Mali’s Ancient Manuscripts on Display: Coercion or Advancement?

Interestingly, in today's global market and with today's aggressive politics, outright looting and stealing is often replaced with consensual extortion, and governments seen as weaker (or puppet governments) are "convinced" to turn over their country's valuables willingly and gratefully, whether it be raw materials, labor, their dead, antiquities or cultural valuables. The politics and hidden agendas of superpower governments are intricate and often leave their victims living in a shadow of falsities and misinformation.