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a th i feel like helen and diamond to come to south africa. you have to understand the colonial amendments. i would say was that while we were in control, we've got guns, we can say what we want. i mean, so same as rape you just me because taking up to someone, someone with to get away and then making sure that she did receive in the music industry, the shipment, minerals and you've taken advantage of what we did not know, but eventually we're going to reconvene whatever is out there used that they tend

to never can people the disposition of their land and the theft of the wealth of african people. the logic to it was that we were less than human beings and bring them back artifacts. gold, gold, diamonds. the list goes on colonialism, a world that evokes misery and anger amongst africans. decades later, western countries still set with valuable, stolen from african soil, some worth millions, others, priceless and ancestral value. the find to been the looted treasures home continue . one come to african, now i'm point clear. last week we were in k, where we showcase the growing refugee crisis across africa. there are at present around 30000000 asylum seekers and turn displayed people and refugees across the continent. many the result of conflicts sponsored by western powers and which been spiraled out of control,

climate change and dwindling resources have further field the ongoing humanitarian disaster. if you missed the show, you can find it on any of the social media handles on the screen. this week we come to you from south africa's leading history museum into 100. it should showcase the rich cost of both the country and the continent. but instead of gracing these show some of the museums most important artifacts on display, in museum in western countries. they say a diamond is a gold best friend, but far from being a friend, one of the world's most famous diamonds has caused nothing but heartache, anguish, and repairable loss to its home town. the story begins back in january 19 o 5. when a glitch in the ground turned out to be the biggest rock uncut diamond the world had ever seen. it was not far from here in a town called collin michel property. at the time the mine belong to

a european businessman and the diamond was put on sale in london and eventually gifted to king edward the 7. today cause to return the diamonds have become a national debate. voices are becoming louder. one of them is the economic freedom fighters, a south african opposition political party that has always been vocal in fighting against colonial atrocities and for reparation. and the return of african antiquities city think that western influence has had any kind of positive impact on the continent or elevated africa in any way. look, listed incidents in african continent has not been positive in terms of if you look at the deep seated problems that have happened. i mean, wisdom, society entered africa was a presumption that it is culturally socially entirely political. and it was on that basis that they rationalized the abuse that the effected on african people,

the disposition of their land. and the theft of the wealth of african people in the logic to it was that we were less than human beings. so the influences premise don't us not being worthy of being within so called videos or categories of humans . we did not to print, you saw from one lantern by just paid to the capital. it proven quantum. me, we did not encroach land with their fences which not to sit in things in western ways, and therefore that made us list increments. so there is no wisdom influence that is a positive in terms of the life of african people. and do you think that post colonial atrocity should pets just be forgotten and we move on from there can be forgotten because if you look at the condition that people live in today, they stem from what happened during colonialism. so you can say we must forget, but continue to determine the life of people today. can forget that we were pleased in specific faces in terms of land which result in us living in checks can forget that have been excluded from formula education deliberately. so therefore,

now we clinical, anticipating the corporate sector, sophisticated forms of economic organize because it's deliberate and the development of all people prefer to say, must get that without progressing all of the impacts of colonialism is illogical. so it can be forgotten until the material changes. i mean, 12 people, reparations are paid, and we ensure that we are able to compete at the same level as those colonizer speaking about the valuables that have been taken care from africa. of course you have the color and diamond which today's part of the crown jewels. what is your party's policy on that look? wish that the be noted was shown by the british monarchy for that trust his, the in impacted on african people across the continent. and even in other lands for indigenous people in india and america and arrogance is to patricia williams, still keeping the counsel which was stolen from certificate to keeping a lot of gold, which has stolen from the african continent, another mineral wealth. so there's just

a lack of remorse for them to not be able to attend those basic things that we know . it was a foreclosure that still remains that they have communions has head after defeating him. so there's a lot that needs to be done in terms of reparation. didn't cruise that had 10 moment wealth, and artifacts that belong to african people that indigenous people all over the world. have you had any response to your claims has been noticed sponsor to that? we saw that prince charles made a general marker before leading up to the funeral of elizabeth, seeing that we have a complex issue with africa, was no confession as to the fact that it is be neutral to committed a person at a particular level will continue to have an impact on our people in that these 2 nurses, their wealth is built on the blacks with african slaves. so there's been noticed bonds besides vague statements that directly implicate to participate in the crimes that they very well know they've committed. how do you think, bringing back the diamond will actually help south africa look or symbolic he could

be assigned to the most as if it's monica, but also with a lot of money. it could contribute to small skill development in the life of african people had, could show that relation to being totally rebuilt between those colonized us and those were colonized in concord. so i think the impact would be much more symbolical than anything else. but the candidate monetary value of that diamond could be used to elevate the student debt. and so the kid could be used called housing in certain areas or improve. i want to infrastructure energy to for selection. so much could be done with it, but as symbolically it would be a step in the right that excellent, reversing one of those times. i want to see the town of collin and is today a far cry on the palaces of the united kingdom, where it has found its home as part of a jewel. it's a prime example of how the waste treated africa as a playground. or should i say, treasure hunt? we visited the birthplace of this controversial find. return our stolen design.

that's what lake couldn't elizabeth did, prompted many african to demand. and it's yeah. with the vault biggest uncut diamond. which forms part of the british, one of the keys collection was found. although this is something that kind of been township celebrate. it has but nothing, but tears and anger. the tongue continues to languish and slams. while the british royal house was stolen, billions on top of the heads and the cold in them. one mind is, does the mind that we know that this and doing nothing at all and doing a little, in fact, because of its things that are not giving me hope. and she said to the community as a little light, i know. and for the fact that the one that we are the mind that we're talking about, that has produced one of the biggest demons in the world. but the community is

still suffering even today. so remember blinks. where, where, where are the ones where linking those mice ensuring your, your eyes and you know, doing those? yes. so if what was really, honestly, whatever that the blacks out working with their own bad, the oldest lived. so no admin has discovered that, but again, you must remember that most of the mining industry or specifically the time and industry has killed that market for us to even cut did here locally. so bring it to bring a big for what it is still going to come back here to say no, it's back then take it back to england. to cut it you process to do their jewelry is and whatever. then if doesn't the room to be realized,

i wish to live when that day comes. but the diamond one come back. but the only thing that the mind that can do here is to develop this area, develop its people socially and otherwise take them to school. because we let lots of things here. we spoke to cas bishop, an independent media dentist in the united kingdom, and got his comings by christian, welcome to african new sch. can you share a little bit of a history of how western countries have been stealing from africa? well, i can say as low as gone on in the last century, i'm from where your city in john is going to the mediterranean sea. i'm in our artifacts. are precious stones, they were precious pieces of art that we just take it. we have to understand the colonial mentality was that, well, we're, we're in control, we've got guns, we can say what we want to know on is that to say otherwise. and, and in that time,

in the last say, 150 years before the continent to independence there's, there's a lot of stuff taken again with almost with impunity. but the colon diamond was little bit more complicated the map, but essentially you'd have to argue that it was kind of at the same rate. now did the colon and diamond eventually end up in the united kingdom. they decided the, the then minority government it's or that goes out to give it, to the british government, believe it or not, to heal the wounds of the anglo boy war. which ended the turn of the century. but this was in 19 o 7 as i right. when you think about it, i mean, your country was devastated by warm and you're giving somebody to somebody else to heal the wounds. the victors release of this. but anyway,

and so they got this diamond from the, there is a story behind it in the fact that they said they were going to send it by ship to england. and essentially, what happened was they, they used the ship as a decoy, actually as other than that there was nothing on the ship. and they sent the color diamond by a parcel post. imagine my royal mail. it's, do you think it can boil family with support when they getting the government back? is example for you. i don't know the, you know this, your history. but during the war, a plan to take nelson's column in london and take it down and rebuild it as a trophy or if that happened and years later, you know, the war was over. friends again, you know, will never be great to go out. lloyd nelson back up and where he was before and i was just like you know,

that spot of our heritage and i can see it same way. i mean, i can see why that but, but again, my, my thing about it is, yeah, it's a quick fix. why one, i just there. i mean it's not like the roll from the short of my, it's not like, you know, they going to miss it. they got plenty of gems. some of the in the queens private election, they went on by the state and send it back. but again i, i myself, i would say ok, let's make something of it. let's make it a tourist attraction. let's make it into a way in which people get money out of it that way or which people can create wealth or rather otherwise was it due to sits in a glass case in another country is and she came in again to get the diamond back. what do you think, whether or not they're going to go back to africa? i don't know. it's a very complicated situation. i mean, one would have thought in the current time of the role families, not sure,

diamonds and jewels, although i would say, okay, they, you know, i think that in some ways it's very sensitive and to the role from them. and you look at it when the queen died, charles was as shaken as a people, and i saw this bit of television and some guy said, you're spending millions on your mother's funeral of our money. and here we are. we're struggling to pay our bills and our electricity bill, which is true, but avoid lo, my gosh, you know, go when is that? yeah, i mean the ro, family is living on another level and a sensitive to the will of beagle as us. but then again, i mean, doesn't getting lost or is this debate will never even come up. but um, yeah, i mean it's, i just think the world's going to grow up sometimes. so. okay. all right,

let's it right you, this is your, i mean simple as it would be. we'd have to, there's libra and i don't they, the sector in the crime. and then a guy with security is america, and it's a done deal is not like rocket science, but the united kingdom is guilty, not only for taking the kind of him diamond recently, it returned zimbabwe and we're skulls, that western colonialists focus trophies during the colonial laws we travel now to neighboring some bob way, way, although many are happy with the return of a skull. it doesn't change history. behind me is this take you over symbolic was famous liberation, war hero known as we are now. honda also remains are also believed to have been taken by the british and are set to be returned back to the country with the remaining skulls. zimbabwe is preparing for the return of a worry as calls that were taken as trophies during deliberations struggle against

a british colonial rule, a development that has led the whole country into jubilation. these are our heroes . we can be happy here after independence. when we have the remains of cornish nor heroes remaining outside the country, we want them brought their home and given a decent area, because already we know that there they are. 11 remains for national heroes that had now been identified, well, not by name, but he said that the officer bobby in origin. it keeps us reminded that we once com good. by a do i simpler the resume and, and if it that we are not independent here without those remains the next us appear like we haven't completed the origin that it's not all about bringing back some of that about taking down who are the people that we want to put they on

statues that they have accomplish something year in namibia. think about it in terms of that. instead of everybody getting angry, okay, find the statute remove. the statue is gone, we don't need the statue, they, we can make way for something out there, but i mean, we know it's not to get upset for the statue. that's been the move. how i feel about it is i personally feel like the state of good from french. well, we're supposed to be taken down. we, we back in independence when we became independence. 92, we in still in the powers under minority in the people that suffered a code for friendship. so i, i can see that point of view and you know, if it gets removed to probably go somewhere we, where we go to view history like them like a museum. we switched the lever a place to for people to sailors to see what the past was. people to know those characters were and so on. so i can, i can understand that from that point of view,

i just don't think it's a good idea to try and hide your history or trying to remove it to try and reshape things. yes, it is a blessing to see that after a 120 years, it use the some kind of believe in hoping restored. you know, people on the stage is being removed. it's a very big, big, big move for the people of the country. they felt the trauma in the paid. yes, the suffering in the page, not going to be removed. but it is. this is one step closer to justice in peace, into unity into bring back the color. i appreciate the culture. the discussion of repatriation is not about objects also about the people they are suffering and the rights to an identity. multi public debate is mostly focused and after you can ought to optics tell only half the story. the continued suffering of african people calls the reef that says lead to the strong need for name changes the like on the country road that i'm standing currently in picks we've got is like

a se misread formerly known as sa, with st. then you name on is a leading figure in deliberation history off. so the africa basically got his psych same. it was the founding member of the african national congress, the agency, and he later served as president general of the organization. the street is also home to, to the house. the agencies that had quoted we had the studio of africa historian and south african sculptor the t cut and truly, to gain more insight on his use of stolen african antiquities. for many is western countries and bay history books have portrayed africans as an civilized than and educated people. yet they still still are valuables. i twigs and ideas. i'm with african sculpture pick and duly so whom the 5 to get these odd pieces back to africa is real. it touches the very core of his work. has any l. c. work been

stolen by western countries and i to in some pieces it was stolen. air when i was in swaziland and even when i was up in the u. k. i think about twice where the paintings and the drone in the just kind of frame disappeared, but i was flattered, but some would love my wife. how would you feel if it had been and your art was sitting in western museums? yeah, i think that one of the most kind of a very painful in how a work of art is born. the 10 oil is the struggles, the juggling that takes place in some will is mind in order to produce over art. and after all of that struggle in all the power, yo, it benefits of somebody else. it says about one of the most coolest things that can be visited upon a talented person or even an ordinary person. and why do you feel western countries

are still holding on to these treasures? there was a hold on to this ambiguity because they are worth a lot of money and to the very great day, you know, works of art. and they know that as long as the human race in i exist there, those pieces are going to play a very vital in the road or food or chasing us in keeping us, you know, in line, in terms of where the 3 things we are capable of doing and what measures do you think africans have taken to get our valuables back and do you think we ever wall? i think a m a visually, the, several, kansas alan losing a some of the things because the very natives will that ablaze are beginning to raise questions about their countries in theft. i think radially not all of the works would be to 10 of course, but a lot of works will be in,

you know, the attend. but the politics of art and the politics of, for nationally, teens and nation stages list. remember in late the 77, when all african countries held 1st dark, the festival of ads in culture, all of them, not even any west in or 5 eastern media area in the attendance that they needed one, the symbol of the india mosque. i voted my schooner from nigeria that presented that we would like to have that as our same of unique g o, loan it to us then if you don't, the even refused to loan that dean for symbolically these works. a powerful politically and a drudge western countries portrayed africans as uncivilized, an uneducated people in history books. what do you make of that? i think further crystal can only be answered by

a low poet that you care with. down see was laid now. who said they give you what they can no longer hold, right? people are invited to a party, they eat your stomach 1st and then your memory. that's what corona resume, as it is done. so people like those are not going to give you something unless they no longer a you know, need it. and why is african art so special as an african artist yourself? what message are you trying to convey through your art and sculpt tank? i mean, my own it is going to do it is, you know, spirits are going to do is good. he tried to g, you could do with a, a know my life as a political either animal was meant for an early death or to man is to, in the, to survive. it is more concerned the one that one the global unified math awards.

it also got to do with bones and beads. it's more about the issue of an equal world because african cultures, eco viable wells that you've been created. that is why, when a child is born, you don't even cut the umbilical cord. you wait for it to drop and then you're going to bury that beautiful cotton planted tree to link a child you know to the tree. i am. so b, c of the mother of the hyena. i'm program our mother the member sneak in a so that whoever tags them august the hyena, it's a, i'm a conservationist. they all are probably going to change it up to tom boyar. la, don't produce the rivers. everything is about a co viability. that's what our culture is of what my at in a seems to be a i wanted to address the scramble for africa and its resources over the past, centuries had left a trail of devastation in its wake from planet minerals to stolen artifacts. the

voices from the continent are determined to be heard. what that brings us to the end of this week, so we hope you enjoyed it. next week we will explore the search for alternative currencies to the american dollar. by african countries. please feel free to reach out with you ideas as we'd love to hear your input and feedback. you can always catch us on odyssey for one tick, tock. well that's it from me in the team, from here on the tip of the african continent until next week saline ghastly. stay . well ah ah

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