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On stolen stuff and other treasures, by Andrew Heavens, author of The Prince and the Plunder, a book about how Britain took an Ethiopian boy and piles of loot
Apr 10, 2023 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
🧵1/11 Lord Hannan of Kingsclere @DanielJHannan fired off a broadside in yesterday's @Telegraph in the war against Britain's "Great Awokening" - a conflict fought on all sides with snippets of history and weaponised quotes. At least one of his quotes looked a bit odd ... Image 🧵2/11 He said Britain's decision to end slavery enraged Africa's chiefs, including the ruler of Bonny, who said: "This trade must go on. That is the verdict of our oracle and priests. They say that your country, however great, can never stop a trade ordained by God himself." Image
Oct 13, 2022 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
🧵1/11 Another big day for loot in the UK's House of Lords. The headline - during a debate, most speakers said museums should be allowed "to do the right thing" and return loot. Things are shifting. The Elgin Marbles and Ethiopia's treasures could be back sooner than you think... 2/11 The basics. There are laws that stop some big UK museums returning artefacts. Even when the @V_and_A says it wants to return stolen things to, for example, Ethiopia, it is not allowed to do so. Today's debate, called by ex culture minister @edvaizey, challenged those laws.
Mar 30, 2022 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
1/10 Today, Britain's House of Lords debated whether the British Museum should return 11 Tabots - sacred altar tablets - that were stolen from Ethiopia during Britain's military 'expedition' there in 1868. @BishopWorcester @SteveTheQuip @britishmuseum @alulapan 2/10 Basic background: Tabots are sacred to Ethiopian Orthodox Christians. The British Museum has promised it will never display or study them - they are locked in a room. Nevertheless, it has refused to return them. It says it is considering 'loaning' them to a church in the UK.
Mar 30, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
It's a big day for Ethiopian plunder in Britain's House of Lords today #ethiopia #magdala #maqdala #tabots @britishmuseum @FrMcLuckie whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal38035 Lord Carey (the ex Archbishop of Canterbury) will be asking his question on the "Return to Ethiopia of 11 sacred altar tablets held by the British Museum" some time after 3pm UK time (1400 GMT). Watch it live here parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/33…