TWO OF NIGERIA’S LOOTED BENIN BRONZES RETURNED MORE THAN 100 YEARS LATER

Sun 20 February 2022: More than a century after they were pillaged by British troops, two Benin bronzes have been returned to a traditional palace in Nigeria, raising hopes that thousands more artefacts will be returned to their ancestral home. The artefacts were stolen from the Benin Kingdom, now southwestern Nigeria, by explorers and colonisers … Continue reading TWO OF NIGERIA’S LOOTED BENIN BRONZES RETURNED MORE THAN 100 YEARS LATER