Benin Bronze: Scottish University To Return Another Looted Artefact

Benin Bronze

Thousands of sculptures and carvings were removed during the destruction of Benin City in present-day Nigeria EKO HOT BLOG reports that less than 24 hours after Cambridge University handed over a looted Benin Bronze artefact to Nigeria, another sculpture will be handed back to the country by the University of Aberdeen on Thursday after its … Read more

Cambridge Varsity Returns Looted Benin Bronze Artefact To Nigeria

Benin Bronze

The bronze was taken from the kingdom of Benin — now part of Nigeria — in 1897 when Britain had a foothold on the African continent EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria has received a Benin bronze artefact from the University of Cambridge, more than a hundred years after it was taken from the country. … Read more