Comments on: Growing demand for return of Benin Bronzes

By: Edo Unity League

Edo Unity League — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:37:23 +0000

The demand for the return of looted Benin artefacts has assumed an international dimension with groups around the world especially in the United States of America already collating signatories with a view to filling a case against Britain at the International Court of Justice.

By: Ire

Ire — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:09:42 +0000

Culture is a totality of a people’s language, food, religion and lifestyle.
The Benin artefacts IS the Bini’s culture.

If there were ‘carted’ away by a people who invaded their land decades ago then, carl, they personally ‘need’ to get them back!

If the people of Benin aided Britain in raiding its people as slaves as you claim, did they also aid them in ‘carting away’ these artefacts which they worship?

‘Africans around the world lost a lot’ good thing you realise that! Can you return all they lost; their sweat, their lives, their dignity? No.

The least you can do is to return their stolen artefacts!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:54:48 +0000

I don’t personally feel that the slave trade has anything to do with the Bronzes – quite aside from anything else, one of the strongest arguments for the return of the bronzes is simply the manner in which they were taken from Africa in the first place.

By: Carla

Carla — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:30:12 +0000

I personly think that they don’t need to get anything back they had a big hand in the slave trade africans around the world loss a lot more they and still have there culture