By Kazeem Sanni and Sodiq Adelakun BENIN CITY, Nigeria, Feb 11 (Reuters) - As European museums return looted Benin Bronzes, ...
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 European museums return looted Benin bronzes, the centuries-old craft that produced ⁠some of Africa's finest and most ...
The University of Cambridge has transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The artefacts were looted in 1897 from Benin City, now in Nigeria, by British armed forces. This returning ...
A Cambridge University museum will shortly return around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution ...
Cambridge University, England, United Kingdom, has formally transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts in its Museum ...
A clutch of artists, curators and enthusiasts is welcomed by drummers, dancers and an unforgiving bout of sunshine amid cranes and scaffolding. The burgeoning, clay-coloured edifice with its earthen ...
Nigeria West Africa Museum A man speaks to guests to calm down during the soft launch of the new, state backed, Museum of West African Arts, that was disrupted by protesters in Benin City, Nigeria, ...
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University, UK, will shortly send around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution initiative, according to the Observer ...