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00:00Let go of me! They belong to me! Let go of me!
00:10The artwork is mine. It belongs to my people.
00:14Benin in 1897
00:22I am acting consul, James Phillips.
00:25I am spirit. I must trade with the white men. We must do it as equals.
00:31The white men are a part of Benin, my lord. White men.
00:33Land invaded, burnt and destroyed.
00:36We march on to Benin!
00:48And our people never are weaklings.
00:56Benin
01:06With unknown language, he was judged.
01:09Do you understand the charges brought against you?
01:11I will not bow to the white men.
01:14Your masters want free trade. Now they have it.
01:17Leave my people alone!
01:22This is just injustice!
01:23Invasion, 1897. The deposition of the last king of Africa.
01:30The great time you're old and away. Britain's never, never, never shall be slain.
01:40Mike Amorigbe as Oba Obaramwe
01:43Rudolf Walker, Che Guevarense
01:46Charles Chucky Venn
01:48Alofti Anika
01:50Charles Enochi
01:52Paul O'Basile
01:54A film by Lancelot Odwa Emaswen
01:57Invasion, 1897