AFROMET


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AFROMETAssociation for the Return of Maqdala Ethiopian Treasures
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Instead of kowtowing to the whims, caprices and demands of those who hold Africa's cultural heritage in captivity, a sub-continent-wide strategy like AFROMET should be adopted to mount ceaseless pressure on those who continue to refuse (sometimes with a touch of arrogance and disrespect) even to contemplate the return of African people's "priceless portion" and "irreplaceable masterpieces" of their inheritance.
Restitution of antiquities to Sub-Saharan Africa: the booty and captivity: a study of some of the unsuccessful efforts to retrieve cultural objects purloined in the age of imperialism in Africa
Pankhurst on Afromet website (www.afromet.org): 'Tewodros's "barbaric" crown'.
The gold crown of Magdala: among the most spectacular items looted by the British from the fortress of Magdala in Ethiopia in 1868 after the suicide of King Theodore are a crown and chalice of solid gold. Now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, their origin, date and purpose have always been a mystery, which is elucidated here
This brings the total of returned Magdala items to 12, five in the last three years, an astonishing success for the Association for the Return of Magdala Ethiopian Treasures (AFROMET) that, as its name suggests, campaigns for the return of Magdala treasures.
Ethiopia: no plane to carry obelisk home? After 50 years of broken promises, the Italian government is still failing to deliver on its pledge to send home Ethiopia's famous obelisk. Gail Warden reports
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