A London museum is returning its collection of 72 Benin artefacts – the first institution in the UK to do so on such a scale. British soldiers stole thousands of artefacts in the late 19th century from the Kingdom of Benin, which is now in Nigeria. In recent years, museums in Germany, France and the US have repatriated artefacts looted during colonial wars.
Al Jazeera’s @Harry Fawcett reports from London, the UK.
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Now they need to return kohinoor to iran
Beautiful!
Would be amazing to go on vacation to see them back in Nigeria
Now Give back India resource too.
Now give back all the money Indian scammers have stolen.
@Colin Harbinson you definitely have the worst, most laughable, and clearly white douche-bag takes on this topic. Congratulations!
Asheik Ali …… reply to both your comments to me. How about giving credit to the UK for being the country that abolished slavery and spent money and lives enforcing that, as to your other pathetic insult, please take one of the stones from Stonehenge and………well you get the idea.
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They still mad about getting conquered crazy
Its not about getting conquered, It’s about African and India Art being in Africa and India. Those people should be able to see the things their ancestors and Ancient Natives created without flying to Europe. BRITAIN doesn’t have European art?
They have nothing of their own even raw materials all stollen. They should pay all the gotten in their museums on museum fees
Curses to British blood
Because of them ur civilized and speaking to other humans lol 😆 😂 🤣
@GayshivGandu BhadwaSuarRaam
Define civilized in this context?
You keep using vague words to justify the British atrocities
Is that what they told you 😂
@GayshivGandu BhadwaSuarRaam there goes the asian western worshiper desperate for pink skinned eu fans
@GayshivGandu BhadwaSuarRaam Do civilised people loot, lie and kill? For no reason than to take what others have?
I will appreciate, if Uk returns our kohinoor diamond
It wasn’t stolen.
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UK is super theif😁😁😁 they looted loads of precious monumental things from every nations where they ruled
Biggest collection of stolen items in one place.
The goal of colonialism (apart from looting) was to change the people of the world and try to make them more like Europeans. The UK and west still does this by inviting the world in to western nations. These people then trickle those ideas back to their home nations and this is how liberalism is spread globally. If you are non European and are currently living in the west then you are indirectly supporting colonialism.
British thiefs
The British Empire of thieves.
The Benin empire of slave traders.
@Colin Harbinson oh, so you’re saying that the Brits ripped a country’s entire history off temple walls as a form of punishment for engaging in slavery?
I wonder then, who’s in charge of punishing the British for their involvement with the slave trade? (I call dibs on Stone Henge!)
Brits are nervous because nothing will be left in thier museums if all items are returned.
😂 true
Fake returned or replica as usual. For eg Egyptians Egyptians pyramid treasures ARTIFACT & statues too.
Hahahah
This is what US-UK does best, robbing countries of its heritage and land. They should also return the billions stolen from Afghanistan and Venezuela central bank.
Return kohinur to Iran
Iran? Hahahaha. You mean India, right?
India
@Rodrigo Chibério no bro,in Iran kohinur is a history।
@Abu Duza A story u mean. It belongs to India or Pakistan, with a minor Afegan claim. But Iran claiming it is ludicrous. Hahhhaa
Iran government hasn’t asked…..too busy murdering their own people
Western thiefs as always
Its a good gesture
these colonizers were well suited looters . made first world countries by looting other nations , oil and stones from africa , riches from indian subcontinent , robbed whole continent from indian americans .
What about the statues that were stolen from the Parthenon in Greece. The British have been finding excuses to not return these.
It’s funny that the British government enacted a law preventing their museum from “disposing” of artifacts, and they therefore consider it illegal to return any stolen items to the rightful owners. What a bunch of bandits !!
Nothing new. Endless lies cheat steal or butchered Marches on endless human rights abusers f to RASCISTS BIGOTS KILLERS.
Nothing new again. Endless lies cheat steal or butchered Marches on. Via AFRICA ME ASIA TO SOUTH AMERICA
UMMAH
native’s American to ABORIGINAL lands too.
Palestinian/Syria to Afghanistan’s.
ARCTIC/Antarctic too. Via ARTIFACT etc too.
I think binini has given in something to return them which is valuable than them
History has always been about conquering and defeat there is no right or wrong
@Le Ef countries that give art back without a war is a first in history. You think Djengis Kahn ever gave something back? Most of the time you had to be happy you were still alive or not a slave
@Nat Birchall Those people were slaves and some were killed. It’s 2022 where is the glory of displaying things that were stolen from a weaker class of people? It was written that the East will rise so they will get all of their artifacts back eventually
If that’s true, you shouldn’t complain about immigration and crime that follows… The way of the world right?
@ Sky King you can do what ever you want that was the old history. Now we are starting a new kind of history one with accountibility or at least that’s what some try to achieve.
Mark my words
The British own to the whole world, they looted every corner of the world including my beloved country Afghanistan. They should shame to themselves.
Lol I have never heard anything Stolen was returned by the WEST don’t be fools all they have given you back is fake and this is to clear the stollen records on them
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Exactly … endless lies cheat steal or butchered Marches on. Or recolonized.
Congratulations to Nigerians!
Haha UK looted everything they have gave all UK bk other countries
Returned. Lol… endless stolen RESOURCES rich MINERALS deposits GOLD etc to lands theft or recolonized too??????. Via SOVEREIGN PALESTINIAN/SYRIAN TO AFGHAN TOO?
& VENEZUELA STOLEN GOLD & DEPOSITS TOO?
Nah just the Art. They should feel ashamed displaying stuff in their country that they didn’t make. The people of those countries should at least have their art back. Europeans can keep the rest of the things they got rich off
Palestinian/Syria returned too??????????? Or lol
Native’s American to ABORIGINALS too?
Samoan etc
ARCTIC/Antarctic too?
India should get theirs now that Sunak is in power.
Lmao
Hey.. remember India! Plz do the needful.
They will go bankrupt and grey listed on imf if they even dream of returning stuff back to India. Kohinoor for he start
Yet another ridiculous defense of blatant theft.
I wonder how such a defense would serve a common burglar?
Well, you see your honor, they couldn’t protect it so I stole it to keep it safe.
London, UK, the thief Capital of the world!
Wow.
Must be becoming difficult to maintain bronze polishing when economy is slow..so here they go out of UK. But never the gold n silver n gems
So Change your LAWS. The artifacts belong to the people of NIGERIA!
Britain is a criminal state-thieves , shame on them
The year is 2022.. A just thing UK did.. A Good Start.
Brits should return all the loot they ow..
Like a rising cloud and wind without rain
so is a man who boasts af a deceptive gift.
War spoils are not stolen items.
That museum should be boycotted. The people of India and Africa should be able to Enjoy their ancient art without flying to Europe. Doesn’t the Europeans have their own ancient Art to display?
What is war lol? Bullying nations that just want to live in piece
Hope uk repents….dont do it again uk !
And No one’s alive to know what was taken
Ok great now please can British museums return stolen artifacts back to Bangladesh and many other lands.
It’s about TIME!
Didn’t ISIS destroy all that stuff in Iraq,and destroyed at least 28 historical buildings. all the valuable items smuggled and sold to foreigners to finance the running of the Islamic State….there’s also 28 Rosetta stones….which one u want.
I have not heard a single reasonable explanation of why the British feel they can keep everything they plundered from all over the world.
RETURN IT ALL.
They wanted them and in their minds, no further explanation is needed. It’s the same way the Americans STOLE HAWAÍI and made it a state! The Hawaiian people are still fighting for their own Nationhood. I wish them success in reclaiming their Island and in sending these thieves packing!!!❤️
The longer The they hold unto them the more debilitating diseases they’ll get