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5. Jan. 2013 · Wikipedia. 1M views 11 years ago. Rüschlikon is a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents. But it receives more tax revenue than it can use. This is largely...
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- THE WHY
- Chapter One: Capture Begins
- Chapter Two: Slavers Turned Merchants
- Chapter Three: Stolen Skulls and Gold
- Chapter Four: Legislating Return
- Chapter Five: African Voices
Nowadays, the sleepy town of Chibok in northern Nigeria is notorious for the kidnapping of 276 children by Boko Haram. But go back 115 years and this tiny farming community perched atop a hill fought one of the greatest resistances to British colonisation. In November 1906, around 170 British soldiers launched what that country’s parliament called ...
Having been the largest enslaver nation – enslaving about 3.1 million African men, women and children during its participation in the trade – Britain enacted laws in 1807, with further acts in 1811 and 1833, that abolished the trade after frequent rebellions by enslaved people eventually prompted concerns from influential members of British society...
Throughout Britain’s anti-slavery missions, many prized African artefacts arrived in London to be sold onto European collectors and museums. At the time, scholars doubted “primitive” Africans could create such works. German archaeologist Leo Frobenius, who was accused of having stolen a sacred Yoruba Ife head in 1910, argued they were of Greek orig...
In the 1990s, the Washington Principles enacted guidelines around the return of Nazi-confiscated art. In 2002, the heirs of Dr Arthur Feldman sought the return of four old master drawings from the British Museum because they had been stolen by the Gestapo. The case went to court and the family lost on the grounds that British law forbids state muse...
The debate about who should be the custodians of African art has recently centralised in the Global North with academics and “experts” writing books on the Benin Bronzes to a plethora of rave reviews. It raises an uncomfortable truth that while they are vital to global discussions, Africans who are taking practical steps towards restitution have be...
28. Nov. 2012 · Stealing Africa: Directed by Christoffer Guldbrandsen. With Christoffer Guldbrandsen, Bernhard Elsener, Ivan Glasenberg, Peter Cadish. How Africa gets exploited even after most of the official colonialism has been 'abrupted'.
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- Documentary
- Christoffer Guldbrandsen
- 2012-11-28
Stealing Africa describes the tax system employed by multinational companies in Africa. The film looks at Rüschlikon, a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents. But it receives more tax revenue than it can use.
24. Mai 2017 · Africa is rich, but we steal its wealth. INFOGRAPHIC: Mapping Africa’s natural resources. That’s the essence of a report ( pdf) from several campaign groups released today. Based on a set...
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- Nick Dearden
Zambia has the 3rd largest copper reserves in the world, but 60% of the population live on less than $1 a day and 80% are unemployed. Based on original research into public documents, the film describes the tax system employed by multinational companies in Africa. Director Christoffer Guldbrandsen Producer Henrik Veileborg
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22. Juni 2013 · BBC News - Why Poverty?, Stealing Africa. Why Poverty? Home. Episodes. Stealing Africa focuses on the issue of corruption throughout Africa and finds out who actually benefits from this...
