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17 wrz 2022 · London’s Horniman Museum has announced it’ll hand over ownership of its 72 bronzes to Nigeria, home to Benin City, which the British looted in 1897. We investigate their story.
18 gru 2023 · In the summer of 2022, Germany transferred the property rights of a total of 1,130 artefacts – now collectively referred to as “Benin Bronzes” – to the state of Nigeria, which was built on a colonial foundation. They come from the Kingdom of Benin in what is now Edo State.
26 kwi 2021 · The winning bidder later purchased another Benin bronze piece for $13.8 million in a private sale. Bronzes with dubious provenance appeared at auction as recently as 2020. After each sale’s announcement, advocates call for a halt to the auction or compensation for the original owners’ descendants.
4 cze 2023 · Germany returned 20 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria’s government in a ceremony in December. But Nigeria’s outgoing president has now bestowed ownership on a descendant of the ruler of the...
28 lis 2022 · The Horniman Museum in south-east London is returning 72 items, including so-called Benin Bronzes, to Nigerian ownership - making it the first in the UK to officially take such action on this...
27 paź 2021 · Museums in Europe have agreed to lend on rotation some of their bronzes to a new museum to be built in Benin City more than six decades after Nigeria's independence. Nigerians welcome the...
