Scramble for Africa 12b: The British Sack Benin in 1897
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
March 11, 20221h 22m
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Show Notes
Using Dan Hicks’s 2020 book The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution, Justin tells the story of how the British destroyed Benin, stole their stuff, and put it in museums. It’s part of the story of the British Scramble for West Africa, but we give it its own episode to show … <a href="https://podur.org/2022/03/11/scramble-for-africa-12b-the-british-sack-benin-in-1897/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Scramble for Africa 12b: The British Sack Benin in 1897"</span></a>