{"id":2450678,"date":"2025-06-23T08:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-repatriated-artifacts-to-africa-have-the-priceless-objects-now-disappeared-completely\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T08:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:46:14","slug":"liberals-repatriated-artifacts-to-africa-have-the-priceless-objects-now-disappeared-completely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-repatriated-artifacts-to-africa-have-the-priceless-objects-now-disappeared-completely\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals &#8216;Repatriated&#8217; Artifacts to Africa &#8211; Have the Priceless Objects Now Disappeared Completely?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberals-repatriated-artifacts-to-africa-have-the-priceless-objects-now-disappeared-completely%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2450678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the controversy surrounding the repatriation of the Benin Bronzes, a collection of historic sculptures from the West African Kingdom of Benin, which were taken by colonial powers and have since been housed in various Western museums, including the British Museum.Recently,the Horniman Museum in London returned some of these artifacts to Nigeria,leading to claims that they would be managed by the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>however, the article suggests that these bronzes are not publicly displayed in Nigeria and raises questions about the legitimacy of the return, asserting that they were originally traded away by the ancestors of the current Oba of Benin in exchange for slaves. The author criticizes what they see as a misguided attempt by Western activists to rectify historical wrongs, claiming it highlights a flawed narrative that portrays non-Western cultures as innocent victims incapable of wrongdoing.The piece argues that such portrayals can perpetuate a form of racism by infantilizing other cultures, thereby ignoring their complex histories and actions. Ultimately, the article suggests that the repatriation of artifacts like the Benin Bronzes is not as straightforward as it may seem, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reflecting broader themes<\/a> of morality, guilt, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-the-new-york-times-praising-hitler-is-fine-but-running-republican-op-eds-gets-you-the-boot\/\" title=\"NY Times: Hitler Praise Allowed, Republican Op-Eds Banned\">historical accountability<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If there is a sphere seen by the public eye, leftists will find a way to use it as an outlet for virtue signaling.<\/p>\n<p>Taken the Benin Bronzes, for example. The set of sculptures date back to the 1500s from the West African Kingdom of Benin, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/about-us\/british-museum-story\/contested-objects-collection\/benin-bronzes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Museum<\/a>&rsquo;s display of some of these sculptures. In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/museums-need-a-new-approach-to-restitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spectator<\/a> reported another set of Benin Bronzes had been &ldquo;repatriated&rdquo; by the Horniman Museum in London, England, to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Curators were told the Benin Bronzes would be seen to by the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nigerian-brothers-helped-jussie-smollett-stage-hoax-call-star-big-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigeria<\/a>, a body that seeks to preserve the country&rsquo;s past.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You can find some on Benin Bronzes, metal plaques that were made by craftsmen in the Kingdom of Benin, shortly after the Portuguese first arrived in 1485 and started trading with them.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the Portuguese soldier on one of these! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7SvJHHCDsH\">https:\/\/t.co\/7SvJHHCDsH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sNFaC67Zih\">pic.twitter.com\/sNFaC67Zih<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aristocratic Fury (@LandsknechtPike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LandsknechtPike\/status\/1908805008449056799?\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Spectator reported, however, that the sculptures are nowhere to be found by the public. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed an official statement saying they belonged to the Oba of Benin, not the commission. The evidence does not look promising that they are on display anywhere in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The story gets better.<\/p>\n<p>How did the ancestors of the Oba depart with the Benin Bronzes? They were traded to the Portuguese for slaves, most likely, says the Spectator.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, a group of guilty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-executive-order-make-english-official-us-language-rescind-clinton-era-federal-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a> leftists gave priceless artifacts back to a country who then gave them to a man whose family willingly gave them away for slaves.<\/p>\n<p>The Spectator reported that this magnificently idiotic decision is indicative of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-english-teacher-downplays-holocaust\/\" title=\"High School English Teacher Downplays Holocaust\">broader trend<\/a> by activists to pressure curators and museums to return artifacts to their country of origin.<\/p>\n<p>The example of the Benin Bronzes speaks to the broader liberal ethos of oppressed and oppressor. If the Western world has something, it took it by force. The non-Western world was surely at its mercy, being the victim of thievery, oppression, or worse.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s inconceivable that the rest of the world &mdash; in this case the Kingdom of Benin &mdash; could have been pursuing nefarious ends by departing with the bronzes, such as by trading slaves. Surely the evil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/european-union-considers-using-nuclear-option-member-nation-banned-lgbt-pride-parades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europeans<\/a> were just looting and plundering from a peaceful and harmonious people who only wished to be left alone.<\/p>\n<p>Now it is time to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wallstreetbets-keith-gill-testifies-over-gamestop-saga-what-i-did-no-different-than-discussing-stock-at-a-bar\/\" title=\"WallStreetBets\u2019 Keith Gill Testifies Over GameStop Saga: What I Did No Different Than Discussing Stock At A Bar\">give back<\/a> what is owed.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, this mentality toward the non-Westerners breeds its own type of racism despite trying to combat exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>Western leftists infantilize the rest of the world by declaring they are incapable of such great evils as slavery, warfare, and genocide. These are an innocent, childlike people, according to the left.<\/p>\n<p>It is only the West that is capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/government-settles-ashli-babbitt-suit-destroying-evil-partisan-narrative-justified-outrageous-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evil<\/a>, so goes that view.<\/p>\n<p>The Benin Bronzes are exemplary of the inaccuracy of this outlook.<\/p>\n<p>The Oba probably laughed, shook his head in disbelief, and gladly took back the Benin Bronzes his ancestors departed with, having secured a tremendous deal.<\/p>\n<p>His ancestors got their slaves, he got the sculptures back, and the Western world, in all its stupidity, probably felt like it was doing a good thing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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A case in point is the Benin Bronzes, a collection of sculptures from the 1500s originating from the West African Kingdom of Benin, as noted by the British Museum. In April, The Spectator reported that another set of these bronzes was &#8220;repatriated&#8221; by London&#8217;s Horniman Museum to Nigeria. Curators indicated that they would be managed by Nigeria&#8217;s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, which aims to preserve the nation&#8217;s heritage. However, The Spectator also mentioned that these sculptures are currently not accessible to the public in Nigeria. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari stated they rightfully belong to the Oba of Benin rather than the commission. Furthermore, it&#8217;s suggested that these bronzes were traded to Portuguese slave traders by ancestors of the Oba. This situation highlights a broader trend where activists pressure museums to return artifacts based on a narrative of oppression and victimhood-implying Western nations acquired items through force while non-Western societies were merely victims without agency or wrongdoing in their histories. This perspective can inadvertently perpetuate a form of racism by portraying non-Westerners as incapable of moral failings like slavery or warfare while solely blaming Western nations for historical injustices. The irony lies in how this dynamic plays out: while seeking justice through repatriation efforts, it overlooks complex historical realities and may lead those involved in such exchanges to feel justified despite their questionable origins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2450679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Benin-Bronze.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5716,41931,47462,6069,21014],"class_list":["post-2450678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-africa","tag-artifacts","tag-cultural-heritage","tag-liberals","tag-repatriation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Benin-Bronze.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450682,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450678\/revisions\/2450682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}