The Charity Commission has granted consent for the University of Cambridge to return 116 artefacts to Nigeria. Eko Hot Blog reports that the objects, known as the Benin Bronzes, were taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897, the university said. EDITOR’S PICKS New Orleans: Man Kills Female Uber Driver … Read more
The first two artworks — the head of a king and a plaque depicting three warriors — were on Friday handed over to representatives from Nigeria Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Culture Minister Claudia Roth signed the deal with their Nigerian counterparts in Berlin EDITOR’S PICK Ohanaeze Reveals Why Nnamdi Kanu Was Denied Bail Drama … Read more
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
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
British soldiers had seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin, then separate from British-ruled Nigeria, in 1897. A former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has advised the Nigerian government to lease recovered artifacts to foreign museums with a view to raising funds to maintain the ones … Read more
British soldiers had seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin, then separate from British-ruled Nigeria, in 1897. The University of Aberdeen said on Thursday it would return a Benin Bronze to Nigeria within weeks, one of the first public institutions to do so more than a century after Britain looted … Read more