Blood and Bronze: unveiling the British Empire's brutality in Nigeria

Name: Blood and Bronze: unveiling the British Empire's brutality in Nigeria
Uploaded: 2022-06-14T09:53:11+00:00

Issued on: 14/06/2022 - 11:54

The famed "Benin Bronzes"-- the placques looted by the British Empire during the sack of Benin in 1897, that are now at the British Museum. © public domain

In his book "Blood and Bronze: the British Empire and the Sack of Benin", historian Paddy Docherty uses the British archives to re-construct the 1897 sacking of the Kingdom of #Benin in what is now #Nigeria. He discovers more about the brutality meted out by the British by then-consul George Annesley, including complicity in raping Ekang, a Nigerian Nigerian woman. This crime was known in the highest office — that of the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury himself -- but was conveniently swept under the carpet. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3HlwgYE