Precious artefacts looted in 1868 war with Britain returned to Ethiopia
THE British government's return of Ethiopian artefacts looted in the war of Magdala in 1868, announced in September has drawn attention once again to the looting of artefacts from Africa and elsewhere, in Europe's many colonial wars. Among the returned artefacts was a lock of hair belonging to Prince Alemayehu, son of the first modern ruler of Ethiopia, Emperor Tewodros II. “The secular items including jorn cups and a shield and the Prince's hair were handed over to the Ethiopian Ambassador and delivered to the Embassy in London. The Holy Tabot will be repatriated by the priests assigned by the…