aksum being in my opinion in top 6 of most powerful kingdoms in the world, Kingdom of Kongo was also one of the most powerful in the world because they could go toe to toe against Portugal which at that moment was still one of the strongest states in the world, for example Aksum was 4th strongest state in the world at it's prime.
people who say that africa has no history or historical powerhouses are wrong, it's true that Africa now is not yet very powerful on the world stage, but if an african country is going to become a superpower on earth it's going to be in early to mid 22nd Century and that might be Nigeria if they manage to fix their problems another country that will rival it will be Congo if it manages to solve it's issues.
Home team are you in dc ?
Keep them coming king
If it weren't for these tragic events, we may be looking at our own Museums with artifacts dating further back.
Alternative title: History of the British Museum.
lol!
I honestly wish the artifacts would be returned to their original countries and put into museums in Africa instead of Europe
Thank you for all of these videos. Great work! It pains me to watch some but God will have the last say so.
I love your work brother, continue to educate the ignorant. One ☝️ love 💗
I enjoyed this video. I’m curious what is meant my return items on loan.
I don’t see why exact copies can’t be made, from casts, and the originals sent back. I don’t think these types of exhibits should have a permanent home in any one museum. The Benin Bronzes should be taken back to West Africa but every decade should be taken on tour, so that members of the African Diaspora, if nothing else, can gaze at them and know that their ancestors were not savages but geniuses.
that would be a good strategy besides while the artifacts should be sent to Africa they should be like i said heavily guarded with incorruptible guards so that no one can steal them from the african museums.
What is the opening african music i love it
The diamonds the queen of England wears Is from Africa
Yes you wouldve seen these artifacts. We seem to forget that Africans interacted with one another and exchanged ideas. And I have no doubt that if Europeans returned those artifacts...their meuseams would be empty.
that's a massive lie not all european museums are full of african artifacts the only ones who have a lot of stolen african artifacts are Brits, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Italians, besides germans are giving those back, even if those nations i mentioned would give the african artifacts back it dosen't mean that the museums of former colonial european powers will be empty, it only means that the African artifacts will be returned.
The intro music? I've been asking for months now
You got to me with that one. 👍🏽 the explosion 💥of shame ,moves thru everything👈🏽 at the same moment🌺
There are a lot of African artifects in Dutch museum
The spirits are mad.
Is.it possible to reclaim Egypt from those grave robbers that control Egypt?
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. It is said that if you want to see old African art and artifacts, you must travel to European museums because almost none remain in Africa. The looted art and artifacts should be repatriated and now Africa has the means of getting them returned. They can withhold access to essential mineral wealth to countries that refuse to repatriate items. I might further add that those that possess items in private collections should at the very least photograph the items and post them online for the benefit of educators, students, and scholars.
i would say nope they can't withold the former european colonial masters from getting resources as those countries are still far above the african countries in many ways, the only ones who are militarily powerful are Egypt, Algeria South Africa, and Nigeria, but even in the present the former colonial powers are still amongst the most developed and powerful nations on earth in both soft and hard power, if Us stops being the policeman of the world, the West Africa will either be recolonized by French while parts of north it will become turkish territory, while central and east africa will become Chinese Puppets.
remember African countries suffer from one thing worse than anything and that is instability which can decide many key factors including whenever said country it's more easily conquered or not.
@@thatangrywickedtardigrade.39 Africa can't trust the US or European countries. History proves these countries racist, thieving liars. China seems the best bet to bring Africa into the 21st century. China has a long history going back to the friendship fleet of Admiral Hu of selflessly helping Africa and they have a history of desiring to bring their population out of poverty. China could bring Africa into the 21st century within a generation. I think its a great opportunity and doubt China will behave like racist America or colonialism Europe.
@@robertschlesinger1342 The thing is that the colonial powers were racist thieveing, liars, but if we count east and southeastern europeans then most of the folks here have never heard about Africa at all, during 19th century but still who is to say that Chinese do not have nefarious interests in africa anyone who comes comes out of pure interests.
The Europeans are not racist anymore apart from some fringe neonazi groups same thing with US but generalizing population of entire countries or continents is a bad thing to do, as your average citizen has nothing to do with all of those, the colonizers were thieving and brutal racists who only cared about getting resources, they saw anyone who is not white as subhuman regardless of skin color which is not the case anymore in the present day everyone is equal regardless of skin color.
When China goes into Africa it comes because it has interests there in politics and trade there are no real friends only interests and this has always been the case.
World's history has been always dictated not by trust but by might makes right and this will always be the case forever.
if the French, British, Germans, Spanish, Portuguese, Italians, want resources and the access to them is denied to them they are willing to wage the euro-african war I mentioned, dragging even the eastern and southeastern countries that nothing to do with african slavery and colonization into the conflict either by diplomatic means or by force the only one who can stand up to the western europeans are the Russians but if they become a part of the conflict they will Automaticly join the European side.
Coming from a Londoner , to visit the British museum and see these pieces of history is up lifting, as it helps to show the depth of African culture that is way deeper than stolen humans for the slave trade .. bit I feel these items should not be on these shores bit returned to their rightful owners and place .. of be even move happy to travel to Africa to see these items in their rightful homes
MAN U ON IT LIKE JOHN HENRY CLARK!!! RIGHT ON
It would be nice to see a video about African literature.
Thank you for sharing the App! I love to see collaborations between black platforms
This may seem random but where did you get your intro music..
Hi, I would like to know the name of the intro/ outro song please.
The United States is guilty of holding looted African artifacts too. I’ve seen the artifacts in person. Fun fact, according to my ancestry test I am a descendent of the Benin people.
I truly don’t understand why it’s so hard for countries to give people their ancestors stuff back???
Why can't you go back to Africa??
What and admit they error of their ways?! I wonder if people have pay for entrance into the museums housing their ancestors' looted things. But they gave us their surnames! Not a fair trade.
Asalaam Alaikum. Let me know if there is any way I can contact you. I need to ask a question.
African artifacts in European possession have been photographed, scanned, replicated, and studied extensively so the goal of the museums in their words have basically been fulfilled. Return them home (after paying back rent of course) and play with the replicas
Please change the word history into our story because history is somebody else story. you should use words as our African story or the story of the black ancestors ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🖤❤💚
yeah... 2:53 ENVY IS REALLY A SIN. This is the point ....where I actually feel sorry for them. to have so little back home (SMH) where you will even steal the dogs.
nope it was not envy but greed fervor and arrogance.
@@thatangrywickedtardigrade.39 envy carries a destructive energy |
it destroys what its was jealous of and put itself in that same position.
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ARROGANCE does not take artifacts, people who want to front as"first man" did.
ARROGANCE makes you build things with your own people and own mind; because nobody else matters!
GREED FERVOR does not warrant the ame energy for 500 yrs. especially when you gain 3 continents, and the world money purse.
you are making the same assumption people made in the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century and 19th century.
=== you would not give yourself new ID names like American, Australian, Egyptian, Afrikaners if you stood in your own conviction. no the ID themselves as natives and give the natives a different id such as "indian, aborginees, 'sub saharan, bush people" = that is raw jealousy at the minimum!! it fit the destructive energy.
------- vandalism would not not be coined by the romans. if the vandals did not take a hammer to their art pieces, buildings and statues. STONE LAST FOREVER.
no egytian statue have a nose, all the sudan pyramids were destroyed in 19th century ! Chinese empiral dogs should not be on Queen victoria's lap.
LIONS DONT DRESS UP in Zebra's coats or live inside prey's territory. they even sleep in middle of the day.. king of the jungle remains unbothered. it does have to prove its king, by sending missionaries in the jungle [lol] . is is just is.
@@cinnamonstar808 europeans did the colonisation for 4 big reasons overpopulation fervor, Desire for Resources/Greed, Lust for Power arrogance is the same thing as pride which is a inherent human characteristic the only thing that truly separates pride and arrogance is the fact that arrogance is mostly just overbearing pride,
humans are not like lions or zebras, humans are like great apes greedy/rapacious, deeply hierarchical and power hungry, and this is the universal law of mankind,
Europe was an overpopulated bloody battlefield full of fiercely competing states which would lead to constant technological development, and those produce the best rulers, fighters/warriors, the mankind has ever produced apart from Mongol horse archers from classical age to the modern age, china had the economy and superior technological edge for a time but Europeans in 1500s started to become the most advanced in the world,
it's a complete lie to blame it on envy,
stone does not last forever it only lasts for billions of years at best, the noses of egyptian statues either eroded before the europeans arrived, or had their noses by Arabs long before most european expeditions came,
do you know why europeans did so is because they had a war culture, and when they recovered after the black death the culture changed which mean't that people could spend more time developing arts education sciences which were a massive help so even before the colonization per capita Europe was the richest area in the world in 1400s in terms of per capita, the conquest was mostly for the reasons i mentioned also most of the greatest scientists in the world were european,
Europe had competition between Kingdoms, the guns germs and steel explains very well why Europeans dominated the world if africa and Europe were born in the opposite direction it would be similar, besides modern university was invented in Europe and besides they had a massive geographic advantage they were close to middle east which mean't that they had access to middle eastern technology easily due to extensive trade Europe was full of small countries that were at war with eachother constantly, Europe was one of the most militaristic society in the entire history of mankind also another huge boon they got was the printing press which would help spreading information faster which helped with knowledge a lot.
European used logic, reason, and scientific method to look at their world. So, they find better way to reorganize it another big factor for European world conquest the europeans are also the inventors of another thing that is capitalism which is another factor besides they were some of the first to use common sense as their cultural part
in conclusion if you want to know why europeans did what they did read Guns germs and steels alongside my answer.
Fantastic short documentary about the stolen art works from Africa. It a really big story that can be spoken for a few hours. I collect and am a big admirer of African art. I love the bronze works from Benin the most, but equally the head costumes are superb. Very expensive now they are purchased by the Europeans. On eBay there are many being sold. On RUclips you can see how much works go into the bronze works. Wax works. The sad thing is they are taken from Africa and sold for a lot more Money.
What's the name of that theme song anyone?
Home Team is helpful, and I learn a lot about the African history I was born and raised. They stole history and culture, for example, Nubian or Kush kingdom, they divided our countries and territories. However, we are millions of people who still have the culture and languages I don't know-how we claim our history. Home Team Thanks you,
could you decipher the Igbo tribe?
Looting is illegal today and you can prosecuted, those countries must return every item and must pay compensation
Surah 6:20((D.M.K.))🕊
Love this video!
You should check out this documentary called Great Pyramid K 2019. It's pretty good
Little big thing: The font you used in the thumbnail is giving me mad overwatch vobes
Are you on TikTok?
These artifacts should 100% go back to Africa. That being said, giving them up is going to cost someone many fortunes so there will be resistance.
You gotta go more indepth wit this one
Create a question and answer class
Most of these African objects in the British museum were taken as spoils of war.
Although I agree that objects excavated and outright stolen should be returned, (if those African governments have the conditions to take care of them) those ones gained as spoils shouldn't. It was a different time and if we returned all the world's spoils of war from museums every museum in the world, including African museums would be empty as hell.
As a Black Brit what really angers me is not so much as the stealing of African artefacts it is the brain washing, I remember as a child reading that African either didn't have art or the art was primitive and childish, the same thing was said about writing, ie Africans were illiterate and were only able to write because of Middle Eastern and European influences only to find out years later that we have had our own writing systems for thousands of years.
@@Jenjen-qc5eq the only native writting systems existant in the ancient and medieval sub-saharan african were Nsibidi and Ge'Ez before those writing systems the writing system below the sahara were either imported or nonexistant meaning that most african societies were completly illiterate.
as of african artefacts it indeed should go back to africa.
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The British museum is one big crime scene
Exactly!!!!!!
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😑put back the Egyptian mummies and artifacts pls it's grave robbing
Plus the people of Egypt are Arabs. Those artifacts are long gone and not going back because Arabs don’t care!
@@H2ThaP Having lived in Egypt, I can tell you that Egyptians definitely do care about their artifacts
@@luthien5516 Maybe the artifacts of today because most are ARABIC artifacts. Not the artifacts of yesterday that have been stolen because those artifacts are AFRICAN.
@@H2ThaP They still care deeply for their ancient artifacts as well. You've obviously never been to Egypt if you think otherwise
@@luthien5516 Yep never been. So I don’t know how they feel but actions speaks louder than words at the end of the day...
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The Entire Continent Of Africa Needs To Rage War & Push Out All Who Do Not Belong There And Then Invade, & Take Back What What Was Stolen, All Art All Gold All Diamonds & Jems & Knowledge Then Close All Its Borders To All Who Do Not Belong, Then We Will Have Peace.
Whenever you see African artifacts in white museums that's an example of theft. Europeans need to return what they took. You won't see a Picasso or a Greek statue in Nigeria or Ghana. This shouldn't be ignored.
Our twelve stones our fathers gave us with their personal signature . They stole them .
What are the twelve stones, I very keen to know about this? UK
@@Jenjen-qc5eq our fathers gave us a stone to signify their inheritance and promise . The twelve family's we're all together beyond the kushite river until they last slave trade then we we're split up by slavery . Read the letter of Leopold 11 of Belgium. Even before Belgium they we're selling Yada or Juda in the Transatlantic trade. We are still called Igbo meaning black's by them today .
@@yiqwaba3833 It has never occurred to me until now that the Africans who were not taken as slaves also suffered the effects of slavery until today, it wasn't just those who ended up in America, South America the Caribbeans. UK
@@Jenjen-qc5eq at first I didn't even realize we were nation's , but I heard a voice one day when I was live praying for thousands with their countries and thought who are we. ? Mhh that did it . they band our language and true heritage in school in these concentration camps world-wide , while the hole time claiming our heritage inheritance identity book livelihood and peace.
@@Jenjen-qc5eq I hope I see content from you soon Mashpaka Ahavah and shalawam.