and tons of the a central growing minerals to him allowing as moscow seeks to help african nations combat food insecurity. this is part of the company's previous promise that it would provide nearly $300000.00 tons to developing countries for free. the initiative is aimed at easing the global food crisis and is being implemented in accordance with the un plan for 0 hunger mccullough. he has expressed its gratitude for the russian aid. molly east privileged to be the 1st country to receive the eliza from your account. all the countries that were donated to slay feet that my hours should be dispersed while we are placed. for that we need to have a grateful. i've been able to say thank you, not that big b, russian government and your account for what you owe down to comparable or rescue what we needed you within was it to friend knows no with a true friend cause to the rescue when you need them to last,

you just demonstrated that to us the russian ambassador to malawi, says moscow hope the western countries will open up ports to allow russian shipments to deliver a central goods to nations in need. but believe that it is very high time for the western countries to unblocked russian sold and $30.00 bonded and some for to invest in countries. so we could continue delivering agricultural products to africa and to all the parcel of the world. oh, for palestinians have reportedly been killed during an id f operation in the occupied westbank city of janine, among that the debt allegedly as the terrorist accused of murder and chu, israeli settlers and the palestinian town of who are last week as really military forces reportedly entered the janine area on tuesday as part of the counter

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i philip cullen and i went to town to south africa. we have to understand, you know, the colonial mentality was that while we were in control, we've got guns, we can take what we want. i mean, sir, same as rape. you just me couldn't take him up to someone, someone would unity to get away and then making sure that she did receive the music mysteries, the sheep minerals, and you've taken advantage of what we did not know, but eventually we're going to reconvene whatever is out there abuse that he turned on, african people lift his position of their land and the theft of the wealth of african people, the logic to it was that we were less than human beings and bring them back artifacts . gold, gold, diamond, phyllis goes on. colonialism, a word that evokes misery and anger amongst african decades. later western

countries still stuck with valuable stone and from african soil. some was millions . others twice can taste or value the fine too, but the little treasures continue. well, come to africa, now i'm points clear. last week we will in kenya, where we showcase the growing refugee crisis across africa. there are a prison around 30000000 asylum seekers and turn displaced people and rescue genes across the continent. many the result of conflicts started by western powers and which been spiraled out of control. climate change and dwindling resources have for the field, the ongoing humanitarian disaster. if you missed the show, you can find it on any of the social media handles on the screen. this week we come to you from south africa's eating history museum into 100. it should showcase the rich cost of both this country and the continent. but instead of gracing these show

some of the museums most important artifacts on display, in museum in western countries. they say a diamond is a gold best friend, but far from being a friend, one of the world's most famous diamonds has caused nothing but heartache, anguish, and repairable loss to its home town. the story begins back in january 19 o 5. when a glitch in the ground turned out to be the biggest rock uncut diamond the world had ever seen. it was not far from here in a town called collin michel property. at the time the mine belonged to a european businessman and the diamond would put on sale in london and eventually gifted to king edward the 7. today cause to return diamond have become a national debate. voices are becoming louder. one of them is the economic freedom fighters at south africa opposition political party that is always been vocal in

fighting against colonial atrocities, and for reparations. and the return of african antiquities city think that western influence has had any kind of positive impact on the continent or elevated africa in any way. look, listed influence in african continent has not been positive in terms of if you look at the deep seated problems that have happened. i mean, wisdom, society entered africa with the presumption that it is superior culturally, socially kylene political. and it was on that basis that the rest analyzed, the abuse that the effect of the african people, the disposition of their land. and the theft of the wealth of african people to the logic to it was that we were less than human beings. so the influences premised on us not being worthy of being within so called barriers or categories of humans. we did not produce so far more land but as paid to the capital. it's cruel konami. we

did not encroach land with their fences would not do certain things in western ways . and therefore that made us list increments. so there is no wisdom influence that is the positive in terms of the life of african people. and do you think that post colonial atrocity should pets just be forgotten and we move on from there can be forgotten because if you look at the conditions people live in today, they stem from what happened during colonialism. so you kind of say we must forget, but continue to determine the life of people today. can forget that we were pleased in specific faces in terms of language, allows us living in checks. we can forget that when excluded from formula education deliberately. so therefore, now we couldn't quite disappear to the corporate sector, sophisticated forms of economic organize because it's deliberate and the development of our people. so to, for, to say, must forget that without resting, all of the impacts of colonialism is illogical. so it can be forgotten until the, until the change, the mid 12 people, reparations are paid. and we ensure that we are able to compete at the same level

as those colonizer speaking about the valuables that have been taken care from africa. of course you have the color and diamond which today's part of the crown jewels. what is your party's policy on that? look, we feel that there's not much shown by the participant for that 1st his, the impacted on african people across the continent. and even in other lands for indigenous people in india and america. and arrogance is patricia williams still keeping the counsel which was stolen from south africa and still keeping a lot of gold, which has stolen from the african continent, another mineral wealth. so there is a lack of remorse for them to not be able to return those basic things that we know . it was a foreclosure that still remains that they have keens has hed after defeating him. so there's a lot that needs to be done in terms of liberation, didn't cruise that had 10 of our mental health and defects that belong to african people in indigenous people all over the world. have you had any response to your

claims has been noticed by insert that we saw that prince charles made it to natal market before leading up to the funeral of elizabeth, seeing that we have a complex issue with africa, but there was no concession as set that has been committed, it appears at a particular level, we continue to have an impact on our people that these 2, this has their wealth as built on the blocks of african fleets. so there's been noticed was besides vague statements that directly implicate to produce more, knocking the crumbs at the very well know the committed. how do you think, bringing back the diamond will actually help south africa look or symbolic he could be assigned to the most as if which monica? but also does with a lot of money. it could contribute to small scale development in the life of african people had, could show that relation to being totally rebuilt between those colonized us and those who are colonized in concord. so i think the impact would be much more symbolical than anything else. but the candidate monetary value to the details of

that diamond could be used to elevate the student debt. and so that could be used to build housing and certain areas improve. i want to infrastructure energy, different structure, so much could be done with it, but just symbolically, it would be a step in the right that x no reversing one of those 2 times. i want to key the town of collin is to date a far cry on the palaces of the united kingdom way. it has found a tone as part of the jewels. it's a prime example of how the waste treated africa as a playground. or should i say, treasure hunt, we visited the birthplace of the controversial find. return our stolen dine. that's what lake and elizabeth death prompted many african to demand. and it's yeah . with the vault biggest and diamond which forms part of the british, one of the keys collection was found. although this is something that the kind of in town should celebrate. it has but nothing but tears and anger the tongue

continued to language in slums. while the british royal house was stolen, billions on top of the heads, the cold in the moon, my miss. just the man that we know that this is doing nothing at all and doing a little infect because of its things that are not giving a new hope and future to this community. as a little light, i know. and for the effect that the diamond that we or the man that we're talking about, that has produced one of the biggest damage in the world. it but the comment is still suffering even today. so remember, blix way, way where we're the ones we're working those mice a during your, your gold rush and you know, doing those? yes. so yes. what was really honestly, whatever that the blacks out working with their own beds don't always lived. so no

admin has discovered that, but again, you must remember that most of the mining industry or specifically the time and industry has killed that market for us to even cut did here locally. so bring it to bring a big for what it is still going to come back here to say no, it's back then take it back to england. to cut it, you processed to do their jewelry and whatever. then if the dream to be realized, i wish to live when that day cuts down 11 come back. but the only thing that the mind that can do here is to develop this area, develop its people socially and otherwise take them to school. because we left a lot of things here. we spoke to chris bishop, an independent media journalist from the united kingdom,

and got his coming my christ and welcome to african. now, can you share with us a little bit of the history of how western countries have been stealing from africa? well, what i can say is a lot of it has gone on in the last century from where your city and john spoke to the mediterranean, c o n, our fax, precious stones. they were precious pieces of law that we just, we have to understand the amendment ality was that, well, where we're in control, we've got guns, we can say what we want to know on is that to say otherwise. and, and in that time, in the last say, 150 years before the continent independence there was a lot of stuff taken and again, with almost with impunity. but the color diamond was little bit more complicated

than that. but essentially, you'd have to argue that it was kind of the same way. nobody kaelyn down and eventually end up in the united kingdom. they decided that the, the them minority government, it's allowed to give it to the british government, believe it or not, to heal the wounds of the anglo boy war, which ended the turn of the century. but this is a 1907. as i write, when you think about it, i mean, your country was devastated by a warm and you're giving something to somebody else to feel the victors feel the lose of it. but anyway, and so they got his diamond family. there is a story behind it in the fact that they said they were going to send it by ship to england. and essentially, what happened was they, they use the ship was a deep joy, actually. and so the, there was nothing on the ship and they sent the color diamond by

a parcel post. imagine my royal mail. it's, do you think it can boil family with support when they getting the timing back? example for you. i know the, you know, this year history, but during the war a plan to take nelson's column in london and take it down and rebuild it as a trophy. or if that happened and years later, you know, the war was over. friends again, you know, will never be great to go. now load nelson back up and where he was before and i just was like, you know, that spawn while heritage. and i guess it same way. i mean i can see why. but, but again, my, my thing about it is, yeah, it's a quick fix when i just there, i mean, it's not on the road from the sure to my, it's not like, you know, they going to miss it. they got plenty of gems. and some of the queens private elections that went on by the state and send it back. but again, i, i myself,

i would say ok, let's make something of it. let's make it a tourist attraction. let's make it into a way in which people get money out of it. and why are which people can create wealth around otherwise? was it do it? it's in a glass case in another country is and she came in again to get the diamond back. what do you think, whether or not they're going to go back to africa? i don't know. it's a very complicated situation. i mean, one would have thought in the current time of the roll family is not sure. diamonds and jewels, although i would say ok, they have it back. i think that in some ways it's very sensitive to the role from them and you look at it when the queen died. charles was as shaken as of people and i saw this bit of television and some guy

said you're spending millions on your mother's funeral of our money. and we are, we're struggling to pay our bills and our electricity bills, which is true. but if we don't know, my gosh, you know, the point is, is that yeah, i mean the road family is living clicks on another level. if not, that's not a sensitive to that will be blown up. but then again, i'm investigating moser, or is this debate with never even come up? but some, yeah, i mean it's, i just think the world's going to grow up sometimes. okay. all right, let's it, right you, this is your, i mean it as simple as it would be. we'd have to, there's libra, i don't, they, the sector in the crime and the security cause i get is america. and it's a done deal is not like rocket science, but the united kingdom is guilty not only for taking the color in diamond recently,

it turned, as in bob, when we're skulls, that western colonialist focus trophies during the colonial laws. we travel now to neighboring symbolic way way, although many are happy with the return of a scholar. it doesn't change history. behind me is the state you obviously embark was famous liberation, war hero known as we are now. honda also remains are also believed to have been taken by the british and are set to be returned back to the country with the remaining skulls. zimbabwe is preparing for the return offer warry as calls that were taken as trophies during deliberations struggle against a british colonial rule and development that has led the whole country into jubilation. these are our heroes. we can be happy here after independence. when we have the remains of cornish nor heroes remaining outside the country, we want them brought home and given a decent area,

because already we know that they are 11 remains for national heroes. that is now been identified. well, no, not bad name. but they said that their office bobby, in origin it keeps us reminded that we once com. good bye. do i simpler the resume and, and if it, that we are not independent here without those remains the next us appear like we haven't committed, beholden that. it's not all about bringing back some of that about taking down who are the people that we want to put they on statues that they have accomplish something you're in namibia. think about it in terms of that. instead of everybody getting angry, okay, find the statue. i said he moved, the statue is gone, we don't need the statue, they, we can make way for something out there, but i mean, we know it's not to get upset for the stature. that's been the move. how i feel about it is,

i personally feel like the state of good from french was supposed to be taken down . lee, we back in independence when we became independence. 92 reasons. still in the powers of the minority in the people that suffered a correct for friendship. so i, i can see that point of view and you know, if it gets removed to probably go somewhere where we go to view history like them like a museum. we should to lever a place to, for people to sailors, to see what the past was. people to know those characters were and so on. so i can, i can understand that from that point of view, i just don't think it's a good idea to try and hide your history or trying to remove it to try and reshape things. yes, it is a blessing to see that after a 120 years, he's the some kind of believing, hoping restored. you know, people research is being removed. it's a very big, big move for the people of the country. i felt the trauma in the paid. yes. the

suffering in the pain is not going to be removed, but it is. this is one step closer to justice and peace into unity into bring back the color 5, ration the culture. the discussion of repatriation is not about object also about the people they are suffering and the rights to an identity. mother. public debate is mostly focused and f you can ought to optics tell only half the story. the continued suffering of african people tells the wrist that says lead to the strong need for name changes the like on the country roads i'm standing currently in picks, we've got is like if they misread formerly known as sa, with st, then you name on is a leading figure in deliberation, history off. so africa basically got his psych same. it was the founding member of the african national congress, the agency, and he later served as president general of the organization. the street is also home to, to the house. the agencies hid,

cortez. we had the studio of africa historian and south african sculptor, a t cut and truly to gain more insight on his use of stolen african antiquities. for many is western countries and they, history books have portrayed africans as uncivilized and, and educated people. yet they still still are valuables. are twigs and ideas. i'm with african sculpture pick unduly, so whom the 5 to get these odd pieces back to africa is real. it touches the very core of his work. has any of the work been stolen by western countries and i to in some pieces it was stolen. and when i was in swaziland and even when i was up in the u. k. i think about twice where the paintings and the drone in the just kind of frame disappeared. but i was flattered that somebody loved my

wife. how would you feel if it had been and your art was sitting in western museums? yeah, i think that one of the most kind of a painful rim of these, how a work of art is born. the 10 oil is the struggles that juggling that takes place in some will is mind in order to produce up of art. and after all of that struggle in all that power, yo, it benefits you know, somebody else who says about one of the most coolest things that can be visited upon a talented person or even an ordinary person. and why do you feel western countries are still holding on to these treasures? there was a whole different through these ambiguity because they are worth a lot of money and to the very clay day, you know, works of art. and they know that as long as the human race in exist there, those pieces are going to play

a very vital in the road or for either chasing us and keeping us, you know, in line, in terms of where the, the things we are capable of doing and what measures do you think africans have taken to get out valuables back and do you think we ever wall? i think am a visually, the several campuses are losing a some of the things because the very natives of the ablaze are beginning to raise questions about their countries in theft. i think radially not all of the x would be to 10 of course, but a lot of works will be in attend it, but the politics of art and the politics for nationally, teams and nations, digits to list. remember in lady 77, when all african countries held 1st duct, the festivals of ours in culture. all of them, not even any west in or 5 eastern media,

are in the attended that. they needed one the symbol of the india mosque. i voted my schooner from nigeria that pretended that we would like to have that as our sign of uni g o, loan it to us. then if you don't, the even refused to loan that thing for symbolically these works. a powerful politically and a drudge can western countries portrayed africans as uncivilized, an uneducated people in history books. what do you make of that? i think the other crystal can only be answered by a no poet did she say i would down see was laid now. who said they gave you what they can no longer hold right? people are invited to a party. they eat your stomach 1st and then your memory. that's what colonialism is . he had it done. so people like those are not going to give you something unless

they no longer a you know, need it. and why is african art so special as an african artist yourself? what message are you trying to convey through your art and sculpt tank? in my own? it has got to do it. is, you know, spirits are going to do is going to try to do with a, a know my life as a political in the animal was meant for an early death. got to man is too, in a, to survive. it is more concerned the one that won the global in finance awards. it also got to do with bones and beads. it's more about the issue of an eco world because african cultures, eco viable wells that you have been created. that is why when a child is born, you don't even cut the umbilical cord, you wait for it to drop, and then you're going to bury that beautiful cotton planted tree to link your child,

you know, to the tree. i am. so b, c, i'm the mother of the hyena. i'm and grow. we're mom, mom, mom but sneak in a so that whoever attends them august. never the hyena, it's a, i'm a conservationist. it all our provider changes to tom. well, you don't produce the rivers. everything is about a call in a viability. that's what our culture is of what the my at, in a seems to be a i wanted to address the scramble for africa and its resources over the past, centuries had left a trail of devastation in its wake from planet minerals to stolen artifacts. the voice of from the continent are determined to be heard. what that brings us to the end of this week, so we hope you enjoyed it. next week we will explore the search for alternative currencies to the american dollar. by african countries, please feel free to reach out with you ideas as we'd love to take your input and

feedback. you can always catch up on odyssey or want tick tock. well, that's it for me and the team from here on the top of the african continent until next week, saline ghastly, stay, well, ah, the ah, on cheap energy coming from russia, russian gush chip and she bows. affordable and ship. you are from the stable, which has been both, not the case. it is a will that there's no longer there a

it's a cell phone. if i can't that i need to shut it off. if it's in the water, bottle them up. most reports. but what about are you dealing me when you're bored, you can go from one and you can probably squeeze you in, but need and what also who your cooling, who your why do you decide? i'll sanctions your sanction country. a section of the person because you want to change the behavior of this government person. why that hasn't happened at sanctions, hasn't function ah, the kind of liberal agenda we see the west now is not really we based, but it's kind of ways i religious creed. and they are trying to crowd out to all sorts of realistic,

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