Benin Plaques - Lost Kingdoms of Africa - West Africa - BBC 4

More about this programme:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qbytc
When magnificent 16th-century bronze casts were discovered in the kingdom of Benin in 1897, many could not believe they had been made by Africans. It was thought West Africa lacked the technical development required to make them. Dr Casely-Hayford travels to present-day Nigeria and Mali in search of the truth, exploring what the bronzes mean, how the technology to make them developed, and what it reveals about the lost kingdoms of West Africa.
More about this series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pv1m4

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Entertainment

Tags:

• lost
• kingdoms
• africa
• west
• benin
• plaques
• Oba
• attendants
• british
• museum
• Punitive
• Expedition
• 1897city
• palace

[ziginchor]

wish we can watch the videos in US

[ECTBWHO]

: ) Beautiful!

[SuperQueenofAfrica]

@Missheavenglows10 check out "the kingdom of ife" British museum archive ..on their website to check out the site

[cannoir]

Dr Augustus is a true Griot.

[adelej40]

I BELIEVE THAT I OBTAINED PURCHASED ARTIFACTS FROM THE KINGDOM OF BENIN, 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN NIGERIA. TRYING TO CONTACT THE BENIN ROYAL FAMILY

nbfbrooch@gmail.com

[Missheavenglows10]

See this is why the African Heritage is not primitive. We are not monkey and apes.

[ave383]

@blacklion105 Pretty awesome.

[blacklion105]

@ave383 amazing huh?

[ave383]

@blacklion105 oh wow i didn't notice that.

[Bsmurfdizzle]

BULLSHIT I BET THESE ARE Waay OLDeR

[blacklion105]

if you look at the time frame 1:13 and 1:14 the figure has a Mohawk just amazing