Yes Great Britain invaded Benin in february 1897, but that was because the Benin people attacked and killed the British acting consul general of the Niger coast protectorate, James R. Philips, 6 other Britons and dozens of Africans that were coming with him (Philips) on a peaceful visit to Benin. The attack took place at Ugbine on 4th January 1897. The Benin historian, Jacob Eghareba noted in his book A SHORT HISTORY OF BENIN page 44, that in about the year 1818 a certain Osargue was sent to Akure by Oba Osewede. While in Akure Osargue was killed on the orders of the Deji of Akure, because of this Benin invaded Akure and after a long battle, the Deji of Akure was killed and his head was sent to the Oba in Benin. So stop blaming Great Britain for invading Benin, you guys did the same to Akure and other places.

​@@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nzpeaceful 😂😂😂 are u kidding me? Read your history well

My friend, don't be overcome by emotion, be rational in what you say. Bronze is an alloy made up of copper and tin. Copper ore and tin ore are not native to Benin or Edo state. In Nigeria copper ore and tin ore are only found in the middle belt region areas of Plateau and Bauchi states. Even the people of these areas couldn't mine them, let alone processing them to bronzes. The Portuguese traded with the peoples of West and Central Africa from the 15th century to the early part of the 19th century. The Portuguese gave the Africans MANILAS (a bronze object having the shape of a horse shoe ) in exchange for whatever they traded on. The Portuguese merchants gave the agents of the Benin rulers these MANILAS which the Benin people melted in furnaces using the lost wax technique to make the Benin bronzes. The truth is that, before the Portuguese arrived, Benin people carved on wood. Perhaps with Portuguese advice and tutorship they started to melt the MANILAS to make statues that will stand the test of time. There are some Benin bronzes that feature the Portuguese merchants and the manila objects. A clear testimony to the fact that the Portuguese were supplying the raw material (MANILAS) which the Benin people used in making the bronzes. So David Attenborough, known as Sir David Attenborough since 1985, was not racist or bias in his narration.

⁠@@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nzwe supply them crude and they supply us with the finished product, does that make us the creator of of the finished product? If whatever raw material was melted, then they’re the originators. What makes you think that they were not already trading with the north? Are you aware that A Nigerian built the sphinx?? If they had that intellectual might that was exported to Egypt, don’t be fooled because there is no documented proof of the advancement from black Africans

He wasn't claiming that in the video, he was quoting the common consensus at the time. 7:40

​​@@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nz He said the Portuguese didn't teach them how to craft, not that they didn't supply them bronze. Iron metallurgy had been prevalent throughout subsaharan Africa for thousands of years. Bronze is even easier to work with.

Because Africans believe to much on black magic for protection. Instead of using their brain to create legit weapons.

He narrates about animals being killed by other animals with the same level of sociopathic detachment he used in his imperialistic propaganda documentaries.

I have to agree, this is how they justify there evil.

Very nice narrative. Black man always complaining. Many residents in benin don't even know there is a memorial stones where these men were killed. Can't eďo govt turn it to tourism?

@@NoahBodze racist fool!

@@NoahBodze I don’t know where you got that information. You sound insane and stupid. Get off your keyboard and enjoy the fresh air of the outdoors.

@@NoahBodze You seem obsessed. Don’t come to African history videos to bash us. Get a life.

Don’t mind them, anything good must be European, so ridiculous. Those sculpted works were forms of documenting of event, they even documented the Activities of the Portuguese when they arrived Benin for trade.

@@NoahBodze if you want to live pray nothin push we the Benin to see the British as enemy and reject Jesus and accepted our spiritual power your head will be use for sacrifice

Ehya sorry

The Romans made bronze statues 1500 years prior. Eventually that knowledge would get into a bustling city t hat earned money off the slave trade when most of those "works of art" were made.

@@Bonzi_Buddy lol you're as ignorant as most Europeans I've met. when the Portuguese first came to the bight of Benin along the coast, they themselves accounted for how advanced the kingdom was, with an organized army, defense structure, and carefully made streets that had lamps to light them up at night. I can trace my family back 800 to 900 years even before the Portuguese came around. we have a god called Ogun which literally translates to the god of iron, a god my people have worshipped since the oghiso dynasty. our history didn't start when Europeans made contact.

The biggest joke ever 😂

Am telling you

lol. the truth is not in those videos claiming Benin was some peaceful place set upon by the British either. They were engaging in human sacrifice back in those days, rich off the slave trade and they got what was coming to them for the era in which they lived.

@@Bonzi_Buddy funny human sacrifice was banned qnd rare Qnd they abolished the slave trade halfway through the century

@@poebidaugustang4331 They were forced to abolish exports of slaves by the British which was not what happened in practice. Benin was doing Benin things until it was crushed by the British and forced into doing what the British demanded. You want to downplay their very willing role in the slave trade? It was a way to deal with their enemies.... enslave them and get rid of them. It is effective and that's why it was done.

@@poebidaugustang4331 it was literally called the city of blood, they had pits full of human sacrifice... idk what history you guys be searching for. must be a echo chamber of bias to always paint the picture of being oppressed... truth hurts just deal with the facts and move on.