tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post7350966270161877952..comments2024-03-14T23:42:44.959+01:00Comments on AFRO-EUROPE: The Netherlands returns King’s Head to Ghana.Afro-Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-90736720407951119852011-05-14T19:09:13.201+02:002011-05-14T19:09:13.201+02:00Most African scholars believe the head was preserv...Most African scholars believe the head was preserved for a Scientist for cranial testing. This was common during the 19th century by European scientist using pseudoscience to rational white superiority and slavery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-4769391728914514752009-12-30T00:25:47.115+01:002009-12-30T00:25:47.115+01:00Very effective product. I love it.Well that was a ...Very effective product. I love it.Well that was a nice post. I liked it.thank you for this post.<br /><a rel="nofollow">Bathmate</a>bathmatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828026417866333107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-36541853124107315732009-08-14T13:40:03.961+02:002009-08-14T13:40:03.961+02:00I didn't find much about the reason why this h...I didn't find much about the reason why this head was taken. Arthur Japin, a Dutch author who discovered the king's head when he was working on a historical novel, said Bonsu was decapitated in retaliation for his killing of two Dutch emissaries, whose heads were displayed as trophies on Bonsu's throne. <br />We can imagine that the Dutch tried to pass a message to the other local chiefs.<br />However, taking the head to the Netherlands and puting it in a jar of formaldehyde is strange but fits scietific paractice of these period. <br />This is the same period when taxidermy was used on dead black bodies to use them in exotic exhibition (Dutch writer Frank Westerman wrote the interesting book 'El Negro and I' about this).<br />How they got it in the jar I have no idea. there is an intersting article with more details on following link:<br />http://news.independentminds.livejournal.com/3532514.htmlSibo Kanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269664665171033560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-34232626293880326652009-08-13T14:39:34.985+02:002009-08-13T14:39:34.985+02:00I don't fully understand why the head was pres...I don't fully understand why the head was preserved. As some kind of a trophy? Was this a common practice that I'm just simply not aware of, or is there more than meets the eye? And how did they squeeze his head into the mouth of that bottle?Shadow And Acthttp://www.shadowandact.comnoreply@blogger.com