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The systematic removal of the Benin treasures was not a chaotic looting, but an organized

displacement of history. As the steamships pulled away from the West African coast,

centuries of cultural soul were packed into the darkness of the hold. In the royal

halls, the silence was absolute. Where bronzes once stood as living

records, only dust and shadows remained. They have taken our bronze,

but they cannot take the fire in our hands. We still remember the form.