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 ...
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 ...
The university, however, said a small number would remain in Cambridge, on loan and on display, at MAA, where they will continue to be accessible to visitors, students and researchers.
A prominent prince from the Oyo royal lineage, Prince Kolade Afeez Siyanbola Oladigbolu, joined dignitaries and well-wishers in Benin City to pay final respects to High Chief Christopher Edebiri, a ...
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 ...
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, ...