In 2022, Germany returned 1,030 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The same year, three US museums – the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) and the Rhode Island School of Design ...

The Benin Bronzes belong in Benin. Not in London. Not in Oxford. And certainly not in a country that built its wealth on ...

While today's Benin Bronze casters appreciate repatriation efforts, they say Nigeria's government is not investing enough in them. They fear if this continues, there won't be any more Benin Bronze ...

The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen by the British troops in 1897. Cultural historian, art and heritage specialist Dr. Oluwatoyin ...

And in that long and turbulent history, the Benin Bronzes, as they used to be known, hold a unique place. Made in what is now modern Nigeria, in the sixteenth century, the Benin plaques are ...

The US Supreme Court has denied a petition to block the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. from restituting 29 Benin ...

which saw thousands of sculptures and cultural artefacts stolen during the destruction of Benin City (in present-day Nigeria). Many items ended up in museums or in private collections mainly found ...

We’re in that little corner where Nigeria will be one day ... Why were the people of Benin so good at making bronze? Where did they learn to do this? Where did the copper and tin come from?

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...

The Federal Executive Council has approved two significant initiatives by the Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, designed to bolster Nigeria’s cultural sector and reshape the ...