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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by shamecurls(m): 10:25am On May 20, 2018
Even if they bring everything back, Nigeria n's will sell it back to them

Artifacts leaving the shores steady
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by ollah2: 10:25am On May 20, 2018
Black panther recreated.
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Nobody: 10:25am On May 20, 2018
It was sold to them


I can bet all my money on it






Even though na 3k dey my akant
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by evanstical: 10:25am On May 20, 2018
godfatherx:
Was it stolen or made a gift by the Oba of Benin?
I'm sure the Oba in council are aware of the presence of those artifacts at the museum. Do some background check befhore crying wolf.

Did you read where it said they British came to Nigeria in1789 and looted the artifacts through punitive measure?
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by AdolfHitlerxXx: 10:25am On May 20, 2018
He should have behaved like Killmonger did in Black Panther angry angry angry
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by dynicks(m): 10:26am On May 20, 2018
HtwoOw:
Ya, you went there to ask them to return it with immediate effect

Bros abeg, who be you ??


Jumaji ?
or kill monger in black panther...?
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by erico2k2(m): 10:26am On May 20, 2018
maishai:
Brother , there is more value they being in the british museum, where do you want to keep those artifacts in nigeria, they will just rot to clay, search Nairaland for our so called artifacts that have not made their way out of Nigeria and all you get is abandoned artifacts carrying dust of ages, Just cut cap for the white man for valueing what the average black man considers voodoo......If a black man displays those artifacts i see , u go think say you dey Okija shrine
Not at all bro, you need to see how these things work, they will be loaned to museum across the globe, this is what India china and the rest of the world are doing, The British Zoo even loan Giant Pandas from Asia.

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by erico2k2(m): 10:27am On May 20, 2018
evanstical:


Did you read where it said they British came to Nigeria in1789 and looted the artifacts through punitive measure?
Don't mind that ill informed fellow!
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Danzazzausambo(m): 10:28am On May 20, 2018
How have the idols we still have in Nigeria helped us? Please give us another story jor. Do you know what Africans have stolen and transmitted by transmission and omission from the whites? Let's have some omission Transmission please.
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by mypains: 10:28am On May 20, 2018
YOUNGELDER1:
They should please return them.
can you now see that these whites are thieves? They stole from the blacks and Africans but when yahoo boys deal with them, they use their media power to blow up our TV screens and paint a picture like they are saints.

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Bnladan(m): 10:28am On May 20, 2018
So this man believed wat DAT woman said in black panther. Oya come home and collect some vibranium so u can hv some supernatural powers and claim ur ancestor's artifacts grin

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by lastempero: 10:29am On May 20, 2018
Instead of u to return buhari to daura na artifact wey go carry evil spirit come back to naija u are after sad

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Xisnin(m): 10:30am On May 20, 2018
humblenature:
lipsrsealed

"The greatest fraud/theft the world has ever know was perpetrated by the romans and the British"

Pls Britain, bring back all our stolen artifacts. You are still keeping thousands of them.

Is it your own?. Ehn answer me?

You took us slavery, took our territory and now you give us freedom. True Freedom is not given.

If we are free then why are you still stealing from us?... Why can't you leave us alone?

Must we be gay like you?.. Is it by force? You also want to steal our morality?

Please you have your own sculptors.. Pls return our piece of art before I.......

This makes no sense.

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by gonkin(m): 10:30am On May 20, 2018
It wasn't stolen by the foreigners. It was stolen by indigenes and sold to foreigner.

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by abbeyty(m): 10:30am On May 20, 2018
The guy for steal am back and retien it to Nigeria
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by mywells: 10:31am On May 20, 2018
If they return it then the yahoo yahoo boys would return all the money they've collected from these whites
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Thewesterner(m): 10:33am On May 20, 2018
OneKinGuy:
Returning it back to Nigeria will just add more spiritual problems for us. Lets just leave it there for the time being undecided
What do you mean by 'spiritual problems for you'.... Please explain in details

























God deliver us from mental slavery

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by erico2k2(m): 10:33am On May 20, 2018
Xisnin:


This makes no sense.
I think it does, I sure you can see where he is coming from. The British are bad like that and yes the Romans took loads, The Romans are the Brits too!
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by erico2k2(m): 10:34am On May 20, 2018
mywells:
If they return it then the yahoo yahoo boys would return all the money they've collected from these whites
Fair deal aha grin grin
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by musicwriter(m): 10:35am On May 20, 2018
“punitive expedition.”

Historians and Africans should stop using the above word that the British has put in our mouths through indoctrination a.k.a education. The so called punitive expeditions were ''stealing expeditions'' carried out all over the world in their greedy quest for world domination. The right word to use is stealing expedition or war of conquest.

How could it be a punitive expedition; when?

In 1887, the British dethroned king Jaja of Opobo and forced him to exile for refusing to allow British monopoly on commodity trade in his kingdom.

In 1861, the British threatened Oba of Lagos, Oba Dosunmu with war for refusing to sign a treaty surrendering Lagos to them as British protectorate. He later succumbed and gave up Lagos as a British protectorate.

In 1895, the British dethroned king Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe and sent him to exile for refusing to accept an exploitative contract term from the royal Niger company- a British colonial monopoly.

In 1735, a British delegation shot Oba Oresoyen in his palace for being stubborn and refusing to take instruction from Queen of England.

In 1897, the British dethroned Oba Ovonramwen of Bini kingdom and sent him to exile after unsuccessful attempts to lure him to surrender his kingdom to slavery. After he was exiled, the British called a meeting of the community, and in a triumphant tone, they said “you see, your King is gone!. From today, you have only one King and her name is Queen Victoria. Henceforth, she’s the only one you shall pay tributes to”.

In 1894, the British exiled king Nana of Itsekiri to Ghana and took over his oil palm factory and cocoa plantation.

In 1896, the British exiled king Prempeh I of Ashanti kingdom for refusing to offer them 50,000 ounces of gold at once, even as the king was begging them he can pay in installments starting with an initial 680 ounces down payment. The British took the 680 initial deposit from him and reneged from the agreement. Finally, the head of the British expedition ordered king Prempeh to vacate his seat and to sit on the floor. When king Prempeh sat on the floor, he sat on Prempeh's official seat and started verbally abusing the king, the Ashanti kingdom, and black people in general with all sorts of derogatory words. When he was done abusing the king, he asked the king to come forward to kiss his boots (his right and left foot) and the king did so. After humiliating the king in the presence of the whole village, he sent him to exile to Seychelles.

Note that king Prempeh did not owe Britain any gold as he didn’t have any business with them; rather, the British heard his official seat was made of real gold, they got jealous and wanted some of the gold. When Prempeh refused to give them gold, they threatened him to provide gold or have his kingdom invaded. The king under fear of exile signed he would provide the gold, but he didn’t have all of the gold at once.

In 1899, the British exiled king Mwanga II of Buganda a.k.a the Kabaka of Buganda to Seychelles. He was dethroned for refusing to convert to Christianity and also for refusing to sign a treaty with Lord Lugard granting Britain power over taxes in his kingdom and trade to the Imperial British East Africa Company.

In 1899, the British shot and wounded king Kabalega of Bunyoro in his palace for refusing to surrender his kingdom to colonialism. He was exiled to the Seychelles and the British installed a puppet king.

In 1883, the British pressured Oba Awujale Fidipote to exile in Epe, after threatening military invasion of his kingdom.

In 1896, the British sent Queen Yaa Asantewaa to exile to the Seychelles for refusing to submit to imperial rule. Queen Yaa Asantewa fought gallantly and was only defeated by a fortified British expeditionary force.

In 1891, the British dethroned and exiled king Waiyaki Wa Hinga. King Waiyaki had earlier made an agreement with the British to allow them settle peacefully in his land. As usual, the British reneged from the agreement few month later, and wanted everything in his kingdom including his seat. A fight ensued and they hit king Waiyaki with (simi) dagger on his head, and planned to take him to court for prosecution. On the way to the court they changed their mind and decided to bury him alive instead. Till today, nobody knows where they buried him.

In 1835, the British captured and beheaded king Hintsa in South Africa. He was of the Xhosa tribe. The queen of England asked that his skull be brought to her palace in London, and it was done. Till today, nobody knows where they buried him or where his skull is.

The list of dethroned and exiled African kings is endless. There must have been over 2,500 of such cases as ancient Africa was ruled by kings. Every single African king had to be dethroned or exiled for his kingdom to be enslaved. The French, Germans, Spanish, Portuguese, also have their share of these crimes in Africa.

Details at open letter to African kings and traditional rulers http://www.africason.com/2017/03/open-letter-to-african-kings.html

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by mywells: 10:35am On May 20, 2018
erico2k2:

Fair deal aha grin grin
lol
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Temple1288(m): 10:36am On May 20, 2018
One thing I know is that the Brits are rogues and thieves, that's why they don't make decisions in the world, they only stay on the sidelines looking for where to pitch their tents. They should return those stolen things
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Ddy(m): 10:36am On May 20, 2018
HtwoOw:
Ya, you went there to ask them to return it with immediate effect

Bros abeg, who be you ??


Jumaji ?

He is a couragious man......who are u?

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by erico2k2(m): 10:38am On May 20, 2018
musicwriter:


Historians and Africans should stop using the above word that the British has put in our mouths through indoctrination a.k.a education. The so called punitive expeditions were ''stealing expeditions'' carried out all over the world in their greedy quest for world domination.
exactly, this is very well documented here. however it should be noted that these where not stolen by the British govt but private merchants who sailed across the world. The came back the GB with whatever the find and sell to the man on the streets back then. If you refuse to hand over you get shot. Same tactic the Germans used against eh Jews in terms of their paintings etc!
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by millomaniac: 10:39am On May 20, 2018
dainformant:
A Nigerian man visited the British Museum to request that the Benin kingdom artifacts which were allegedly stolen since the 1980's, be returned. The entrepreneur and philanthropist, Ambassador Dion Osagie from Edo state - revealed that his visit to the museum on the quest of recovering the items was worth more than anything to him.

The British museum boasts the second largest collection of art from the Benin kingdom after the Ethnological Museum in Berlin.

It has been reported that the British Museum will host a summit along with other European museums to discuss the return of bronze artifacts looted in 1897 from the kingdom of Benin, now southern Nigeria. It will conduct negotiations with Nigeria and Benin about returning the items which are expected to go on permanent display in Benin City.

In the late 19th century, Britain sought to wipe out the kingdom of Benin in what became known as the “punitive expedition.” When Oba Ovonramwen, then ruler of Benin, imposed customs duties on goods leaving the territory, Britain sent 1,200 soldiers to destroy the kingdom as a form of reparations for the colonial power.

The city was set on fire and hundreds of trinkets, bronze sculptures, and valuables were stolen and later handed to the British government. Through trade and art dealership, these artifacts have mostly ended up in Germany and the United States.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/05/stolen-benin-kingdom-artifacts-spotted-at-a-british-museum.html

Please let them hold it for us until we fix our leadership over here. No need to bring it back only for it to disappear this time the location will be unknown.

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Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by khadaffi(m): 10:39am On May 20, 2018
If am correct most of those artifacts if returned should go to the oba's palace and not the museum.
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by loomer: 10:40am On May 20, 2018
na stolen or collected?
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by dfrost: 10:40am On May 20, 2018
HtwoOw:
Ya, you went there to ask them to return it with immediate effect

Bros abeg, who be you ??

Jumaji ?

Killmonger cheesy. The guy wan form Black Panther
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by freeDR(m): 10:41am On May 20, 2018
OneKinGuy:
Returning it back to Nigeria will just add more spiritual problems for us. Lets just leave it there for the time being undecided
You spoke from a place of ignorance.
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Dearlord(m): 10:41am On May 20, 2018
OneKinGuy:
Returning it back to Nigeria will just add more spiritual problems for us. Lets just leave it there for the time being undecided

Bro, u funny.
U and spiritual are like five and six
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Viking007(m): 10:41am On May 20, 2018
doctokwus:
Won't these wonderful art works be appreciated more abroad?
I rather feel whatever negotiation should be about these bronze works being kept and exhibited abroad while an annual levy be paid to the original Benin kingdom owners.
Very few in Nigeria can take out time to go view it in Benin or wherever else in Nigeria,asides many not appreciating their value.
Well said.
Re: Nigerian Man Visits British Museum, Spots Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts. Photos by Nobody: 10:42am On May 20, 2018
So many uneducated people on this thread, luckily for them I ain’t wasting my time typing shit for em cus they can’t comprehend it cheesy cheesy

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