tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847402189451612636.post5865315556111594064..comments2024-02-10T12:42:22.954+01:00Comments on A-ARTs: After Sotheby's controversial sales, great-grandson of another beneficiary discloses over thirty of 1897 looted Benin art piecesafricanartswithtajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423778773335111016noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847402189451612636.post-58459282235174455452012-09-16T09:33:16.048+01:002012-09-16T09:33:16.048+01:00There's no word that can be used to qualify a ...There's no word that can be used to qualify a thief. A thief will always remain a thief. The acquisition of these looted works is illegal and it must be returned to its country of origin and rightful owner. I just can't imagine how a country feel comfortable with what doesn't belong to them,or doesn't have connection with the pages of their history. The quest for the return of these artifact will still continue to resurface until adequate justice is practically done towards restitution and repatriation of stolen artifact that are forcefully taken from the Benin Kingdom. The invasion of Benin is unlawful,the looting and killing is unacceptable and also the desecration of religion, invasion of privacy, crime against humanity is criminalAdebambo Ademolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847402189451612636.post-38119328006931542312012-09-16T09:31:01.675+01:002012-09-16T09:31:01.675+01:00There no word that can be used to qualify a thief....There no word that can be used to qualify a thief. A thief will always remain a thief. The acquisition of these looted works is illegal and it must be returned to its country of origin and rightful owner. I just can't imagine how a country feel comfortable with what doesn't belong to them,or doesn't have connection with the pages of their history. The quest for the return of these artifact will still continue to resurface until adequate justice is practically done towards restitution and repatriation of stolen artifact that are forcefully taken from the Benin Kingdom. The invasion of Benin is unlawful,the looting and killing is unacceptable and also the desecration of religion, invasion of privacy, crime against humanity is criminal.Adebambo Ademolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847402189451612636.post-38848542726184696682012-06-30T11:14:58.700+01:002012-06-30T11:14:58.700+01:00How dare the Boston museum management state that t...How dare the Boston museum management state that the 'gifts' meet all legal standard. It is clear that the artefacts are the proceeds of criminal activity and the only rightful course of action is to return them to the lawful owners.Toyin Agbetuhttp://www.ligali.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847402189451612636.post-51659910830560844062012-06-29T18:15:04.087+01:002012-06-29T18:15:04.087+01:00The corrupt and looting cabal at the helm of power...The corrupt and looting cabal at the helm of power in Nigeria are only interested in one thing and one thing alone: HOW TO ROB THE COUNTRY BLIND JUST LIKE THE LOOTERS OF OUR ARTIFACTS DID BACK IN THE DAY. <br /><br />Until there's a responsible and accountable government in place in Nigeria, the job of soliciting for the return of our looted artifacts rests on the shoulders of concerned individuals and private organizations.Monday Midnitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730918920975811167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847402189451612636.post-77695995386218799262012-06-29T13:49:15.116+01:002012-06-29T13:49:15.116+01:00Obviously, the artefacts which seem to have come f...Obviously, the artefacts which seem to have come from the notorious 1897 invasion of Benin must be returned to the rightful owners, the Royal Family of Benin. Any suggestion that there are no legal problems with acquisitions from the criminal invasion is simply not true and those who express such views know they are not correct. We have stated in several articles the objections to the continued illegal detention or retention of African, particularly the Benin, artefacts in the West. <br /><br />The Boston Museum of Fine Art has had a brush with Italy over looted artefacts from Italy and had been obliged to return some of the looted objects. But we should take note of the attitude and methods of the Italians that finally secured the return of their artefacts: they used threats of cutting of co-operation with museums that hold their looted objects, they pursued legal actions and used pressure, they tried an American curator who was in jail for a while, they visited the museums and made studies of the objects that were widely published in the media. In short, Italy did all it could and obtained success. Is Nigeria going to learn from the successful experience of Italy? Has there been an approach from the Nigerians to the Italians in this matter or are they still taking advice and training from the very institutions that are illegally holding Nigerian artefacts?DR.KWAME OPOKUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807521316037049823noreply@blogger.com