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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago

www.theguardian.com

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France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago

www.theguardian.com

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this month

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/world/p/751374/france-returns-sacred-talking-drum-looted-from-cote-divoire-over-100-years-ago

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  • MrSulu@lemmy.ml
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    Cmon UK, let’s follow suit. The London museum is lovely, but they aren’t our exhibits

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      B… Bu… But, the money!

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    Why did it took so long?

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      The optimistic answer would be: because they need to be sure the country receiving the artifact has the skills, resources and stability to preserve it for many decades to come.

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        except thats always an excuse and not a real answer.

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        Sounds extremely patronizing.

        I stole your car. I’ll return it when I think you’re ready to hold onto it responsibly.

        Western colonial powers do be that way.

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    That drum has some stories to tell. “Guess where I’ve been!”

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    oh em gee they returned one if the thousands of looted items… yayyyyyyyy… is France populated by saints or what…

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