• Masterpieces of the Br... Episode 4/6 A look at the Benin bronzes and an exquisite bronze head known as the Head of Ife.
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@duchez4 жыл бұрын
"In 1897, over 2000 works of art were removed from Benin City in Nigeria after the city was destroyed by British troops." The correct word is STOLEN.
@pamelaparkin65654 жыл бұрын
@Frank DeFalco take one to know one dirty stinking low-life dog
@pamelaparkin65654 жыл бұрын
@Frank DeFalco that is what you did to your mother you still not better than the block race and the white man do not want you because you think you're white but you're not
@viraldashboard79364 жыл бұрын
The only value this art has, is to show the greatness of the whiteman, and the end of the slaving black. That is its only worth, worthless before being in the hands of the whites. Nothing but symbols of enslavement. Now they are symbols of freedom.
@theassassin93262 жыл бұрын
@@viraldashboard7936 worthless to who exactly? Not for the people in Nigeria who sure he'll want their art objects back!
@reginasmith62762 жыл бұрын
I can not believe this happened..What ya need to do is go to London and get your art work back !!! This is out of line !!!!!!!!!
@leratogundabe14544 жыл бұрын
I am just intrigued as a young black African of how much of our history is hidden from us
@natturner2774 жыл бұрын
A lot. There are a lot of archaeological excavations to do on the whole african continent.
@anaangel54344 жыл бұрын
The Black African culture and physical appearance are rich, intriguing, and beautiful. It has been hidden on purpose.
@leratogundabe14544 жыл бұрын
@@anaangel5434 thank you for that insight sir/ madam, very much appreciated👌👌
@Politicalprincessprincesspolit4 жыл бұрын
This is freakn sad....
@jiggadred4 жыл бұрын
Do the research you would be amazed at our greatness
@iAm2234 жыл бұрын
Master pieces of the British museum or master pieces of Africa
@muddyhotdog41034 жыл бұрын
Can't be both? Master pieces of Africa being showed in a British museum?
@bolzdk90324 жыл бұрын
10:00 he says the British museum mostly have copies.
@Yorubaddie3 жыл бұрын
Master pieces of Nigeria
@iAm2233 жыл бұрын
@@muddyhotdog4103 you tell me instead Africa is viewed as savages while yet producing masterpieces of all varieties cultures arts sciences HUMANITY.. maybe the British crown should display their own masterpieces and give the world back its masterpieces leaving the crown worthless
@muddyhotdog41033 жыл бұрын
@@iAm223 um, they do show their own materpieces. Dont be so salty nobody said that, you're taking things out of context acting like the museum/Britain is taking credit for them.. -THAT'S all I was saying. Also..-It's just a few examples, which most of the time are pieces borrowed, circulated, or copied (as are many shown here). I guess people should sit in their own bubbles and not have museums to learn about the world around them? Hmm, okkkk.
@scorpioninpink5 жыл бұрын
Return the artifacts to Nigeria.
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@MrAmhara4 жыл бұрын
Africans sold Africans to slavery. Fuck your art!
@delabbadi4 жыл бұрын
Why it might end up buried again
@Babyilikeit844 жыл бұрын
MrAmhara And Europeans had European slaves. Sparta had slaves and guess what color they was white. And their slave owners were white. And Spartacus was a slave and many whites like him.and his slave masters was WHITE! Shut your ignorant ass up and read a book
@Babyilikeit844 жыл бұрын
MrAmhara Watch your language!
@teaburg4 жыл бұрын
Wish this had been title Masterpieces of Nigeria.
@teaburg4 жыл бұрын
@VOTE UBISI Get with the times, we are the same race.
@pamelaparkin65654 жыл бұрын
They stole everything from us Africa could be the richest country
@negativeskull26224 жыл бұрын
Why would you want to do that? It’s beautiful and priceless art.
@cia65664 жыл бұрын
@@teaburg no we are not the same
@sallymeli77234 жыл бұрын
Really, poeple even when someone one apprieciate u can't stop the blame , stop this attitude, u will only have less supporters like this. Not all caucasian are the same nor do they approve of what thier ancestors did, in facts some will even changes things if given the opportunity. I am black too from Cameroon
@pasmomoonde60774 жыл бұрын
Damn Ife look like he can come back to life
@dablaccseaproductions5279 Жыл бұрын
His name is Olokun (King of the Sea) not Ife.
@atobiteadedunjoye12076 жыл бұрын
What purpose is the scaring of the face?, why the elaborate head dress?, who was it made for?, Hmm I don't know maybe if you didn't steal it and actually learnt the significance of these questions you're asking from the native owners of the art you won't be cracking your skull to figure it out(which you never probably will by the way) how about that.
@seismicvertigo3455 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking that. While they were there philosophizing about who made it, was it the Greeks or Atlantis, or how it was made, was it with wax or with whatever, they could have just asked the people and received simple answers... Dumb Asses
@wierdwabbitt5 жыл бұрын
The current Ooni of Ife still wears this head dress today, why not just ask him for the significance, also he bears a marked resemblance to these bronze heads so I believe they were his forefathers
@xelosandoval5 жыл бұрын
That’s a sculpture of the Head of the great Oba Olokun
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@natturner2774 жыл бұрын
@@seismicvertigo345 They were convinced that we were not completely human beings. They still are. And that's their tragedy. They see themselves as tha alpha and the omega.
@jb4110004 жыл бұрын
Stupid thought. Portuguese made them? So, where are the Portugueses' art works of their people to compare with the Benin pieces? None such exist. I don't bother to say Europeans are racist/prejudice anymore. I just think they are simple minded.
@kittyjames88974 жыл бұрын
They can't help themselves I don't listen to their rubbish. The point is they will never return them my friend .
@muddyhotdog41034 жыл бұрын
jb411000 They thought it was a possibility because the Portuguese were doing extensive trading with the Benin people at this time.. In fact much of the bronze are is of Portuguese soldiers and traders. You can find a lot of bronze statues and art all through out Europe during and before these works of art, as it had already gone through its bronze age long before the Benin works.
@sedaniels73304 жыл бұрын
How about racist, prejudiced, and simple minded?
@Robbythegod4 жыл бұрын
I'm European... Don't really appreciate being called racist, prejudiced and simple minded. Have a go at my ancestors all you like though, bunch of cunts with they were, or at least the elite land owning classes were.
@Robbythegod4 жыл бұрын
@@aspeltaofkush3540 a troll is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community
@sistarkenyasue20787 жыл бұрын
The culture vultures
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@jayprice11044 жыл бұрын
Witch Chan Do they?
@baerkaabnaab23884 жыл бұрын
@Witch Chan Are you implying that you don't understand what I am implying?
@baerkaabnaab23884 жыл бұрын
@david nichols yet you have countless artifacts of unproductive people in your musuems? Give it all back. Arrogant theives.
@baerkaabnaab23884 жыл бұрын
@david nichols Just refer to my first comment of this thread to know my point and stop beating around the bush. You think we dont know how some of those so called "works of strange human populations" got to your museums? You must be delusional to think we do not know you and your ways by now. Anyway you can tickle yourself and laugh.
@waynesimon14394 жыл бұрын
The last time I looked on a map Egypt, with the Great pyramid and sphinx was in AFRICA..
@waynesimon14394 жыл бұрын
@Victor Mace PREACH BROTHER👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@FailedFlea934 жыл бұрын
Michael Davis 😂😂😂
@wakawakaqueen4 жыл бұрын
Victor Mace 👍🏾ancient Egyptians were Black. Greece which is the cradle of European civilization was a colony of Kemet for more than 2000 years and it wasn’t until 700 BCE that the Greeks were finally allowed to attend the Egyptian mystery schools,(If the founders of ancient Egyptian civilization weren’t Greeks, then they could never be Caucasians. )This fatal mistake of Kemetians to allow the Greeks attend their mystery schools led to the conquest of Kemet by Alexander the Greek in Ca 300BCE. And this idiot ordered the libraries to be burnt down. Today some of the tribes like the Dogon of Mali still have the ancient knowledge. Other tribes in Africa hide their knowledge in great secrecy. Good so, we’re just waiting till these pink bastards go extinct.
@chikuntehchimbolyn71064 жыл бұрын
So they are not ashame to display something that don't belong to them , what a shame
@muddyhotdog41034 жыл бұрын
It's called world history, they are learning and showing it to the world to show Africa in a good light.. What's wrong with that? Doing a lot more than it was under the dirt where they found it.
@sedaniels73304 жыл бұрын
@@muddyhotdog4103 What's wrong with that? THINK ABOUT THAT STATEMENT? How would you like it if someone stole your belongings and stood on the street corner and displayed it? Would you be happy? Would you want it back? THINK!
@muddyhotdog41034 жыл бұрын
@@sedaniels7330 Ohh, I didn't know these people were still alive.. I'm sorry.. pffff lmfao. Umm YA, if I died knowing people in the far future were going to preserve, respect, and idolize my work then I would be happy about it. Are you f'ing kidding me?
@magsbayou4 жыл бұрын
@@muddyhotdog4103 Actually what amazes me is Europeans/White Americans are fascinated with African, Caribbean, and South America culture and artifacts, create a narrative without truly learning about the people and then wish to claim these people are inferior. You know what I respect about the Scandinavians? They have many museums that show THEIR culture. Everything from their arts, music, lifestyle, innovations etc.
@muddyhotdog41034 жыл бұрын
@@magsbayou Umm, ya and there's also whites along with other ethnicity's fascinated with all kinds of worldly histories like the dinosaurs, Homo-erectus to Homo-Sapiens, Vikings, Romans/Greeks, Mongolians, and the list goes on forever so what's your point.. Britain, the USA, Italy, Russia you name it have museums showing the culture's and people from the past that inhabited those lands too.. China has museums dedicated to the history of Africa, Rome, ect too.. And no, the people who study these things have great respect for them.. I heard nothing said about these people were inferior or anything in this video.. What's wrong with learning about the history of humans? Archaeology fascinates me and I love learning about people from the past. A lot of these things we would know NOTHING about if people didn't study and learn about them. We might not even know about these Benin bronzes if archaeologists didn't take time to find them, along with many other things in this world. I would agree that Nigeria needs to have the best pieces and majority of them as well, I'm all for that.. And they actually ARE building a museum in Nigeria to take them back. yaaaaay.. Stop thinking so hard into this stuff.
@robertschlesinger13424 жыл бұрын
Beautiful bronzes and proof of the sophistication of pre-colonial Africa.
@anaangel54344 жыл бұрын
This art is Beautiful. I love looking at the African facial features on the art. Imagine how much more Black art was stolen, or destroyed that we'll never see.
@joannfowler25605 жыл бұрын
find a way to give then back. there is truly a spiritual side to this cultural collection it represent one of an age old representation of that time in their history so please.
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@phyllislogie4 жыл бұрын
FIND A WAY? TO MY MIND IT'S SIMPLE. JUST PACK THEM UP AND SEND THEM BACK DAMN IT!!
@Khiarika14 жыл бұрын
This whole patronizing video made me angry. EDIT: Also stop saying "Europeans couldn't believe african's could do this" say "Europeans made the decision to spin the narrative that africans couldn't do it, because it helped to allow them to become thieves and slavers".
@flamani544 жыл бұрын
This is not "Art". I believe this is one of Africans' ways of telling the story of their past; instead of writing.
@butchfils94643 жыл бұрын
That's a stupid comment
@kstyles62103 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it not art is pictures
@seismicvertigo3452 жыл бұрын
It absolutely is. Just like the horserider from Ife sculpture. It was said to tell the story of how the scultpting art process was exchanged between the Yorubas and the Benins. The 2d plaques were definitely historical documents and the images protruding from their surfaces tell of events. Those were palace documents
@Omenastudios2 жыл бұрын
True. They were recorders/chroniclers of important events, incidents and happenings like media of today do
@kofiakanfantse80714 жыл бұрын
Same way they refuse to say we build the Pyramid's.
@ReneeDougan-yu5bm4 жыл бұрын
@SARAI Dawta of ISRAEL there is nothing delicate about pig skin lol
@cia65664 жыл бұрын
So who built it ??? If not the people pfff
@ericschmuecker55734 жыл бұрын
@@ReneeDougan-yu5bm garlic pork breath
@ankhenaten24 жыл бұрын
@Ooki Cooki wrong the dna test of tutankhamun show he was a bantu negroid type also ramses 2 mummy with the blonde hair is a bantu negroid by dna test, the dna test was done by : dna tribes organization and was published worldwide you are thus fully wrong
@ADE-of-LAGOS4 жыл бұрын
@Ooki Cooki That was much later. Egypt existed several thousands of years before Greek or Roman occupation. This like Arab and Persian invasion happened much later.
@keenanweind17804 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many unexplainable works of art were simply melted down or destroyed...
@Youevilpeoplewillpay4 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@cinnamonstar8084 жыл бұрын
OR why didnt they take gold as payment in stead of families of people? And black people still believe that lie... like white Jesus
@adelaniakamo68564 жыл бұрын
We have ancient oral traditional that dates our ancestry with ancient kemite. All this information is in our oral traditional. we are unlettered folks, our stories are told my others as they see fit. We are spiritual beings, we lost our heritage when we started receiving and adopting European cultures. Our stories are retold in English language, not always accurate
@paulokeke8337 Жыл бұрын
@@victorogunjimi2206 Bro Egypt ain't middle East. However Ancient Israel was never in Morden day Israel. All happened in Africa. Our ancestors are the ancient people of the bible being retold to us but whitewashed.
@yllas12320024 жыл бұрын
At 3:02 the narrator, referring to the Head of Ife, asks, "Why are there holes around the mouth and running along the cheek bone to the ear?" I knew the answer when at 8:30 the narrator talks about 18 head sculptures that were unearthed near the palace of the king of Ife. Those examples show the same kinds of holes above the foreheads extending from ear to ear. They look so much like old fashioned china dolls that had holes perforating their skulls so hair plugs could be attached. So perhaps the narrator answered his own question. Could the holes around the mouth and cheeks be for a mustache and beard? and perhaps the other sculptured heads were of women or shaven men or youths?
@CheriSTJohn-mh8wz4 жыл бұрын
The art is stunning. Beautiful.
@TheBlaze40006 жыл бұрын
Those are incredible!
@RealUlrichLeland3 жыл бұрын
All next to each other they look eerily real, you can perfectly distinguish them from each other as they're all so filled with personality and humanity.
@enterthecarp70854 жыл бұрын
Its genius stuff, wonderful workmanship...
@willie4174 жыл бұрын
sound like they been racist for a long time, next they'll be saying that aliens came down and made them
@williamtukei14884 жыл бұрын
Hahaahahaha
@Youevilpeoplewillpay4 жыл бұрын
Just like they did the pyramids
@willie4174 жыл бұрын
@Debra Turner I don't think they care or believe, just look at those so called god fearing evangelical christians in the U.S.A. they been preaching God for year and when their man ran they showed who they were, they voted Trump into office and he one of the biggest Devil ever and they still are backing him
@Youevilpeoplewillpay4 жыл бұрын
@Debra Turner we all need the Lord... May we pray for them and call them all to repentance and pray that they come to put their trust in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life ..for He is coming soon with the clouds!
@kingmustapha44734 жыл бұрын
Loool!😂
@ZZ-bi3kt2 жыл бұрын
This is SERIOUS art. It’s phenomenal. Very serious pieces, handmade…… & people never really deep the level of craftsmanship enough. They’re 1:1 busts of real people, in METAL wtf CARVED BY HAND… 12th-15th century BC ….. let it sink in As in “caucasians” hadn’t even conceived that dimension of artistry yet. They hadn’t even named themselves CAUCASIANS yet !!!! My Lord God bless Africa
@paulokeke8337 Жыл бұрын
I dig you fam...I feel you 💪🏾
@MH-sm5qk Жыл бұрын
ummm. they were building sky-reaching cathedrals, defensive castles, sewing large tapestries, chanting intricate hymns, progressing just fine in painting, and not half bad in sculptures...
@drmasroberts5 жыл бұрын
The video clearly says that most of the original bronzes remain in Africa in the possession of the Ooni (king) of Ife and that most of the heads shown here are copies. Nevertheless, so little refined metal sculpture created in subsaharan Africa survives, all art objects should go back to Nigeria regardless of how they were acquired by collectors and museums. (Actually less than 200 Classical Greek bronze statues survive.) I suggest that the government of Nigeria purchase back as many as possible by its own resources or donations. There are currently at least 20 Nigerian billionaires. The cost would be small considering their value to the people of Nigeria. Many British naively thought they had found savages when they entered Africa. Nigerian arts, literature, science, architecture, peace, and prosperity continue to demonstrate that they were wrong.
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@lookingup43372 жыл бұрын
And just WHY should we purchase back what rightfully belongs to us?
@thamsanqakhoza45544 жыл бұрын
Let the Benin People speak about the sculptures & God will be happy...
@michaelanthony49492 жыл бұрын
Ile Ife not Benin people
@Salman-sc8gr4 жыл бұрын
British Museum is like the Thief's brazen display of his loot
@MyteeDeeBlok4 жыл бұрын
The repatriation of these Nigerian relics is a must.
@seismicvertigo3452 жыл бұрын
Yoruba relics
@mellymel6624 Жыл бұрын
Wow, this is amazing! 😮
@ADE-of-LAGOS4 жыл бұрын
Ile-Ife, meaning "land that expand." Yoruba mythology says creation started at Ile-Ife. It's home to over 200 gods.
@charlesogansuyi91522 жыл бұрын
Look for a benin speaking yoruba person and ask the meaning of ile-ife, pure Benin word not mythology. Stop misleading urself.
@hayomidehrichies6201 Жыл бұрын
Nigeria is not a country
@ajurawa Жыл бұрын
@@charlesogansuyi9152 Stop misleading yourself.... you meant to say Yoruba speaking Benin person.
@charlesogansuyi9152 Жыл бұрын
Oodua descended from sky and made the land to expand after the 200 god's name it Ile ife, to appeal lamorodu from mecca as the ooni decided to leave his priest job to take the position as oodua of ife while his father aliveb show the god's are really wise at ife.
@ajurawa Жыл бұрын
@@charlesogansuyi9152 "We believe in Osanobua, the supreme god or Oghanosa, who is the creator of the world. The Bini believe that Osanabua created the earth. Afterwards, three or four other spiritual entities or beings came down to inhabit the earth." - Chief Priest of Benin,Isekhure "Osanobua then came down on a chain, from the sky, to demarcate the earth and allocate responsibilities. Osanobua appointed the youngest son as ruler of the earth. The son called the earth (Agbon) and promptly set up his headquarters at Igodomigodo." -Source- Benin Royal family of North America
@ebonysweetnesssweetness51534 жыл бұрын
Everything good is stolen from Africa - the Spiritual importance of these Heads ... make them priceless too good to be returned
@axha79313 жыл бұрын
Btw the brass head did not turn black with a green tint naturally rather the British took care of the same heads and plaques the same way they did with their bronzes which caused them to loose their GOLDEN appearance. Just wanted to clarify that :)
@jugganuat6440 Жыл бұрын
Europeans are toxic when it comes to African and or human history don’t trust anything they say because they really want to control the narrative
@biggrhymees88one4 жыл бұрын
If they would have found them in Egypt they would say they weren't black, yet the style of sculpting looks like it's from the Nile region.
@blenshanegro32604 жыл бұрын
No it’s not
@crepe803 жыл бұрын
Lets not do this lets not participate in cultural erasure this is yourba art.
@biggrhymees88one3 жыл бұрын
@@crepe80 looks like, ofcourse it's not from the Nile region. The same way bead and metal ornaments look alike inside Africa.
@jgreg16614 жыл бұрын
What moden EUROPEANS failed to realize it that throughout civilization Africans moved about free trading and sharing culture. The ancients interact at a higher level with greater integrity than modern generations.
@montanaally10284 жыл бұрын
I am from Ile Ife and my heart aches
@subcribe7044 жыл бұрын
The same Greeks had to learn from the Africans who is much older in civilization, and after all that you all have witness in Egypt , Sudan, Zimbabwe, Timbuktu, and countless others yet you still question what Africans can and cannot do, beats me
@littlegothgirl88694 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@cecilepovich38614 жыл бұрын
Also,numerous other sophisticated diciplines.Most accurate forms of verifiable divination that I have 'ever,ever,' experienced.
@lifeinthemoment39994 жыл бұрын
I love the comments, the info is researchable.... and reeeeeesearch more. Discover who and what Africa was in its entirety and still is. The more I learn...being honest the angrier I get etc. History is there for the knowledge, learn more from it and we will have already overcome.
@eliharris40774 жыл бұрын
No European reason for how African art was crafted, is valid...!!
@sammy23734 жыл бұрын
power recognizes power, unless Africa unites & put aside religious & tribal differences the attitude towards Africa & its people & its property will never change, & the way I see it Europe & Asia has got Africa & African people by the nuts economically, that's why countries can come into Africa as an economic hitman & take or buy very cheap African resources. unity is a strength.
@cypriantertullian74954 жыл бұрын
sammy...things are rapidly changing though. Africa is on the path to complete unity. They just implemented the Africa free trade area. Next will be adopting one continental currency, one passport and finally the creation of the United States of Africa. No more looting of African resources by Western vultures.
@sammy23734 жыл бұрын
@@cypriantertullian7495I hope so. one should keep an eye on missionaries & do-gooders from Europe & America, not forgetting black sellouts. WE HAVE NO FRIENDS.
@Happy_HIbiscus4 жыл бұрын
dude, these bronze heads look like real people
@melindamullins96494 жыл бұрын
Interesting art👍
@jmcnair4444 жыл бұрын
This really pissed me off... The head is the symbol and the face of oduduwa. It has more significance than any other stolen artifacts and it's a shame that it's sitting in a British museum.
@reginasmith62762 жыл бұрын
Yeah cause they stole it !!!!!
@jmcnair4442 жыл бұрын
It's Oduduwa! That's who's face it is, they make a documentary asking questions that could easily be answered by a Yoruba person
@triplehernan5155 Жыл бұрын
@@jmcnair444 You get rid of like half of the documentary's length if you just have one person say 'oh it was definitely this' with no explanation, to be fair. And it wouldn't be in the British Museum if the Benin Kingdom hadn't been enslaving people.
@jrg17096 жыл бұрын
Forgotten African high cultural civivisision, thousand years ago?
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@theapostaterunawayslave4 жыл бұрын
Those monsters stole all of that African art!
@JHKanus4 жыл бұрын
Believe or not, those art works were made by Nigerians
@theassassin93262 жыл бұрын
Ah... yes! It's a Well known fact
@milibibi21522 жыл бұрын
Nigeria did not exist back then...And all Nigerian are not Yoruba. As you know there are many Yoruba people in west africa. The kingdom streched to the (now) Republic of Benin.
@seismicvertigo345 Жыл бұрын
*They were made by Yorubas
@readfrank557711 ай бұрын
@@seismicvertigo345 Benin kingdom is not yoruba
@Novikedocumentary4 ай бұрын
@@readfrank5577Yoruba not benin
@ianjulien99194 жыл бұрын
They continue to deny the Majesty of Afrika!!!
@chadtep75714 жыл бұрын
So many backhanded compliments. How many times do you have to mention that Europeans thought Africans were backwards? We get it damn.
@Anonymous-jj1re3 жыл бұрын
THEY still take advantage of the continent today
@GirladyLocks4 жыл бұрын
All complaints aside, I think I know what the little holes are for. They could be for sewing on hair and facial hair! It's just a thought, but it makes sense and seems to fit where the holes were made. Brilliant pieces or art, these are! Just lovely! And so realistic I can almost see them speaking.
@atobiteadedunjoye1207 Жыл бұрын
We don't attach hair to it.
@receptieletoile75952 жыл бұрын
I like the Ife heads as they make me feel peaceful and they look so calm and dignified. I also like the music at the start of this video.
@renatoaraujinho4 жыл бұрын
I had a translation in my language of this documentary in my channel and it was bloked and quickly deleted. And this is here since 2014! Please, tell me this "magic". What can I do to don't receve warnings from youtube? Even wanting to pay to have right to post things they simple don't answered me. What can I do?
@iyaiiya-wawg36574 жыл бұрын
For those who don't believe we created these crafts. Bitch Africa is the birth place of art.
@abdoulsawadogo45004 жыл бұрын
When the Romans invaded England none of the English knew to write or read but we Black Africans built all the pyramids and a great civilisation in Kemet(now called Egypt), in Nubia and all over in Africa. If all the museums must return everything they stole in Africa, nothing will be left in those museums.
@amosculbreth5308 Жыл бұрын
Great documentary would love to have /see you guys incorporate more Africans in the story telling aspect.
@jerryfranklin62824 жыл бұрын
The title is incomplete and misleading. The incompleteness has to do with the missing word...STOLEN. the misleading part has to do with implying that the masterpieces were of British origin.
@fullmetal17664 жыл бұрын
I have a great idea! Why not ask the Africans!?
@lolwithdee76323 жыл бұрын
Couldnt beleive Africans were capable...unbelievable
@mcosastory90424 жыл бұрын
We can only tell our story ourselves
@elijahelisha37634 жыл бұрын
Egypt is in Africa.
@IssaKeita5184 жыл бұрын
Those artifacts was stolen from my ancestors and these crooks are making money off of stolen property. That's a crime that should be tried in a world court as a crime against humanity.
@geminirants424 Жыл бұрын
All they do is exploit, lie, rewrite, hide, manipulate, steal and oppress
@tech78o324 жыл бұрын
Give back Africa it's treasures NOW!!!!!!
@yorubaglobal3 жыл бұрын
Yoruba Believes The Head Is The Most Important Aspect Of Human. Many Of Their Scrupture Has Large Head. What does head means to Yoruba? Ori (known as Orí in Latin America) is a Yoruba metaphysical concept. Ori, literally meaning "head," refers to one's spiritual intuition and destiny. It is the reflective spark of human consciousness embedded into the human essence, and therefore is often personified as an Orisa in its own right. It is believed by the Yoruba religion that human beings are able to heal themselves both spiritually and physically by working with the Orisa to achieve a balanced character, or iwa-pele. When one has a balanced character, one obtains an alignment with one's Ori or divine self. It is also believed that Ori be worshiped like Orisha. When things are not going right, Ori should be consulted. And to make things right Ori should be appeased. This is because whatever one becomes or whatever happens in one's life is as destined by Ori.
@ACNEBOSS2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@abiodunonabolujo50385 жыл бұрын
Great Ancient ife Kingdom (Land of expansion)
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc Land of Blood
@TrulyAlkaline2 жыл бұрын
@@NeptunesLagoon ile ife ≠ benin just saying
@NeptunesLagoon2 жыл бұрын
@@TrulyAlkaline Nope, just sayin... SMH
@theassassin93262 жыл бұрын
@@TrulyAlkaline ife is a state in yoroba
@jaggagenre589 Жыл бұрын
@@TrulyAlkaline Ile ife or Otu ife is the origin of Yoruba people it means land of expansion where the yoruba race began before their current location
@mikeabe-moh68424 жыл бұрын
Nä We open their eyes. The evidence is scattered in all corner of the world🇳🇬
@DOTMH_14 жыл бұрын
Sadden me to see this. Psalm 83.
@subeedeibaatar71132 жыл бұрын
What's the song in the beginning
@RickysFarmAndHatchery4 жыл бұрын
The crown looks like hes omo Chango or Shango also He can be a babalawo. The only one i know with hair in the front is elegua
@oyedejijonathan95384 жыл бұрын
That's the traditional crown of OONI - The title of the king of Ife
@jayokal51374 жыл бұрын
so the statue of Ramases is not in the African section...
@kittyjames88974 жыл бұрын
I just visited the British Museum it's so sad. They separate Egypt like is not in Africa . The civilization it's too great to be African it will be conflicting to the propaganda they preach.
@stevenporter11374 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately they practice this method of separating Egypt from Africa at the Metropolitan museum in New York City as well
@rosemaryphorson80644 жыл бұрын
Egypt is on the island of Crete! They'll never admit Egyptian civilization is African. Happily there's an awakening and the truth their scholars knew for years is coming. Would they have chopped of noses of egyptian statues if they were "fine aquiline Grecian noses".
@joysunday58504 жыл бұрын
The dating is terrible, 800 years ago Ife and her neighbors had already stopped heavy markings on themselves to just the few, light or bold on the cheeks!
@quincyjackson19502 жыл бұрын
We need our materials back ASAP
@SoNoFTheMoSt3 жыл бұрын
did the holes hold some kind of beard?
@eliharris40774 жыл бұрын
All those stolen African priceless artifacts in a British museum should raise a lot of Red Flags the moment you see them in that place.. Does anyone ask where and how did they get them?? HMMM!!?..
@hamanu6663 жыл бұрын
They got it from being the dominant world power for over a century and having the largest empire in history with one quarter of the world under their thumbs. You're very late being outraged over things that occurred hundreds of years ago. I do believe they should give them back, just make replicas and give the originals back, people will still go to the museum to see the replicas.
@odellsazonejr.75074 жыл бұрын
SHALOM ISRAEL..they still learning from us...
@davidalao53363 жыл бұрын
Would you return it now, please?
@unapologeticallymelanated80234 жыл бұрын
Calling Africans backwards 🤣who civilized the Greeks?🤔
@anthonyjackson31954 жыл бұрын
No matter what you say foreigner it's don't change our pedigree,blood lines of descendent from anicet pharaohs kings and queens
@ayo30s4 жыл бұрын
Hmm... 😞👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
@anthonyjackson31954 жыл бұрын
ayo30s thanks brother
@timothywalkerjr1684 жыл бұрын
And why they try to make it as if Egypt is not in Africa. They say the colossal bust of ramases in Egypt, but in Africa when it come to the ifa bust. Egypt is apart of Africa if u ask the people from there and look at the map. False history leads to false perceptions, but of course the devil is the 😈.
@90361646894 жыл бұрын
#MightyMelanatedNation twalk Western Narrative mate as Egypt is in Africa so is Saudi Arabia in West Asia. But they divided the world according to their views. Very sad state of affairs.
@ohilebogarubas86864 жыл бұрын
Nice but why do you have it?
@davidrave5633 жыл бұрын
how don't like it how they imply the other styles of Africar are. I find them to be the most fascinating and beautiful, though these sculputures are also stunning
@gbemiashaye18044 жыл бұрын
Put it back
@doc2kiwidig6636 жыл бұрын
I’m just sad that Attenborough fronted up in this doco. He just ads himself to the long list of apologists to the theft of these treasures.
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@Anhorish4 жыл бұрын
Way to completely miss the purpose of the narration. Did you even watch it?
@timiolufemi13152 жыл бұрын
Why are this things still in the British museum?
@DeejayGrafixx3 жыл бұрын
The holes were for mounting fibers to mimic hairs african art was very advanced
@TheOne-yq6qk6 жыл бұрын
#OduduwaRepublic
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@chayvenice3804 жыл бұрын
We still carve artwork today it’s called tradition so why do we have to explain a cultural tradition YOU have never ever wanted to study or most importantly our people who have always been majestic and smart.
@skssuccess754 жыл бұрын
Why is there a separate gallery for Africans from Egypt?
@a-bd1216 Жыл бұрын
looking at this British artist trying to decipher how these bronze head sculptures were made is quite hilarious! dude, you will never know keep presupposing
@tamikaqueen12034 жыл бұрын
Africans made these sculpers as they make pieces that look like themselves!!
@IsidroUrquia4 жыл бұрын
Looted.
@wtfulookinat4 ай бұрын
Can we get them back plz.
@olumibaby56524 жыл бұрын
Lol did you say removed or STOLEN?
@freetruth62652 жыл бұрын
Actually the land of Ife is believed to be the beginning of civilisation.
@rufdymond3 жыл бұрын
Been to the British Museum many times, the real ironic thing is, there is virtually nothing from Britain in the whole place.
@chrisper94 Жыл бұрын
I cry, mamma Africa. 😕😕😕
@marlomills68004 жыл бұрын
GIVE ALL OF IT BACK!
@johnnydtractive5 жыл бұрын
KZbin comments usually range from the frightening to the frighteningly stupid, but the comments here are giving me life. Ordinary people in the comments basically sounding smarter than the blind 'experts' in the documentary
@NeptunesLagoon5 жыл бұрын
heres one: Benin was destroyed for a disgusting reason: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKusqoiXorqMfLc
@godswilllaks15304 жыл бұрын
The past will always hunt the British folks
@oohweeoohwee92224 жыл бұрын
I see people that look like that every day.
@juanquintana6134 Жыл бұрын
These items were not removed. They were looted, and now the British museum proudly displays them, without any apparent remorse. Fitting, for a colonial exhibition.