A seven-year-old prince stares from a photograph, his eyes asking what the British have done as he stands amid crates of his empire's stolen treasures.
As heard by us
A sharp imperial history piece that keeps the child at the center of the theft.
This story starts with a seven-year-old Ethiopian royal and uses that image to trace empire, captured objects, and the long argument over who gets to explain history after the taking.
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Follow one boy's image from royal albums to captured imperial loot and the Battle of Magdala.
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