Africa, a continent that has been labeled as "dark" and "poor" for years could have never seen its current status of the "rising continent," without its immense treasures and natural resources. Nevertheless, resources have been a curse in most instances because of the developed world's incessant tendency of coming in and taking a piece. As a result, the continent is believed to have lost 95 percent of its cultural heritages and treasures to the developed world.
Henok Reta, 'Ethiopia: The Battle for History and Heritage', All Africa 29 March 2014.
If only we could recover some of the lost artefacts,we would be grateful. But there are cultivated persons in the Western world who argue that our looted artefacts should stay in the West. They do not consider that as Africans we are entitled to have our cultural objects like all other peoples.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet,they talk about human rights and human dignity.
Kwame Opoku