http://www.elginism.com/20070530/757/ Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles or Sculptures) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.elginism.com/20070530/757/comment-page-1/#comment-5035 DR.KWAME OPOKU Tue, 13 May 2008 19:12:22 +0000 http://www.elginism.com/20070530/757/#comment-5035 No amount of mental gymnastics will change the hard facts of British imperial history. Unless MacGregor is thinking of re-writing history and at the same time burning all history and reference books,including those published by the British Museum, he is wasting his time by calling for new histories. This reminds one of the attempts made by some dictatorial European regimes to re-write their own history. We read at page 97, The Collections of the British Museum,(ed.) David M.Wilson,published by The British Museum Press 1989 the following: "The Asante's skill in casting gold by the lost-wax method,and the use of elaborately worked gold to adorn the king and his servants is represented by many superb pieces which came to the Museum after British military intervention in Asante in 1874,1896 and 1900". By what kind of mental contorsions or interpretation can one avoid the plain meaning of this text? Can we evade the interpretation that after three military intervention by the British army, the British Museum acquired elaborately worked gold pieces from Asante? I have decided to buy very quickly good books on British colonial history before this idea of re-writing or revising history catches on and accounts on coloinial history are made to suit the new viision of the Britiah Museum. Kwame Opoku. No amount of mental gymnastics will change the hard facts of British imperial history. Unless MacGregor is thinking of re-writing history and at the same time burning all history and reference books,including those published by the British Museum, he is wasting his time by calling for new histories. This reminds one of the attempts made by some dictatorial European regimes to re-write their own history.
We read at page 97, The Collections of the British Museum,(ed.) David M.Wilson,published by The British Museum Press 1989 the following:
“The Asante’s skill in casting gold by the lost-wax method,and the use of elaborately worked gold to adorn the king and his servants is represented by many superb pieces which came to the Museum after British military intervention in Asante in 1874,1896 and 1900″. By what kind of mental contorsions or interpretation can one avoid the plain meaning of this text? Can we evade the interpretation that after three military intervention by the British army, the British Museum acquired elaborately worked gold pieces from Asante?
I have decided to buy very quickly good books on British colonial history before this idea of re-writing or revising history catches on and accounts on coloinial history are made to suit the new viision of the Britiah Museum.
Kwame Opoku.

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