Episode #156- What Became of the Benin Bronzes? (Part III)

Our Fake History

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🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In the last year the global conversation around the fate of the Benin Bronzes has shifted dramatically. In April of 2021 the German government announced that the vast majority of Benin Bronzes kept in German museums will be returned to Nigeria. This announcement was followed by a rash of other institutions making pledges to return objects that had been plundered from the Kingdom of Benin. Most recently, in March of 2022, America's Smithsonian institute pledged to return it's entire collection of Benin Bronzes. However, the one institution that has yet to commit to returning it's plundered artefacts is the British Museum, which holds the world's largest collection of Benin Bronzes. This is especially painful given Britain's role in the destruction of the Kingdom of Benin. How exactly did the the death of one British official result in the destruction of a 1000 year old city and the wholesale looting of Benin's heritage? Tune-in and find out how Maxim guns, turn of the century rockets, and one magical warrior all play a role in the story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Chris Howard from the Plugged in with Chris Howard podcast and I'm taking
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0:11.9	Hi everyone. Before we start today, I just wanted to let you all know that today's
0:16.2	episode of Our Fake History is going to be dealing with some very violent topics.
0:21.2	In particular, we're going to be talking about human sacrifice at one point in today's episode.
0:27.0	So, if you're listening with younger listeners or you simply do not want to hear that kind of a
0:34.8	podcast, then you may not want to listen to today's show. But if you're ready for something
0:41.4	like that, then please enjoy today's episode. Thanks.
0:45.2	There's a song in the Aedo language that is still sung to this very day.
0:58.6	The lyrics translate like this.
1:01.6	Quote, the eyes are red like crimson. When our king sat on the boat, the British dragging him to
1:08.8	their home do not humiliate me. It is forbidden against all people of Aedo. Any British army wherever
1:16.8	they are, wherever they took our father, they should bring him back to us. We, the Aedo people,
1:24.4	will never forget."
1:28.7	The song is a lament commemorating one of the saddest events in the history of the Kingdom of
1:34.5	Benin. It describes the moment when the last independent king of Benin, the oba ovan rumwen,
1:43.1	was sent into exile by the British. But the song is about more than just the loss of a king.
1:50.6	It's about the loss of independence, the loss of identity, and the unique feeling of humiliation
1:57.5	that comes with knowing that someone else has something of yours that means very little to them,
2:05.0	but absolutely everything to you. This song could just as easily be about the many treasures
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