{"id":10151,"date":"2022-02-14T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/azande-kingdom-asks-uk-to-return-its-cultural-artifacts"},"modified":"2022-02-14T16:31:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:31:27","slug":"azande-kingdom-asks-uk-to-return-its-cultural-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/azande-kingdom-asks-uk-to-return-its-cultural-artifacts","title":{"rendered":"Azande Kingdom asks UK to return its cultural artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>By Wek Atak Kacjang<\/p>\n<p>The newly restored Kingdom of Azande is asked the British government to return its cultural artifacts taken during the colonization of Sudan between 1821 to 1956.<\/p>\n<p>The Azande people of South Sudan recently crowned King Atoroba Peni Rikito Gbudue to mark the re-establishment of the Azande Kingdom, more than 100 years after its last monarch, King Gbudue died at the hands of British colonialists during their occupation of the Southern Sudan, now South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe asked the British government to compensate us not for the death of King Gbudue because King Gbudue was killed on the battlefield. We demand compensation for our national heritage. British government uses our national cultural artifacts in its museums for tourism and they are gaining a lot of money that is why we need compensation, \u201cKing Atoroba\u2019s brother, Prince Badagbu Daniel Rimbasa said in an interview with Juba Monitor from the kingdom\u2019s palace in Yambio.<\/p>\n<p>During his rule, Gbudue faced incursions from ivory and slave traders, Egyptian Government officials, officials in the Mahdia, British and Belgium forces\u2014as well as participating in internal Zande wars.<\/p>\n<p>He was killed during a British patrol led by Major Boulnois in February 1905.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. By Wek Atak Kacjang The newly restored Kingdom of Azande is asked the British government to return its cultural artifacts taken during the colonization of Sudan between 1821 to 1956. 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