Benin City’s $26mn Museum of West African Art — and why it was hit by protests

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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Glimpse Of History In Benin City

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Graffiti Brings Benin's Walls Alive With Treasures From Past

On a blue and yellow background, the graffiti artist retouches a spray-painted image of the half-man, half-shark statue of King Behanzin, one of the stolen treasures returned to Benin by France late ...

The fallout from Nigeria's spectacular $25m museum and the Benin Bronzes

Nigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) finds itself in the crosshairs of local power politics.
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The ancient city walls of Great Benin : colonialism, urban heritage and cultural identity in contemporary Nigeria Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan

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The Economist

A ruling over ownership of the Benin bronzes may delay their return

THE SACKING of Benin City by a heavily armed expeditionary force in February 1897 was said to be an act of revenge in a bitter trade dispute between Britain and the Kingdom of Benin, east of Lagos.