Historical art review..:) courtesy of YouTube
![By Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France (Bronze du Bénin (British Museum)) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons](https://internationalpeoplesforum.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/bronze_du_bc3a9nin_british_museum_8716568947.jpg)
Ancient bronze sculpture from Benin – By Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France (Bronze du Bénin (British Museum)) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Kingdoms of West Africa
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The intellect and creativity of a people can be seen in not only the extent of their land but their art.
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I hope you don’t mind that I added the artwork, but it was the only legal way I could use the image for a thumbnail photo.
One of the great tragedies of the expansion of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in West Africa is their zealous disdain for art treasures and artifacts. The barbarians have destroyed many such treasures like the one pictured here.
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No, of course not! Thank you.
and some went on the black market 😦
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I have watched this video several times. Their culture and art is amazing. Beautiful. I do not have the words. I wish everyone would watch this documentary.
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