Switzerland’s Museum Rietberg has transferred ownership of 11 looted artifacts to Nigeria, according to the…
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The Rietberg Museum in Zurich, which dates to the early 1950s, owes its origins to…
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British Museum Under Pressure To Return Benin Bronzes After Top UK University Agrees Deal To Transfer More Than 100 African Artefacts
The British Museum is under pressure to return one of its most controversial artefacts after…
As European museums return looted Benin bronzes, the centuries-old craft that produced some of Africa’s…
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced today its plans to return three sculptures…
The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of…
Nigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs…
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‘Return Stolen Benin Bronzes’ -Nigerian Cultural Advocate, Great Okogun Tells British Museum
by Cyril EhisNigerian rapper, activist, and cultural advocate Great Okogun has issued a call for justice and…
In the largest restitution of its kind, the Netherlands recently returned 119 Benin Bronzes to…
Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless “Benin Bronze” artefacts…