Britain pillaged so much from this world it should be sitting in some dank cell somewhere contemplating just what it did! However it sits there as one of the world’s strongest nations instead, built off the back of others suffering!
That country has stolen so much from many of the worlds cultures that it’s impossible it will ever be all given back to rightful owners BUT in this case there has been a small win.
African Eagle reported:
A Briton has returned two statues taken from the Benin Kingdom 117 years ago during the invasion of Benin by British soldiers, prompting calls for other treasures to be repatriated
The return of two artefact which were among those looted from the palace of the Oba of Benin, Edo State, during the punitive expedition/invasion of the Benin Empire in 1897 by British soldiers led by Captain Philip Walker, yesterday elicited a congratulatory message from the House of Representatives to the Benin monarch, Omo Onoba N’edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa 1.
This followed the passing of a resolution following a motion sponsored by the House Minority Whip, Samson Osagie.
Osagie urged the House to appreciate the gesture of Dr. Mark Walker who decided, after painstaking inquiries from the Richard Lander society about their origin, to retrieve the artefacts and return them.
Ruling on the motion, the Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, congratulated the federal government and the Oba of Benin for the return of the artifacts.
And here they are in their full glory!
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