Petition for the Return of the Loot taken from Maqdala (Magdala) Ethiopia, in 1868.
"Recalling that the British Expedition against Emperor Tewodros, in 1868, looted the Ethiopian ruler's capital, Maqdala;"Realising that this looting had no justification in international law, and was... continue reading »
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Mat. 7:7. In july 2003, it was my great delight and pleasure to return to Ethiopia the Tabot, of Gebre Menfes Kidus which I had discovered through my research"
"Let the stolen treasures return to their mother land in the new millenium!"
"End the last visages of 18th and 19th century errors by repatriating the cultural history of this great country."
"PLEASE: If what was taken is not returned then you will all answer to the KINGS OF KINGS."
"I am a Undergraduate student, and I am doing my Senior Thesis in History on the Kebra Nagast in Ethiopian History, and I find it very interesting after all I have learned that the treasures of Ethiopia have not been returned."
"How dare they claim the treasures arent of importance to Ethiopia? Please return all Ethipoinan belongings."
"England! You have so much to be proud of during this period. Not only did you say that Africans had no history before European imperialism, but you steal and kidnapp Africa's children for free labor and you top that by stealing Africa's cultural heritage!"
"The Ethiopian artefacts were looted by the British Army. Everyone who holds these items now knows that they were STOLEN. We have a moral obligation to campaign for their return to Ethiopia."
"Please, include the Axum Oblisk"
"THEY SHOULD HAVE CONSALT WITH ETHIOPIAN"
"Justice should at last be done. It is never too late."
"it is ours, please GIVE IT BACK!"
"Return our treasures or else"