WASHINGTON (7News) — In a ceremony Tuesday morning, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art formally transferred ownership of 29 Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The bronzes are a small part of the ...

The Benin bronze: a sculpture depicting the head of an Oba or king. (Image courtesy of University of Aberdeen via Courthouse News) LONDON (AFP) — The University of Aberdeen in Scotland is to return a ...

More than five years after two of the school’s first-ever Black students initiated a discussion about returning the work, a Benin Bronze held for more than 100 years at Jesus College in Cambridge, ...

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A museum in Britain says it is willing to consider returning a looted artifact to Benin following an appeal from a member of the West African country’s royal court. The sculpture is one of thousands ...

The University of Aberdeen in Scotland announced its plans to return a stolen African sculpture back to its rightful home in Nigeria. The Bronze statue in question depicts an Oba, or ruler, of the ...

The Benin Bronzes are a set of plaques and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria . Made between the 13th and 16th centuries, the pieces illustrate scenes from court life, ...

The British Museum and other UK institutions with Benin bronzes in their collections are facing growing pressure to return them to Africa. Now, the Guardian newspaper has increased the heat by ...

THE sculpture which has been produced by the natives of Western and Central Africa has existed for ages, but its proper appreciation by us can be dated from the turn of this century. Although the’ ...

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Idelphonse Affogbolo, the Beninese businessman behind the Contemporary Benin travelling exhibition, has set himself the mission of “participating in the circulation and visibility of contemporary art ...