Museum Theft
0and you leave behind you a heroic
trail of desolation
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Thanks to Laura Crone for script revisions: https://www.youtube.com/c/lauracrone
The Feather Thief (Kirk Wallace Johnson, 2018)
Western Reactions to Benin Bronzes: https://youtu.be/rp8flCwvoAU
Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World's Most Ingenious Thief : https://www.wired.com/2010/03/ff-masterthief-blanchard/
The Feather Heist (This American Life): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist
Secrets of the World’s Greatest Art Thief: https://www.gq.com/story/secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-art-thief
Nairaland Forum: https://www.nairaland.com/984559/walls-benin-mankinds-largest-ever
Will The British Museum Ever Return These Stolen Artifacts?: https://www.history.com/news/british-museum-stolen-artifacts-nigeria
Long in Exile, the Looted Benin Bronzes Tell the Story of a Mighty African Kingdom: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-long-exile-looted-benin-bronzes-story-mighty-african-kingdom
Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
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