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Blood and Bronze

von Paddy Docherty

History Non-Fiction Art

ISBN

9781787384569

Verlag

Hurst & Company

Erschienen

01.03.2022

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Stichwörter

Benin Bronzes British Museum Kingdom of Benin West Africa Nigeria Imperial Violence 1897 British Invasion Victorian Era Colonial History African Resistance British Empire Repatriation Cultural Heritage Art History Historical Narrative Non-Fiction African History British History Museum Studies Cultural Plunder Ethical Repatriation Paddy Docherty Historical Account Imperialism Artifacts Cultural Identity Historical Justice African Art British Colonialism Historical Ethics Cultural Politics

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The famous Benin Bronzes are among the most prized possessions of the British Museum. Celebrated for their great beauty, they embody the history, myth and artistry of the ancient Kingdom of Benin, once the most powerful in West Africa and now part of Nigeria. But despite their renown, little has been written about the brutal act of imperial violence through which the Bronzes were plundered. This incisive new history tells that neglected story: the 1897 British invasion of Benin. Diving into the archives, Blood and Bronze sets the assault on Benin in its late Victorian context. As Britain faced new commercial and strategic pressures on its power elsewhere, it ruthlessly expanded its rule in West Africa. Revealing both the extent of African resistance and previously concealed British outrages, this is a definitive account of the conquest and destruction of Benin. By laying bare the Empire's true motives and its violent means, Paddy Docherty demolishes any moral claim for Britain retaining the Bronzes, and makes a passionate case for their immediate repatriation to Nigeria.