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What's Happening With Ukraine's Cultural Artifacts Echoes Africa's Past, Kenyan NGO Founder Says
What's Happening With Ukraine's Cultural Artifacts Echoes Africa's Past, Kenyan NGO Founder Says
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What's Happening With Ukraine's Cultural Artifacts Echoes Africa's Past, Kenyan NGO Founder SaysAccording to the speaker, colonial-time plunder in Africa and current cultural theft in Ukraine are the same. "They'll end up stealing everything, including their land," he stressed.Africa is "under cultural attack" — why is important to retrieve its culture, according to the expertWhy is the West afraid to return them?AI-generated image
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What's Happening With Ukraine's Cultural Artifacts Echoes Africa's Past, Kenyan NGO Founder Says
14:34 01.08.2025 (Updated: 14:46 01.08.2025) Elizaveta Roschina
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What's Happening With Ukraine's Cultural Artifacts Echoes Africa's Past, Kenyan NGO Founder Says
"There are people who are busy stealing Ukrainian cultural heritage yet in the pretext that they are helping to fight Russia […] and bring equipment," James Mwangi Macharia told Sputnik Africa.
According to the speaker, colonial-time plunder in Africa and current cultural theft in Ukraine are the same. "They'll end up stealing everything, including their land," he stressed.
Africa is "under cultural attack" — why is important to retrieve its culture, according to the expert
Many African countries are still not independent because
"cultural colonialism" still exists;
In 2023, Macharia petitioned Kenya's Deputy President to demand the UK return the Kikuyu tribe's sacred artifacts taken from spiritual and community leaders;
He did it because these items are
"the guiding star of cultural consciousness."Why is the West afraid to return them?
"They [Western powers] believe once these [artifacts] are taken back […] they will give an awakening to our people. People will go back to their own culture; they will go back to the factory setting. They will trace back their cultural heritage and continue it," Macharia explained.
