What was meant to be a celebratory moment for Nigeria’s art scene has instead highlighted present tension and past trauma ...
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Nigeria's bronze artists cling to centuries-old techniques
Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a fire and pour a thick golden liquid ...
EOScienceEarth ObservatoryA Glimpse of History in Benin… EarthEarth ObservatoryImage of the DayMoreSubscribe January 11, 2025 ...
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Boston museum returns two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the ...
When the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) was first announced for Benin City, the numbers told a seductive story: a $25 ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Protesters in Nigeria have disrupted this week’s opening of a major museum of West African art, where local disputes over the world-renowned Benin Bronzes have already kept them ...
It took more than a century but they are finally home. The Netherlands have returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British colonial troops. This shipment is ...
As the first Radisson branded hotel outside of Lagos and Abuja, the Radisson Hotel Benin City will continue to reinforce the brand awareness in Nigeria. Radisson Hotel Group has revealed further ...
A London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian government. The Horniman Museum and Gardens, located in south London, announced the transfer in a news ...
LONDON (AP) — A London museum agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under ...
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