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will benzine of fin living, sophocles, now seemingly with, he's still an activist, but now his fight is with the french state. he believes it still behaving like a quantity of power in africa, but good or modelling who was, although is a leader of an african social escort. all those little members in europe and africa, to regular hookups, to discuss politics and strategy that go with, you know, bullies are to be difficult. they're fighting for the return of their cultural heritage. without it, they believe africa will never know it's true. self law missile, could you read? i did. did with love, do that for you free. i did food before. he bought his le poorly contrib la city. diffuse across the ballpark. the bridge duality just come of we'll is say, bigler, salo, pizza. see a list you mendelson separately, so going to receive ah, but it's not that simple. here in france, the return of cultural objects has long been to bu topic. then in 2017, the subject became a heated national token point when president macro, shortly after his election, visited africa and made a radical chromos. betsy mosley, john nippers. it's unique mold on the good extreme tv it in music or pap. jessica, did she st. gone like on the show, her knee for the list, it is shown below with definitive defects him one african honestly but for years on only 2 objects have been returned declared sunday, monday, ma quintal, new sunday maneuver. dinner was having come to trump. will you teach on bunch vol, joseph, villain, don, is he sick of him? and michael, last year was lulu took matters into his own hands, starting in paris above a local business. like this always had a good one. he began beek at the k. bromley museum, which has tens of thousands of objects from africa, got a lot of those. i'm, is it sill assembled that well beat logic did possible sit on the vulnerability to which i've been tied up with. then in marseilles, he snatched an object from the museum, live streaming the entire start to his followers on line. that dumpster may go on there from edinburgh complete, mythical job called or 50, thank to know who they do and or to get up. yes, i did. you really don't know who i thought even tried it on in the world's most famous museum. the loop with that he got arrested. he even went to the netherlands, where he actually managed to get a sculpture outside the museum. but he didn't get far. i don't think vickery on a different bug wasn't working, but up regarding with a stick on his actions are very political. i don't sing this man is trying to steal anything from any museum is point is to show that there is a problem and nobody's speaking about it. but all the factor murray cecile dancer is a curator of contemporary african art. her family comes from france and the tiny west african nation of been aim. she is objects are part of our history and explain who we were. so they're very, very important. it's very symbolical, it's not really a question you know, for money are important. so financially important because some of these objects are very precious, some of them not at all, but the thing is, is that they tell us who we are. ah, identity is the heart of oddest romeo movie, hammons work. born in africa. he now lives in france. his family is west african royalty missouri. romeo, his great great grandfather was king by honda in and what is now the nation of beneath komar der model for from the offer your or lula since suggestion? since young folk, off the circle of the support we've offered vialva selected by longer enough, will you all fall school us we're sick of go for a month. yeah. yeah, yeah. home button, laguna yacoma true. normally be a fit for to for the said buffer from cooper high school or been in his father said in 1892, facing fierce resistance from by hanson, the french army, invaded the kingdom, forcing him and his family into exile. they then pillaged the palace, taking everything from thrones to tunics before ringing the lute back to france. can you see it says object to it, but it did really the last year in the month. the recall notice it didn't menu federalism blocker. romeo takes me to see just a few blocks away. this is the work amazing. already click on the log scale paintings on lynn and i hand painted copies of photographs of his family showing their journey into exile. this is your family color cops. i mean say from a mama, the mag, if a builder i can see you actually have put yourself in here as we say, no more college. why ya and how they do little pulse? take your cal fisher to lulu by solo or what is in many, often do sincerely those we need to forgive. i see man not fit within. you know, this one is quite striking image. he's painted one of the most potent symbols of the keys to fate and empty through art. but speaker pay hope was on that was all set up sauce. know what? like one sort of sessional walk is susan movie. the shish was, he mentioned it, but with us what follows fish only mentioned on some, on new hopes on fish, thrones and other objects looted from ramirez ancestors, ended up here in the cable on the museum francis biggest ethnographic collection born in new caledonia emanuel casa error, is the 1st indigenous born president of a major french museum. i was let him and i think we are traveling through that when you did it here we. we are little island passing by wonderful peers from vinyl on for the museum has a collection of 70000 objects from africa, most port to france during its colonial rule, with some of these a form for mom, french colonies in africa. how did these come into the museums plus one of the main problem re, re, re fade the moment? the good time when these things was, was, his object were brought to paris. people to take very much into account. the way it was acquired was a big problems research on the take a moment trying to trace back. but it's quite difficult if they are acquired illegally or eligible that this is our duty to put the case to the head of said, saying we should look at this situation and then the parliament will decide on further action to be done in the heart of the museum a sum of the objects littered from the name by the inviting french statues, doors, and thrones thrown here. this is fur, quite spectacular. yeah, huge. the manual says before the french army reached the palace, king bay, hans, and set it alight. the soldiers rescued the objects inside essentially though alluded, but at the same time saved and away, sir. yes, i'm quite uncomplicated here. so always because it was looted of for sure. the same time these object wouldn't be there. the palace was completely destroyed by the fire. romeo feels toned about the objects ending up in the museum. when will i for your 1st visit? we are informed to recall young through nearly all founder was isab sheila, also newman for why so alpha met. all men don't seem to suit reporter news to opp, oscar see is it there by law? boy, imagine it is on this volume. see or supervisor to see you pick on place. work ah, microns bolt promised to send african artifacts home has put other european countries on. notice. mike france, germany's museums hold tens of thousands of objects from africa. but unlike in france, there is a lively debate here about the country's colonial record. in downtown berlin, activist and academic joshua kweisi wants to show me how traces of germany's colonial past still linger in the city. there is the site where the german chancellor bismark invited all the other european from your powers, and the u. s. and the ottoman empire to come and discuss the carving up of the african continent. the meetings began here in 1884. there were no representatives from the african continent. there was nobody actually from the territories that were carved up. european nations competed with each other to grab land and resources. and so general colonies were and what us today target, which includes what us today gonna come rule out what will then call germany south africa today. libya, all of these places experienced brutal german crony rule. germany's time as a colonial power was short, really 40 years later, it was forced to hand over its territories to the victors of world war one. but artifacts collected during that time, still fillets, museums. joshua wants them dealt with in the same way as the art stolen by the nazis. all we demand is that inside germany gained from that part of its history need to be extended to include the dealings with colonial history and looted art of that era. and is simply wrong that his objects are there with, i'm heading to hand to say some sculptures that have become the symbol of looted colonial lot. many african artifacts arrived in the port of hamburg in the 19th century. among them were some benign bronzes. these are sculptures and carvings looted by the british in 1897 after a bloody war and benign city in present day nigeria was quite an incredible building. yeah, it was an open 3. 1912. okay. and you have been aim bronzes here as well? yes. mm. hm, quite an interesting collection of about 170 pieces. doctor barbara plank and steiner is a world expert on the been aim. bronzes. oh, wow. yeah, this is her conservation of this new took them 3 of ours our for inspection. so this is one of these are yes, blacks, very characteristic for the meaning growing. aren't they tell a lot about the history and assume you, sir. normally our culture a, the statues on actually or bronze. some are made of iron brass and ivory. so this is, i'm assuming one piece of ivory that's been carved. yes. and it's actually a stuffed up is, has been used in certain ceremonies where with a little ivory stick, he would knock on it. the intricate sculptures documented court life for over 500 years hanging on palace walls. and so this hybrid had we date into the 19th century range. there is in lay and b, i is the pupils are in late this ira. i am, you know, iron is a very powerful material. the sheer number and quality of the work is, are exceptional. there might be about 5000 works in most prominent museum tolls all over the walls. in these, the national campaign for the return of the benign bronzes to nigeria has been gathering pace and it's causing big headaches for germany's newest and most expensive cultural project. the humbled form in berlin was still under construction when we visited it's collection of non european art in artifacts. is one of the richest in the world. in the years, it's taken to build this massive museum. controversy has raged over what to do with its colonial collection. herman, passing a heads one of the foundations which manages the humboldt until very few years ago . the colonial history of germany was not for the charming population for some really an issue wasn't really a problem. and of course the situation changed. we have much more people from africa living in germany, the immigrants and so on, so they cannot anymore ignore this. the humboldt forum has the 2nd largest collection of benign bronzes after the british museum over $500.00 objects. the museum has been under immense public pressure not to display them. you plan to exhibit some of the benign bronzes i hear how do you do that ethically knowing that, that these objects were learned? both these objects are going to be exposed to story behind this objects will be taught the launching and everything. it's important that be if not a lacuna, an empty space here on, on, on benin or, or leaving been completely and putting a complete other topic from our collections into scullery. recently the german government said it wants to return a number of bronzes to nigeria. but things should go back, but how many things go back and which things go back and which things can be shown here in the homewood form and in other places. i think this has to be sorted in a dialogue with responsible persons in nigeria. i think this is the important thing which we have to solve. ah, we call it restrictions easy. europe's museums are opening up and was only d. a bombs are, is on the mode. we track him down in portugal where he is being followed by another meeting. a team with probably do orders were valuable to got a bit of a document, but philip his live streaming, his every move is vicky dipped, he doesn't look a what you call began colonizing parts of africa as early as the 1400s. one of the 1st european countries to do so muzzle lou and his colleagues want to remind people of that history with his 1st target is the museum of ethnology, which holds many african objects. mozilla is looking for objects taken during those early days of portugal. colonization look almost only tough i to with most of us come on to meet cuts off. i mean, we soccer comments. he finds these pot leads from angola, but they're not very old, and he can't get at them as you get out of the museum, buffy pierce to laugh if you really are due to p. s. u so about mattie supplemented testing isabella on said he saw the place before credit but he took. ready ways to fuzzy mall upon the button of economists up asking for jimmy dumont, overlap him, smith, beth allen, and he's also dessler. and so his son and his elbow, c. e n. good luck with those it bullshit. then it bill is on 40. was all it leaves empty handed, but his local network has another plan other than the day. so he's actually with his next target is the national museum of antique garage. it has an exhibition with 16th century african objects but again, he has no luck. well, yes, it should be sooner. a good sort of it. a bit of relief. he's growing media profile is working against him. he believes museum staff refused him entry because they recognized him as opposed to the next day. he makes one final attempt. hello, mila. he's giving up finance it's going to measure possible to get that. it goes as you want those who bodies as well from so know if he's eligible to shows a bela a resume badging with light loss. g 3, ease off to macros. pledge francis parliament passed the law to return 27 objects to africa. 26 back to the nation of beneath. among them these objects looted from romeo's ancestors. i think it's a very story cola moment, shaw, french museum because of 1st time by the so many object code been given back. snow be hand of something that's the beginning of something new. france has no immediate plans to return other african objects, but says it supports long term cooperation with african countries on returns. if it's a 1st step, it's historical. it's very important. it's a most symbolical thing into. if it's the only step, well, it's $27.00 objects, you know it's, it's nothing that i think will need at 10 to 20 years to understand if this was an absolute revolution, or if it was just a speech in 2017 for army or the return of the throne. his ancestors, once sat on and other items is long overdue. so is a come call is also a national it based on. he's all up engine, mom. no, no. a horse on to hold for thing. drew a frontal federal hand thing. some a fantastic actually office to me when is africa, if it's present, when take no point in africa, said to live on the look of what the humble fetters persona that in case you did i did on 200 d p was the ah diets define who we are, but who are we? 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