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 ...
The Benin Bronzes are a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the ...
Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but a state-of-the-art museum to display them is still a long way off. Nkechi Adedeji, Olugbile Holloway and Tunji Busari examining a ...
Among the items returned were some of the ceremonial heads from the kingdom of Benin Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has handed 22 artefacts looted in the 19th Century back to Nigeria at ...
Last Tuesday, The Netherlands signed an agreement with Nigeria to return some 119 Benin Bronzes looted in 1897 when the British sacked the Kingdom of Benin in present day Nigeria. Some of the ...
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