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Here is a link to my op-ed published in Thursday's Daily Telegraph — and below is the text as a THREAD (1/34)
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I had always believed what I’d been told about the Benin Bronzes. That the British punitive expedition against Benin City (today in Edo State, Nigeria) was a necessary reprisal against a bloody massacre. That there was a grim justification to the looting of the city
(3/34) in February 1897, because the Government needed to auction African artefacts to defray the costs of the naval operation. That taking the spoils of war is a human universal, so special pleading in the case of the Kingdom of Benin would only open a Pandora’s box.
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It's been a busy week around the publication of #TheBrutishMuseums - here's a quick summary of some of the key media coverage in case you missed some of it!

1/ On Tuesday I spoke to @AaronBastani for @novaramedia Image
2/ Yesterday I published this op-ed on returning the Benin Bronzes in the Daily Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-se…
3/ On Thursday there was also this write-up of #BrutishMuseums for Libération - "Diplomatie muséale britannique et restitution des objets d’art volés " libeafrica4.blogs.liberation.fr/2020/11/05/dip… Image
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