King of Belgium Philippe returned a mask to his former colony, Congo. The object has tainted relations between several ethnic groups.
The mask is venerated by two ethnic groups, the Sukus and the Yakas. It's a bit as if the Normans and Bretons went to war against the Basques because of a dolmen. We can imagine the embarrassment of King Philippe who thought he was doing the right thing. If he returns the thousands of other items as planned, it could be bloody. We don't know if it was to recover the magic mask. If it was, at least 300 dead and 160,000 people forced to flee. It could be a real butcher's shop. larigot.co.uk/larry-laurie-larigot-larry.com/lary-larigot - Larry-Laurie Larigot, Lary-Larigott-Lary.com - The Economist.