Dahomey doc on Europe’s looted African art wins Berlin Film Festival

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1. Congratulations!

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2. More anti western propaganda from AJ.

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3. Well ….here in germany just about no one is talking about her movie ….the whole focus is on her unbeliveble stupid and narrowminded views on the Hamas – Israel war.
   Never took much notice of her as an artist….but when i heard her blah blah about the conflict ..oh boy is she stupid.
   Absolutly no respect for her.

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4. Woke woke woke👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

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5. Great work, you laid the foundation of freedom in humanity.

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6. Movie festival no longer a movie festival .
   It has been hijacked by politics .
   Shame on movie industry

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7. Return all the artifacts as they are worthless just like all other art is worthless

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8. When I saw the title, I expected a documentary on the fabulous riches of the Dahomey kingdom thanks to the slaves they hunted inland and sold to Europeans. After the end of the slave trade their economy collapsed.

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9. "Since Dahomey was a significant military power involved in the slave trade, slaves and human sacrifice became crucial aspects of the ceremony. Captives from war and criminals were killed for the deceased kings of Dahomey. During the ceremony, around 500 prisoners would be sacrificed. As many as 4,000 were reported killed in one of these ceremonies in 1727.[5][6][7] Most of the victims were sacrificed through decapitation, a tradition widely used by Dahomean kings, and the literal translation for the Fon name for the ceremony Xwetanu is "yearly head business".[8] In later years this ceremony also included the spilling of human blood from the sacrificed.[4] There was also a significant military parade in the ceremonies that further displayed the military might of the kingdom of Dahomey."

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10. Our loot got stolen as well.
    Its in Israel and America now

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