it's important to have another child so there may be more worried about the future of children buying a house postponing marriage while working full time for the moment morena have a lot on their plate but that hasn't changed their wish to start a family of their own has soon as the time is right. and coming up next the documentary series the doc film called looking at the debate over turning into art european politics 1st. place where all set to go off their citizenship many of us were. as we take on the. all about the stories that matter to. the series going to. play you fire me.

and. you've. been going to see think there must be more local people. and then you look at this article above. the gulf loop for live when you're wrong but people if it's in a time of cultural heritage then you steal the soul. and then you can enslave them was this club. in the book shop in the south with. the hidden the big mo

what happened hollowed out society midtown to its hub it was dramatic and that wasn't even the worst that happened to the mets. yeah. monkey kind of miss new zealand you can't walk up in the soul of a people to use it at least that's no logical museums are like prison because friend music there is in their prisons you say that the was. a little. bit it was the 3rd.

to go. like that the banks of the warrior river on the edge of the coastal city of tijuana. last minute preparations are underway in a few days' time the most influential families into all out will be competing in a canoe race the anybody in the family yeah after. the contest is a traditional part of the annual gondo water festival. valère and pay is the chairman of the festival's board of elders he's checking up on progress only after the carved wooden figurehead known as the town gate is put in place kenny events begin the economy the tongue game is only put in place on saturday regime what were some of its the very last part of the preparations downtown their food it's not done at any old time traditionally it's done on the eve of the event and it's not done by any old person is if a fish is key to funnel object on merit as was eating alone. one of the people. and

the 10 kate is not merely decorative. it is a magical object keep out sides the outcome of the canoe race. the victory or defeat depends on it. the fed did up yaga the time gate contains the forces of the river's depths. open for dirk's review alan. to. come. up. with. one of these only made

figureheads was looted by german colonial powers in the 19th century that has your lack of alere pay these original elders have a deep respect for the cult of the tongue and of the dollar the issues of colonial looting war and the repatriation of african art is every bit as pressing a topic here as it is in europe you chop off all the skin i get the impression that our debate here tends to remain very eurocentric off option b. no one is talking to africans and asking them what they envisage what solutions they have in mind and want to sort of co-operation they would like to see is the repatriation of objects so that some of which are over 100 years old what matters most of them might they have other priorities figure speak to where not say all i am not saying that everything should be returned but if there are ones that were taken on the very own salary conditions i think they should be returned to their own good justification for the killing spree massacre and therefore to come and be

any justification for the continued retained for the consumer attention. to parks and. caltrans heritage was stripped away in a brutal fashion nothing can fill the void that was. lest. we set the ball that's why it's important that repatriation occurs. some there's no doubt that it would help reconcile a violently fractured society dilemma i think. in the late 19th century german and british colonialists were scrambling for influence on the coast of cameroon in $884.00 the dollar kings signed a treaty of protection with german trade representatives. but like crazy oppose the treaty several months later he felt the full force of germany's military muscle when german warships reached. under semper 21st 884

his village was attacked and torched at least 25 people lost their lives. the german consul max booth not wrote in his journal the house of la prison is being torn down a stirring striking image we are setting everything on fire. as booty books now took a wood carving from the house a tangle the futile boat ornaments belonging to luck preserve. when max book now returned to munich a year later he gave this tangay to the royal ethnographic collection today's 5 continents museum. a gift drenched in blood today over 100 years later curator stefan eyes and hoffa is grappling with the question of this wrongfully obtained objects ownership.

doesn't every dollar technology since the late 1990 s. professor prints come undone they both heard it has been demanding its return on the grounds that he is its rightful owner of yabrud he says she is old as are the duggar my niece is a donkey that belonged to my grandfather i am his successor so on harder. but the germans say that i am my grandfather's rightful heir. is woman and. i didn't mean city in southern nigeria. sadly in recent decades it's notoriety as a hub of human trafficking has eclipsed its centuries old reputation as a center of arts and crafts and specifically brands works. not far from the royal palace of the. street is a unesco world heritage site home of the guild of beneath bronze casters.

and local artist in a tear is visiting his friend a wayne in his bronze casting workshop it he uses the same method employed 700 years ago. ok with the last wax process molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created with a wax model once the mold is made the wax model is melted and drained away the process means that each work is unique but these days scrap metal is used as well as bronze is for me to walk on a review of the paris process which is to deposit to get to visual children though i can see a little bit of our former from history so we do good the references roll with a good bit over what size get out so cottle. now would buy again also i would put

it on it's got to mention he did too because the photographs go to show you one side yes but if you consider the goods also yes of course is all a brick surprised he didn't people feel most times he wants to eat he that's it part of our bodies he misses. 897 the kingdom of binning in today's nigeria was rich in palm oil rubber and ivory trade with the europeans was flourishing but the king was a thorn in the side of the british who wanted greater influence in what was the last independent kingdom in the region they sent a small expedition to been in-city it was ambushed on route leaving 7 british

officials dead in response the british launched a punitive expedition by a force of 1200 soldiers of the royal navy. the troops burned down towns and villages massacring local residents once they had captured the city they began looting its monuments and the royal palace ivory wood carvings masks bronze sculptures and really it's thousands of valuable artifacts were stolen shipped to europe and distributed to its major museums berlin ended up with one of the largest collections. the oba was sent into exile. to this day there has been little repatriation of these looted artifacts in 2000 prince aidoo and submitted a formal request to the british house of commons for restitution of a number of items in vain i think will want a tragic tone of those things where they belong here they said they were made. the

public. made them headed to every country. headed to the half not to hit the wall. things looted the vacuum. left. yes. the beneath the national museum showcases the history of the famous bin mean bronzes. museum director feel for those on the buy explains their significance while abroad head to where i was

a liberal blogs here and i would go usually used for their. shrines the past of the of all that is now roses removed not just for us that x. is. sick and really more t.v. seal and it tells the story. so the bronze castles were part of the crew the class of the history of good in the history of est. immortalized in bronze the newly renovated museum houses works made after the british conquest the older works are in europe and the us you are just taking our world have to tell our story . because part of the time. is so when living on trees. with a monkey is. with these when they're out there without culture we're british savages so and also for what is on the orgasm broads the change i'm not getting

about that. germany's ethnological museums are brimming with artifacts amassed overseas bought traded gifted and looted well over 1500000 of them. but only 5 percent have ever been put on display in many instances little is known about them beyond brief notes in the museum's inventories to whom did they originally belong what was their purpose provenance research can help shed light on their origins but often entails laborious detective work so that the linden museum stood guard is looking into the provenance of it's limited to a collection with the help of stephen issaka from the initiative heritage watch namibia would be for starters we would not know what in the stalls of european museums we would not we would not have the full inventory the

size the log of the markets and basically our museum storage is off some of the artifacts are increasingly in a state of disrepair because museums are unable to restore them and properly look after them via a big on. 2 objects have been exhibited in stuttgart just twice in over 100 years a bible and a whip from namibia. in 2013 the namibian embassy formally requested their return. german southwest africa 893. hendrik with boy lived in a village called han cons. he was the chief of a nama clan and a devout lutheran. driven by his religious ideals he rebelled against the cruelty of the colonial oppressors. that a part german colonial forces attacked and ransacked the village 80 people were

brutally murdered and the others taken by the soldiers who also made off with whip boys bible and cattle wept after the massacre which boy was forced to cooperate with the colonial authorities but he later led another uprising before he was killed in action in 1005. in the subsequent genocide over half the nama population was wiped out by german forces. boys bible and whip or donated to the linden museum in germany 117 years later they're about to return to namibia. why to send it's a talk on the today is the last day that these items will be exhibited in the news e.m.i. next week they'll be packed up we've had a special protective box made for them exhibits and i'll have it with me on the plane in.

february 29000 the delegation touches down in lynn talk to me in the morning. i am. hendrik with boys descendants are attending the reception. and the 50. 5 and. if.

a debate about the repatriation of stolen art has been raging in berlin for some time the rebuilt berlin city palace will house the humble of forum which will serve as the new home of the ethnological museum. but how many of its treasures are colonial blood antiquities. the home built form has brought the issue of looted art center stage. it's not the 1st time that berlin has been at the heart of a debate about. the african continent promised the colonial rulers wealth and power. colonial expansion was in full flow when in $884.00 german chancellor autozone bismarck invited

european diplomats to berlin for what would go down in history as the congo conference. there they drew up a framework to regulate european colonization and trade in africa overriding most existing forms of african autonomy and self governance britain france portugal belgium and germany all scrambled for their share they carved up the continent between them arbitrarily drawing up borders that partly exist to this day. many former colonies are still struggling to game economic independence to resolve lingering conflicts over those arbitrarily drawn borders and to overcome the sense of inferiority instilled in them by the colonial masters. there's a lot of colonial mentality people thinking. we have nothing we have nothing we were never anything but so right to be like the cannot must us in order to.

get it as human beings but this narrative is coming to falls. in the bar has opened his studio and been in city to young artists many of them explore the trauma of colonial rule in their creative work. was sad to see keep blends paint with sand from eagle in st the historical home of the bay name bronze casters. when you're preparing the back row with a scarf and black roll main thing itself always has to be difficult. so that is the connection on the soul and it'll be tricky because you have to go to the books too because we don't have the cisco object c.s.o. economies that relates to this thins one on one. so we must attend to stories concerning the queen on our deeds is and again our young people can see this

excellent representation which i mean by our sister wasn't as proud of. the queen is proud of because western art. is made up of subjects of 4 forms which are billions was. she going to be a spotless proud a little some level but even if because obama is powered by african masks you imagine how our africa come inspired by b. think i must but what i have come to see yeah but an estimated 95 percent of artifacts from the main currently housed in museums overseas were looted during the punitive expedition how are you going to make this things more legible the name has been calling for their return for more than a century but with no result the artifacts are scattered around the world it's a logistical challenge we want the artifacts book by all means who do speak to. you speak to the resume cross these do speak to the government to speak to someone

and get her an anastase collections don't belong to the various museums the museums can make recommendations for specific approaches of procedures but ultimately it's a political decision because the us effects are public as it is public museums in europe are generally custodians and therefore not in a position to make autonomous decisions about repatriation in 2010 useem director bob plank in china co-founded the beneath dialogue group museum directors and delegates from europe and nigeria meet annually to discuss efforts to reunite the binning works of art dispersed in collections around the world. i mean for me and we started many years ago we were thinking in terms of heaven and that's because museums would have been able to make such decisions themselves as money critic and what i would criticize about the painting dialogue group is the lack of transparency and the fact that still talking about prominent loans even though our

nigerian colleagues see that as a continuation of colonialist privilege and power structures basically the european museums are saying well if you don't agree to permanent loans then you won't get the bronzes back and become developed kind of put all of it within the law. that's why you're just belong to the house of the. now that the. north called whole see our military. and i look let's bring them in for us let me give you that. i do not think it is a war. yes to believe people want it all one to know and they will they want i'll treasure tom. in de neen city there is also disagreement over the best course of action clearly it will take more than initiatives like to be named dialogue group to resolve the problem.

a writer and professor of german language and literature prince coleman don't bed the 3rd has been calling for a return of his grandfather's tangay for over 20 years. when it was seized by monks in 1904 block pre-sale was head of the billy bennett people. the munich museum where it ended up wants proof that the prince is his rightful heir dissolved in that he would advise that they say they want proof of mans are in does them both bring in this i've gathered all the documents the germans require showing that i am not preserves rightful heir. he had so much that goes on this year for example in

1904 a better man and named me heir to the throne i was one of the repairs done the prince is an elite member of the belly ballot chiefdom he's a member of the family but he's not the king message but. the gonda water festival is getting started on a do one as incumbent kings have gathered. cotton batting is here to represent the delhi belly and then huge cloud. he has little interest in the tang game where the artifacts to be returned to cameroon it would serve to strengthen his rival common claim to the throne is. the power struggle in the been a benefactor only hampering the repatriation effort. the complexity distance who owns even if it's a complex matter. up. in our opinion there is insufficient evidence that the 3rd is not precisely just not successor. humans we most certainly

need further talks because they pleading with the official head of the bella bella family poland don't see it live in germany insists on a game shaping with a chieftains authorized person then that's me so then what so as with the question of lot of praise those succession is fraught with controversy it into while he had 32 sons so a number of potential successors including paul. he is most definitely not a descendant of last resort the germans don't even realise he doesn't even belong to what prisons family of 4 look for their lives he says here. it's very hard for us to get to the bottom of this conflict to. believe you know who for the question has to be resolved before we can return the artefact washington d.c. to people.

it might not have a high profile in europe but nigeria's contemporary art scene is one of the most vibrant in africa the neco art gallery in lagos opened in 2007 and has displayed work by more than 5000 artists. nneka o'quinn day as collection is the largest in west africa. she has her doubts about the return of the bin in bronzes. i we're ready to receive them that is the question. you want us as husband. has his own opinion. i respect your views and their. view is not what i think it should be ok we're not just risen the argument or we don't

have a place to keep them who told them to own what we meant if i wanted box i would build a place that is called him and so i will know for a while government to build a very more dam was 0 but we're told that they are not ready. you don't need a special place to keep it brooms deep is big data was secured this should be returned to the palace where distance with studio vision and most place i went to europe it was said to me where if you let us see that this is very time to you how are we sure they would not come over to you have a game today they will be sold to you by some people i bet those walk i and i get there maybe by now we are not to want to see it again if you look at the news right . you are allies that a lot of the european museums have been broken into i things have been stolen from

them in the past you realize that a lot of things have no behave on the web kat. but india is well aware that nigeria's art and culture institutions struggle with a lack of funding. plans for a new royal museum in benin city are progressing slowly due to limited financial resources. in 2000. 7 a bronze head of an obama looted from been in city sold for a record some of $4700000.00 u.s. dollars at southern bees beneath saw none of it you've made money from these things over the years over centuries by a bit keeping them i know how much i paid to endow the museums in the europe or in america and all of those things why don't you take some of the money i call my beautiful fortress. and i don't believe that the museum profited perhaps

conceptually the us effects were exhibited they were promoted and researched but that benefited everyone is a base of a misconception as to how public museums were. to collect preserve study educate and exhibit this is the mission of a public museum but museum director would have village has had to confront the question what are the ethics of exhibiting a sacred object a looted object like the town gate it's been on display here for over 40 years. should show we know that by today's standards munich came by the figurehead ethically not to mention good last year we reached out and commanded only got in touch with us now the ball is in courtship gets leaked out by by all means does it these are the logical museums are like prisons they're prisoners to get defended say what our soul was stalled and locked up and. we don't see these

artifacts as our hostages or prisoners they are objects that bring people together to solve a common this isn't because our ceremonial objects are not just ornamental doesn't become immediately looking at objects as a european cultural. but is a museum in cameroon the right home for the tongue either maryland bell thinks not . the co-founder of the contemporary art center do all art she believes art belongs among the people in marketplaces in villages. and. we need to reframe the museum question didn't we don't want to say good to the objects have been made hatfield said of him and now we'll lock them up somewhere out of the objects belong in a magazine and all the copies should be made and displayed in communal space and

see focus groups and of shit how do we accomplish this and on this is how can we use these copies of it to awaken a new historical narrative in the cockpits at the. it's the day of the gondola festivals kalu race the 10 day was put in pride of place during the night in a secret ritual still a the public is out in full force to support their teams. there was. right there 2 6. there was no anywhere are everywhere. around 50 rowers fit in the canoes each boat has a name out of the neighborhood of dido is in the beetle bus on the way the canoe with a green figurehead has won a number of races. to. look at once i get to interview.

the german delegation in the media is on its way to the desert town of kobe on my. hendrik with boys bible and with a returning hug with a military escort. the official handover is a state ceremony attended by visitors from across the country and a host of high ranking unity and. the titians. is brook mr seem deeply moved to see how much hendrick that voice bible and what it means to this country and especially him to me and i'm a little ashamed knowing that these objects will safeguard it more or less languishing in our collections for other 100 years. some new ones of us museums.

the moment arrives. the bible and the whip are back where they belong. we want those cultural objects back in our country so that our children can look study and be inspired by them. kendrick with boy is a national hero in it the children are taught about the freedom fighter who rebelled against the german colonial occupation was. his descendant singing praises of his heroism. shanter not unlike you i got the we'll show you the mas bring back everything we just not join us. in germany their knowledge meant of our difficult colonial past has taken far too long but it

has begun. it taken for this is the return of the it boy bible and whip after more than a 100 years far too long. and i'm deeply sorry for that. the bible and with is handed to the president of namibia. but there is an irony to the fact that the 1st major artifact to be returned by germany to africa was a bible brought by the german colonial masters to namibia and then stolen by them. is the repatriation of looted art nearly so much empty symbolism is it perhaps not more urgent to ask how colonial thinking still shapes politics what responsibility does europe have to africa will germany ever atone for the herero nama genocide. this is for our visa questions the politicians don't want to run so they'd rather simply return individual items and that worries me we need

a broader discussion about europe's colonial legacy for all parts see this got the ultimate goal is not simply to return as much as possible the goal is to systematically work through the issue widen access and nurture dialogue and work together as equal. partners because we don't even let them in a sense you're gonna hit on how easy will it be easy for the afghan to get a visa to go to your country. but in a world riven by inequality and injustice how much of a priority is the return of stolen art are there not more urgent problems that need solving for us power to now it's educational. for. let me mastic you from this angle we should teach our children our what i hate each

i'm not every child can travel to germany. i don't want to see the states seeing physically it's my do. you how you see it you feel it. when nigerian artist victoria he come into our visits europe and the us he makes a point of going to see the been in bronzes his ancestors as he calls them. and he posts them on instagram. probably without some of these raids maybe toward probably wouldn't have known the amount of work that was coming out from this part of the ward in that sense it was good because it's there where europeans are we are reflecting their society back dan was the same we were reflecting our society you know. it's it's new this is the latest on that i

guess it is up bras that i lost touch on that i cast from beneath this is the head of an obama and this is the crucifix in it so. now that we're talking about africa talking about been in bronze. i think they have donned our walk today have done their job they have shown toward they have seen the war do what i've seen them and i think they're kind of like thinking ok stand for us to go back home. you're. giving. the objects that was stolen the never play the. and society they want

to play a little bit society has changed in just a simple one that you have to bring them to life in the field and imbued them with energy again as they did their own despair because sort of question of restitution has to be considered within the context of today's hard to motivate the younger generation is that vision can develop their own emotional relationship with them. because their dungeon of us for a long list of is to the left the. the atlantic the news from across the while are taking part in today's race for the young people the figureheads are an integral part of the boats. was. the boat the tanguay and the rowers all one.

was. i at the end of the race they bring tanguay has won a narrow victory i wish it was still in that top i bash buddhists a figurehead illustrates the complexity of restitution and the debate surrounding it but there aren't always straightforward solution and perhaps we need to accept the fact that in some cases we won't find a solution at all those songs in the other just laughter i'm waiting. right was done that i can't they want to be arguments i've sent them documents public are frankly the target for trying i see them a minute and myself are no longer part of the ones near that have come initially and are so torn we can no longer act as that our collections came to us subs of no

west we have to face up to our responsibility called. in aid such justice must be done for people whose soldier was stolen from them who don't don't now. then as this once we have clarity museum and a way to reconciliation must be traumatized and reconciliation does not mean africans have to go to the on board farm in berlin to see their heritage. i'm so we don't just want to look at it is the reason that we want these objects to live here is that when does the object here. shift shift the shift to shift history that lives and breathes just the way it does at the annual eagle a festival in the new city of the festival includes a procession to the royal palace to reaffirm loyalty to the obama the palace that was destroyed and plundered in the british conquest of the name kingdom for over 120 years ago. just kills will do this you get this even

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